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Business Briefing: rate tracker mortgages

  • Written by Jenni Henderson, Editor, Business and Economy, The Conversation
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In the ongoing debate about the transparency of Australia’s big banks, the idea of rate tracker mortgages has been gaining traction. This is a mortgage that is tied to the cash rate set by the central bank (in Australia, the Reserve Bank of Australia), with an additional fixed...

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