Laine Gordon

Head of Public Relations

Laine Gordon is the Head of Public Relations at RateCity and an experienced journalist and research specialist. With a background in news and feature writing, covering finance, media and even food (a passion of hers) at Reed Elsevier publications, Laine brings almost two decades of experience to the team. Having covered major areas of interest to the general public from hip pocket issues to rising and falling interest rates and the impact to mortgages, credit and saving in Australia, she is passionate about researching and telling people’s stories to help others make better decisions about their own finances.

1021 articles written by Laine Gordon

Home Loans

First home buyers at a six-year high

First home buyers have claimed their biggest slice of the housing finance pie in almost six years, despite an overall slide in today’s ABS housing finance figures.

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Home Loans

RBA leaves the cash rate on hold as more banks slash fixed rates

The Reserve Bank has kept the cash rate on hold at 1.5 per cent today, marking two years since official rates last moved.

Home Loans

ANZ bucks the trend and cuts home loan rates

Australia’s third largest lender, ANZ, has slashed some of its home loan rates, as competition heats up in a flagging market.

Home Loans

Honeymoon rates leave a $33,000 sting in the tail

New research from RateCity.com.au shows more than a dozen lenders are using honeymoon rates to attract new home loan customers, with deals that could see borrowers up to $33,573 out of pocket within five years, and $140,816 over 30 years.

Home Loans

Home loan specials, the real cost of rewards

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Home Loans

Cash rate holds, hundreds of thousands of borrowers face hikes

The RBA has left the cash rate on hold at 1.50 per cent today yet as many as 362,800 home loan customers will face higher repayments this month as lenders continue to hike home loan rates out of cycle.

Personal Loans

Loans with no interest attached

As more Australians slip below the poverty line and struggle to make ends meet, our reliance on credit cards and loan sharks has increased, reports suggest.