Prime Insights

Non-bank lending preferred by nearly half of Australian SMEs
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Australia are increasingly turning to alternative financing options as they seek a faster and…

A mixed outlook for interest rates and the housing market
The frequency of official interest rate increases has slowed in recent months. It will be interesting to see whether this…

Good news for homeowners as housing values decline eases
Australia’s housing value slump has eased, according to CoreLogic’s latest Home Value Index. The index reveals that the rate of…

Spending to slow
Spending expected to slow as higher interest rates bite Hundreds of thousands of homeowners who took advantage of record low…

When will the property market bounce back?
When will the property market bounce back? After the 2022 plunge in housing values, homeowners might have been hoping for…

Refinancing continues to surge
New loan activity wanes but refinancing soars With the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) increasing the cash rate from 0.1%…

Borrowers face record high repayments ahead
An environment of increasing interest rates After raising the cash rate seven times in a row, the Reserve Bank of…

Is the housing slump easing?
Property prices continued to fall in September, but homeowners may be set to get a reprieve according to CoreLogic’s Home…

Australians are the richest in the world
Many people in Australia might be grappling with the rapidly rising cost of living. But a new report shows Australians…

The pressure is on for small business
Just as soaring prices bite at household budgets, businesses are dealing with their own financial pains. The costs of debt…