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Your credit card debt is probably the first place you’ll want to start.

Credit cards, loans or your mortgage: what should you pay off first?

When it comes to wiping off your debts, there are a few different ways to approach it, and some might work better for you than others.

  • Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon

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Carmel Bell, 64, is renting her house with no hope of owning.

‘Living in a caravan park’: Not all Baby Boomers are retiring rich

The federal budget’s focus on shifting wealth to younger generations has left some Baby Boomers without much hope of a comfortable retirement.

  • Caroline Zielinski
Median household wealth in Australia stalled during the past five years despite rising house prices.

Chalmers wants to fix inequality. But the latest figures show the wealth gap is growing

The rich really are getting richer, with the gap between Australia’s richest households and everyone else widening.

  • Matt Wade
Michele Bullock

Mortgage calculator: How much extra will your repayments be?

The RBA has increased interest rates to 4.35 per cent. Use our calculator to see how much extra your mortgage repayments will be.

Tessa Hull, 26, has purchased her first home in Melbourne’s inner south-east.

Melbourne house prices fall as ‘unnerved’ buyers hold back

Median house prices have fallen for the first time in 18 months, marking a “turning point”.

  • Caroline Zielinski
Queensland Treasurer David Janetzki.

New data reveals Queensland’s cost-of-living pain from fuel crisis

Treasurer David Janetzki blamed the previous Labor government for households being under pressure when asked about the figures on Monday.

  • Dominique Tassell
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It’s difficult to find an ETF that pays completely franked dividends.

Should you borrow money to bag a sharemarket bargain?

With the sharemarket still experiencing sustained pressure, savvy investors are eyeing up an opportunity to bag themselves a bargain.

  • Victoria Devine
Ricky Banga, 33, a real estate photographer, came to Australia in 2011 as a student to join his older brother. They ended up buying a house together in Craigieburn in 2015 (with help from Ricky’s wife, Sherry) and plan to stay there for a while.

What the Great Australian Dream looks like today

As house prices rise, young people are rethinking home ownership, and some are finding creative new ways to live.

  • Caroline Zielinski and Alice Uribe
Neil Robertson purchased his first home in Fitzroy for $7500 in 1972.

What was the Great Australian Dream?

Work hard, buy a home, maybe an investment property down the track: the rational decisions of the past have given way to a different future.

  • Caroline Zielinski and Alice Uribe
The difference in interest is costing you $50 a week.

I’m 73 with $19k in credit card debt. Should I use my savings to pay it off?

The interest you’re paying on credit card debt is slowly eroding your savings, but it can feel like a lot to pay off at once.

  • Noel Whittaker