The Savings Tip Jar

This week on the podcast, Haz's off living his best life in Tasmania so Editor of Your Investment Property Magazine Emma Duffy joins Dom to chew the fat on household spending, savings account rate hikes and spring selling season. But before Haz left us for the Apple Isle, he and Dom pre-recorded a chat with Gaby Rosenberg co-founder of investing app Blossom to chat all things bond investing, w...

You might have heard about bond yields and wholesale funding rates going through the roof recently, and your interest might be piqued - how do you get a slice of the pie? From humble beginnings after a dinner party discussion in 2021, Gaby Rosenberg with her sister founded Blossom, an investing app that democratises investing in fixed-income assets. These asset classes have traditionally only offe...

This week on the podcast Dom and Haz caught up with fellow podcaster, host of the Australian Finance Podcast, Kate Campbell, to talk about her new book. It's called 'Buying Happiness - Learn to invest your time and money better'. What was interesting was it wasn't just a rote list of "what to do" to establish your financial future, but it explored behavioural topics such...

This week on the podcast Dom and Haz caught up with fellow podcaster, host of the Australian Finance Podcast, Kate Campbell, to talk about her new book. What was interesting was it wasn't just a rote list of "what to do" to establish your financial future, but it explored behavioural topics such as 'time is money' and how to audit your relationships, finance-wise.

On this week's episode Dom and Haz were joined by Emma Duffy, the editor of Your Investment Property Magazine. The October edition is now live and ready to download on yourinvestmentproperty.com.au! This week we spoke about Victoria extending the 'Airbnb 7.5% tax' we spoke about a few weeks ago to investors who keep their property vacant - holiday homes, land banking and so on. The ren...

On this week's episode, Dom and Haz spoke to the other Haz in the Savings.com.au team - Harry O'Sullivan, finance journalist. He's just written a piece on whether it's better to invest in property or shares. It's an interesting topic and there's plenty to weigh up - and plenty of ways to peel the banana. And of course, PPINAIOFP - past performance is not an indicator of fut...

As a special segment on this week's episode, Dom and Haz spoke to the other Haz in the Savings.com.au team - Harry O'Sullivan, finance journalist. He's just written a piece on whether it's better to invest in property or shares. It's an interesting topic and there's plenty to weigh up - and plenty of ways to peel the banana. And of course, PPINAIOFP - past performance is no...

This week Dom and Haz were joined by Emma Duffy, the editor of Your Investment Property Magazine to discuss Victoria's proposed 7.5% Airbnb tax amid other lofty construction goals, where Dom's going on his 'babymoon' and more. We also discussed the latest news including big banks behaving badly, house price forecasts, and the latest rate news (it's gone haywire). Apologies for...

This week Dom and Haz were joined by Emma Duffy, the editor of Your Investment Property Magazine to discuss Victoria's proposed 7.5% Airbnb tax amid other lofty construction goals, where Dom's going on his 'babymoon' and more. Apologies for some of the audio on this one. We weren't in our regular studio and 2/3 mics decided not to receive signal. Cool.

There's a lot of head noise out there for homeowners and borrowers right now. So which way is up? This week Dom and Haz spoke with Julian about why locking in a fixed-rate home loan right now might not be the greatest idea, the costs of refinancing, and what he thinks interest rates will do in the next 12-18 months. As well as this, we discuss girl math(s) with Brooke Cooper, plus the latest f...

One of Savings.com.au's very own finance journalists Brooke Cooper is here to take us two dudes about what on earth 'Girl Math' is, the new trend taking TikTok by storm. Brooke explains the logic behind some of it - and some of it's sound, but sometimes it demeans and infantalises women in finance and economics.

There's a lot of head noise out there for homeowners and borrowers right now. So which way is up? This week Dom and Haz spoke with Julian about why locking in a fixed-rate home loan right now might not be the greatest idea, the costs of refinancing, and what he thinks interest rates will do in the next 12-18 months.

