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Do Banks Pass on Rate Cuts?

June 24, 2015 by Finance Guy

Over the past 8 years, since the GFC, the banks have passed on 65% of rate cuts to home loans and kept 35% of the difference for themselves.  Whether the retained amount was due to profiteering or covering costs, we can not say.

We have streetonomic look at the net interest margin made on mortgages in Australia 

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June 24, 2015 /Finance Guy
RBA, GFC, Big Four, Official Cash Rate, Standard Variable Rate, Discount Variable, SVR, Bill Shorten

Should We Fix our Mortgage?

May 21, 2015 by Finance Guy

The Australian Cash Rate is at an all time low!  Is now the time to fix your home loan?

The Finance Guy takes  a streetonomic look at Australian mortgage rates, and provides some insight into whether or not now is the right time to fix!

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May 21, 2015 /Finance Guy
Reserve Bank of Austrlia, refinance, RBA, CBA, NAB, ANZ, Westpac, Big Four, variable, Fixed Rate, official interest rate, offset, Loan, mortgage, monetary policy, home loan

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