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What Victoria's new auction reserve price rule means

102

How to save money when selling your home

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133: Why you shouldn't sell your home at auction

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Which banks offer home loans under 5%?

105

Could APRA put the brakes on investment lending?

106

132: Investment lending is at a record level - why?

107

Renting vs buying a home

108

Four fixes for Australia's housing crisis

109

131: How to fix Australia's housing crisis

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Is Australia building enough homes?

111

How to find confidence to invest in this market

112

130: Are we in a sharemarket bubble?

113

RBA Preview: Inflation Shock to Stymie Rate Cut Hopes?

114

129: Are Gen Zs the most financially savvy?

115

What are the best car picks of 2025?

116

Why is gold surging in popularity?

117

128: Is gold worth investing in with the latest rally?

118

What the $3 million super tax changes mean for you

119

How to Save 20-30% on Your Weekly Shop with Grocerize

120

127: How to beat Coles and Woolies at their own game

121

Will the RBA cut the cash rate in November?

122

How to financially recover from divorce

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126: How to change your money mindset after big life events

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How to save for a holiday and house

125

Why people love living in Newcastle and Geelong

126

125: How different generations are curbing their spending

127

What property investors should look out for this spring

128

How the economy is handling a 4.2% unemployment rate

129

124: Are more people about to lose their jobs?

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Is housing affordability dead and buried?

131

Why younger generations throw out more food, with OzHarvest

132

123: How to stop wasting so much money on food

133

Are 40-year mortgages becoming the new normal?

134

What's in-store for property prices, and will Melbourne rebound?

135

122: Will house prices boom over spring? With REA's Eleanor Creagh

136

Car News: Hyundai boosts warranty, new Yaris and Kia Tasman

137

Should you get a novated lease? With Stratton's Nick Potter

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121: How to benefit from a novated lease - tax savings!

139

Will property prices rise after Home Guarantee Scheme tweaks?

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How Macquarie Bank grew from relative retail banking obscurity

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120: Why people are fed up with savings account conditions

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Which banks automatically lower home loan repayments?

143

The value of fixed rate mortgages when interest rates are falling

144

119: Fixed home loans below 5% - should you lock in?

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Regional property hotspots for remote workers

146

The ingredients behind the RBA's rate cut to 3.60%

147

118: When's the next RBA cash rate cut coming? With CBA's Belinda Allen

148

Are buyers agents worth the money?

149

The reasons eggs are $9 and coffee's a second mortgage

150

117: Why are groceries so expensive now? With Michael Harvey

151

How new emissions standards will change the Aussie car market

152

How to access the age pension with a big super balance

153

116: Is $1 million enough for retirement? With AMP's Ben Hillier

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What are the top rental yield suburbs?

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Should you 'go guarantor' on a mortgage?

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115: What are the risks of guarantor home loans? With Julian Finch

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Where to find a good savings account rate

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Is cash still king?

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114: RBA card surcharge ban - will it actually work? With Prof Steve Worthington

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Where to invest in regional Australia

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Bold to assume many further RBA rate cuts - Warren Hogan

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113: RBA shock hold: When's the next rate cut? With Warren Hogan

163

Hybrids vs Electric Vehicles with automotive journalist Alexi Falson

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What is elder financial abuse? With Michelle Winzer, Heartland Bank Australia CEO

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112: How older Australians can secure financial freedom, with Michelle Winzer, Heartland Bank Australia CEO

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Queensland's Boost-to-Buy Shared Equity Scheme: Good or bad? With Harry O'Sullivan

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How to get a good car bargain this EOFY with Carma's Peter Willis

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111: How to get a good end-of-financial-year car bargain with Carma's Peter Willis

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Are mortgage brokers still relevant? With Brooke Cooper from Your Mortgage

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Is LMI worth paying? With Denise Raward

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How to get ahead on your mortgage, with Denjola Bhutia from Nine Ten Finance

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110: What are non-bank lenders & their benefits? With Denjola Bhutia from Nine Ten Finance

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Productivity woes: Young people or governments to blame? With Jim Penman

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109: Is the government to blame for poor productivity? With Jim Penman

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Does Australia have non-recourse home loans? With finance journalist Denise Raward

176

Will rate cuts spur on more financial confidence? With MLC's Jenneke Mills

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108: Why women are less financially confident than men, with MLC's Jenneke Mills

178

How to avoid credit card scams, with Harry O'Sullivan

179

What are the most expensive dog breeds? With Dr Simone Maher from PetSure

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107: Is pet insurance worth it? With Dr Simone Maher from PetSure

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Avoid the rent crisis with house or pet sitting? With InfoChoice's Bernadette Lunas

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How many more rate cuts will the RBA make? With Shane Oliver

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106: RBA rate cut to 3.85% - the right call? AMP's Shane Oliver explains

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Why are Chinese vehicles so popular? With Alexi Falson, motoring journalist

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How small businesses can best use their credit cards, with pay.com.au's Daniel Sciberras

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105: How to Hack Your Credit Card Points for a First Class Flight, with pay.com.au's Daniel Sciberras

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Mortgage interest deductibility: A future policy with legs? Ft Your Mortgage's Brooke Cooper

188

A Labor Win: The right move for cost-of-living?

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104: Big cost-of-living sugar hits coming with new Labor Government, with Zyft's Joel Gibson

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What is productivity and why is it going backwards? With Denise Raward

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Rating the election housing policies: Best & worst with Peter Tulip

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103: Who to vote for based on housing policies, with Peter Tulip, chief economist at Centre for Independent Studies

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Can students get a home loan? With Bernadette Lunas from InfoChoice

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$1000 to $1200 tax offset election promises explained with H&R Block's Mark Chapman

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102: Which political party has the better tax policies? With H&R Block's Mark Chapman

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Average Australian net wealth tops $700k: Wealth divide growing?

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Is mortgage interest deduction a good policy? With MFAA CEO Anja Pannek

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101: Election housing promises - duds or diamonds? With MFAA CEO Anja Pannek

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Is sentiment for Elon Musk leading to lower Tesla sales? With Alexi Falson, motoring journalist

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How Regional Australia Bank can offer sharp home loan rates & cashback, with GM Customer Ben Luck