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With interest rates on home loans close to 10 percent, how about a home loan that has a zero interest rate?
The Reserve Bank of Australia lifted the cash rate 25 basis points this afternoon to 7.0 per cent in one of the best-telegraphed rate rises in years. The cash rate is at its highest since 1996 and is expected to continue to rise, bringing pain to debt-laden house owners, renters and consumers.
Today's interest rate rise will put more stress on home owners in Australia who are struggling to meet mortgage repayments, but who is suffering the most?
The Reserve Bank has raised interest rates by 25 basis points despite recent stock market turmoil, uncertainty over the health of the US economy, massive emergency rate cuts in America and the ongoing credit crisis.
The move by Australian banks to lift interest rates by between 10 and 20 basis points without any prompting from the Reserve Bank and this week's sharemarket rout may not necessarily save borrowers from another hike by the central bank in February.
Brisbane is one of the four capital cities where house prices are running hot.
Over the year to September 30 Melbourne has been the hottest house market.
It's a mixed bag for property in 2008 — with plenty of chances to make money but also a tough time for many home owners with big mortgages
Sick of paying high rents for unsatisfactory accommodation that you can't decorate? Why not team up and buy a home with your friends?
If you had locked into a fixed term loan a couple of years back, you would be feeling pretty smug right now after 7 rate rises since 2006.
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