Should I Buy Credit Insurance?

If you’ve never tried getting a personal loan or a mortgage, you may never have heard of credit insurance. Credit insurance is a type of insurance that pays out in the unfortunate event that you can no longer make payments. Banks and other lenders will often try to sell credit insurance to you when you [...]

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Design feature! Do I look like a car crash dummy?

A CAR yard has been caught out after trying to claim dents in a car were "design features" when the buyer returned the vehicle.
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:42:19 GMT
Banks 'tricking customers into vicious cycle of debt'

BANKS are ramming credit cards down the throats of customers to add thousands more to their home loans, an insider claims.
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:10:39 GMT
Millions of Aussies to get $1000, will you?

MOVES afoot to reunite millions of Australians with "forgotten money". Find out if you're one of the lucky ones.
Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:23:40 GMT
$1m home a sign of mining boom

IF IT sells, it will be the first million-dollar home in Queensland's central highlands town of Capella.
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:24:31 GMT
We spend more on petrol than eating out

VICTORIAN drivers are pumping an average $1264 worth of petrol into their vehicles each year, far more than spent on entertainment.
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:58:14 GMT
Court bungle hits de facto settlements

THREE years worth of property settlements and other orders handed down to de facto couples by the Family Court could be in doubt.
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:00:39 GMT
Tell 'em they're screamin'

THE auctioneers are talking the price up, but will one of the world's most famous modern art pieces make $75 million?
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:44:38 GMT
RBA minutes show no urgency to cut rates

THE Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) appears to be in no hurry to cut the cash rate again, although it is clearly reserving that option.
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:57:21 GMT
Man sells house for $1 million using Twitter

A TECH-savvy Melbourne homeowner has sold his house for more than $100,000 above the reserve using Twitter to advertise it.
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:26:59 GMT
House stripped and burned but no payout

HOUSE wrecked after demolition company allegedly turned up to the wrong address - and that was just the start of the trouble.
Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:59:07 GMT