This week on the podcast Dom and Haz caught up with Callam Pickering, senior economist at Indeed. We discussed if the 'great resignation' was a myth, how our jobs market will support the record immigration numbers, why productivity is so sluggish amid a jobs boom, and more! We've also introduced a new property chat with Emma Duffy, the editor at Your Investment Property Magazine. She&#...

This week on the podcast Dom and Haz caught up with Callam Pickering, the senior economist at Indeed. We discussed if the 'great resignation' was a myth, how our jobs market will support the record immigration numbers, why productivity is so sluggish amid a jobs boom, and more!

Here to discuss auction numbers, vacancy rates, and the housing market more broadly is Emma Duffy, the editor of Your Investment Property Magazine. 'YIP Magazine' is a bi-monthly property magazine with unique commentary and insights, as well as vital property and suburb data for your investment property research.

This week on the podcast Dom and Harrison sat down with Michael Sukkar, current shadow housing minister. We discussed the government's latest shared equity scheme, what the Coalition is proposing, why governments (including the former LNP government) don't seem to be actually addressing supply in a material way, and the RBA review (as it's RBA day... of course). Plus all the usual news...

This week on the podcast Dom and Harrison sat down with Michael Sukkar, current shadow housing minister. We discussed the government's latest shared equity scheme, what the Coalition is proposing, why governments don't seem to be actually addressing supply in a material way, and the RBA review (as it's RBA day... of course).

This week Dom and Haz sat down with Anson Parker from Up to find out how its new home loan offering is going (with 50 offset accounts!) as well as its new subscription offering coming out soon. Forgive Haz's audio, we weren't in the Big Beat Laboratory or adhering to the big beat manifesto this week. 00:00 - 01:45: Intro 01:45 - 05:00: Inflation rate now 4.9% 05:00 - 08:10: RBA says climat...

This week Dom and Haz sat down with Anson Parker from Up to find out how its new home loan offering is going (with 50 offset accounts!) as well as its new subscription offering coming out soon. Forgive Haz's audio, we weren't in the Big Beat Laboratory or adhering to the big beat manifesto this week.

The big 3-0! Late last week, the government announced an extra $3.5 billion towards its housing plans, while also officially announcing the 30-40% equity program will take place from 2024. Now the dust has settled a bit, Dom and Harrison sat down with Simon Pressley to discuss what the policies mean, if they're a good idea, and what they will actually do for supply and affordability. 00:00 - 0...

Late last week, the government announced an extra $3.5 billion towards its housing plans, while also officially announcing the 30-40% equity program will take place from 2024. Now the dust has settled a bit, Dom and Harrison sat down with Simon Pressley to discuss what the policies mean, if they're a good idea, and what they will actually do for supply and affordability.

This week Dom and Harrison sat down with Peter White AM, the managing director of the Finance Brokers Association of Australia, or FBAA. In his 40-plus year career, Peter has seen it all. And he says the current financial situation is unprecedented - fixed rates rolling off, the record pace of interest rate rises, serviceability buffers, and more. Plus all the usual news, updates, and chortles. 00...

This week Dom and Harrison sat down with Peter White AM, the managing director of the Finance Brokers Association of Australia, or FBAA. In his 40-plus year career, Peter has seen it all. And he says the current financial situation is unprecedented - fixed rates rolling off, the record pace of interest rate rises, serviceability buffers, and more.

In all this talk about the cost of living crunch, there's a huge hunk of metal likely sitting in your driveway or on the street that's costing you money and not being used to its potential. Yes, that's your car. Dom and Harrison spoke with Tim Rossanis, the Australian managing director of car sharing app Turo, which after making waves in the US touched down in Australia in late 2022. H...

In all this talk about the cost of living crunch, there's a huge hunk of metal likely sitting in your driveway or on the street that's costing you money and not being used to its potential. Yes, that's your car. Dom and Harrison spoke with Tim Rossanis from car sharing app Turo, which after making waves in the US touched down in Australia in late 2022. He explained how you could make $...