Mark Bristow

Home & Personal Finance Editor

Mark Bristow is RateCity's Home & Personal Finances Editor, and an experienced analyst, researcher, and producer. Mark’s expertise includes home loans, energy and both home and travel insurances. Mark has been a journalist and writer in the financial space for over ten years, previously researching and writing commercial real estate at CoreLogic. In the years since, Mark has worked for the Winning Group, Expedia, and has seen articles published at Lifehacker and Business Insider.

486 articles written by Mark Bristow

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Credit Cards

Australians spend up on holidays, less on cars

Aussies may be more aware of car loans and credit cards, as the CBA reveals our spending habits are changing, with less transport yet more travel.

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Home Loans

More banks starting 2019 with interest rate changes

Bank Australia has increased the interest rate on its basic home loan by 10 basis points.

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Bank Accounts

One third of Aussies lack confidence in financial future

One in three Australians report feeling uncertain about their financial future, according to new research from the Commonwealth Bank and the Melbourne Institute.

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Home Loans

Confidence in property industry at low point

A survey has found that at the end of 2018 confidence in Australia’s property industry fell to its lowest level in five years.

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Car Loans

Australian SUV interest up, car sales overall down

The need to buy a car in Australia isn’t as high as it once was, as car sales are down, even though interest in one particular car segment over the others.

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Bank Accounts

NAB cuts ties with rediATM, stays fee free

Need to pull out money in Australia? NAB won’t be issuing a fee to its customers, nor to people who use NAB machines to pull out money from other banks.

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Car Loans

Your next car loan may be for a hybrid

With petrol prices affecting the cost of living, more than half of Australians are considering hybrid or electric cars as alternatives to traditional petrol-fuelled vehicles, according to a new report from Roy Morgan.

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Credit Cards

China's Alipay gains Australian support through CommBank

An international payment standard is on its way to being used in Australia, as the Commonwealth Bank adds Alipay to its systems.

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Credit Cards

Australians poised to spend billions for the holidays

Aussies will be spending big this Christmas, and depending on how old you are, it might be more than the national average.

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Bank Accounts

More Aussies swapping bank branches for mobile banking

When was the last time you went into a bank branch to make a transaction? The odds are much better that your last bank transaction was made on a mobile device, according to new research from Roy Morgan.