With the RBA lifting its benchmark interest rate by 1.75 percentage points since its first rate rise in May, many investors may be getting jittery. Investors do need to keep a cool head in these times, and one of the ways of doing this is to actively look at how you can reduce the impact..

The recent Mortgage and Finance Association of Australia’s (MFAA) report has revealed mortgage brokers arranged seven out of every ten (69.5%) new residential home loans settled during the first three months of 2022; with brokers accounting for around half (52.1%) of all new loans settled two years ago, this is highest proportion of property buyers.

Launched last month, the new digital Strata Hub aims to give homeowners, buyers and the property service industry better accountability and transparency and more engagement for owners, residents and potential buyers of strata schemes in NSW. The new reporting requirements will, for the first time, digitally consolidate data about the state’s 83,000 strata schemes. This.

If the news is to believed, the property market is about to crash. The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced the fourth interest rate rise in as many months, and lenders are winding back how much people can borrow as they factor in higher interest rate repayments and cost of living pressures. It’s all doom.