Home Loan and Finance Guides

Clear, practical finance advice to help you make confident decisions — without the bank-speak.

Finance guidance for real life

Whether you are buying your first home, refinancing, running a business or working for yourself, our guides explain your options in plain English. The right loan depends on your goals, income, property plans and the lender policies that apply to your situation.

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  • All
  • Applying for a loan
  • Finance News
  • First home buyer
  • First Home Buyer news
  • Government Schemes news
  • Guides
  • Home ownership news
  • Interest rates
  • Interest rates news
  • Investing news
  • Learning centre category
  • News and updates category
  • Property Market news
  • Purchasing property
  • RBA Cash Rate news
  • Refinancing
  • Refinancing news
  • Renovating
  • Understanding home loans
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Understanding home loans

Fixed rate, variable rate and split rate loans

Choosing the right home loan: Fixed, Variable, or Split RateA Fixed Rate Home Loan is like having a dependable friend who never changes their tune. ...
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Understanding home loans

Partially fixed (split rate) home loans

Discover the Best of Both Worlds with Split Rate Home LoansWhen it comes to securing your dream home, the right home loan can be your ...
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Understanding home loans

Fixed rate home loans

When it comes to finding the perfect home loan, it's all about options that make you smile. Today, we're here to introduce you to the ...
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Understanding home loans

Variable rate home loans

A Variable Rate Home Loan is like that ever-changing mood ring you used to wear as a kid – it can be unpredictable, but it ...
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Understanding home loans

Pay off your loan FASTER!

Hello, homeowners! Have you been thinking about how great life would be without a mortgage? You're in the right place! At The Happy Finance Company, ...
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Interest rates news

Why interest rates have climbed

While interest rates have increased significantly over the past 18 months, this increase, thankfully, has been less than one might have expected, due to competition, ...
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Interest rates news

Property market keeps growing despite high interest rates

A new report from CoreLogic has found that median property prices increased in 82.4% of local markets in the three months to October, based on ...
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Interest rates news

The share of fixed-rate loans continues to fall

The great transition of the mortgage market, from having a heavy share of fixed-rate loans to now being dominated by variable-rate loans, has gathered pace, ...
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RBA Cash Rate news

RBA leaves cash rate unchanged at 4.35%

In its last monetary policy decision of the year, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left the cash rate on hold at today’s board meeting. ...

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