More than two-thirds of respondents in a recent survey believe that the conditions are right to purchase a home – a level of confidence not seen since the onset of the pandemic. Finder’s latest consumer sentiment survey, which involved a nationally representative...

‘Rainy day savings’ and ‘saving enough to buy a property to live in’ are among the top financial goals for 2021, a new survey has found. According to ME Bank’s latest research, conducted by Pureprofile in December 2020, the majority (44 per cent) of 1,000 Australians...

Less than half of all homeowners know their current home loan interest rate despite homeowners ranking paying off their mortgage as their top priority, figures revealed. New research by Mortgage Choice has found that only 46.5 per cent of Australian homeowners were...

Total household wealth increased to a record high of $11.4 trillion in the September quarter, driven by record growth in deposits and an increase in residential assets, according to the ABS. According to the Australian National Accounts: Finance and Wealth, released...

Nearly half of Australians wish they had learned about how the property market works in school, with three-quarters stating their school did not teach them enough about finance. The data comes in a new survey from “buy now, pay later” provider Openpay, who...

If Aussies reduced their household waste to zero every year, they could pocket themselves over a $1,000, new research has found. A study conducted by Rabobank has found that during the pandemic, the amount of food wastage has increased, despite Australians spending...

According to Westpac, the number of first home buyers looking to enter the property market in the next five years has significantly increased, rising from 7 per cent in 2019 to 16 per cent in 2020. The research, commissioned by Westpac and conducted online by Lonergan...