Day: 27 July 2026

Downsizing at a glance Downsizing your home can reduce the size of your mortgage and ongoing running costs in some situations, but buying and selling costs can add up.  Your equity and loan to value ratio (LVR) can affect your next loan options and costs, including whether lenders mortgage insurance (LMI) applies. If you’re 55 … Read more

Australians scammed out of A$3,000 or less could be able to claim automatic reimbursement from banks, phone companies or tech companies, under – $3,000 starts to look like an oddly low threshold. Who would win under the new proposal? The federal government has just released new details of its Scam Protection Framework, which will make … Read more