As Australian households continue to battle rising costs across the board, alarming new research from Compare the Market has revealed the staggering number of Australians that have fallen victim to a scam. More than a third of Australians (37%) surveyed admit that they’ve been swindled out of cash due to scams – up 2.49% from […]
We all know a friend who swears by the fact that you need to buy tickets six weeks out from the travel day and Tuesdays are the cheapest days to fly, but is that still the case? Travel insurance comparison site, Compare the Market, has crunched the numbers to see which days are the cheapest […]
Australians could be missing out on hundreds of dollars of savings that are available through their insurance policies, energy plans, mobile phone deals and more, according to new research from Compare the Market. With households continuing to feel the pinch of rising energy prices, repeated interest rate hikes, rent increases and more, Compare the Market […]
Move over Bluey, the coolest ‘kats have arrived on the scene, just in time to make Santa Paws’ nice list. Following the launch of Compare the Market’s new pet insurance service earlier this year, the insurance comparison site has revealed Australia’s most common pet names for both cats and dogs. Amongst cat owners, you’d be […]
Compare the Market has welcomed the New South Wales Government’s decision to reform the Emergency Services Levy (ESL), which will make home insurance premiums more affordable for hundreds of thousands of homes across New South Wales. Businesses will also benefit, with commercial premiums to be slashed under the reforms. At present, the ESL is a […]
While soaring energy prices and higher insurance premiums are chewing into the household budget, new research from Compare the Market reveals that Australians are more interested in finding deals on clothes, electronics, shoes and beauty products than their utilities or insurances in the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. Compare the Market’s latest survey set […]
With as many as 29 million pets living across Australia, it would be negligent to say that we’re a country that doesn’t love our pets. Yet, this love may be growing stronger than people may initially think, with the latest research from Compare the Market finding as many as one in two people say that […]
Despite the high fuel prices roaring across the country, the latest research from Compare the Market has found that most Australians still prefer a combustion engine car over an electric vehicle (EV). The survey, which asked Australians if they would prefer a petrol or diesel-based car or an EV if they were of the same […]
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has confirmed it is lifting the cash rate for the 13th time, with a 0.25% increase following November’s Board meeting. The cash rate has now surged by a whopping 4.25% since May last year – that’s roughly a 0.24% increase per month. Compare the Market’s Economic Director, David Koch […]
With the household budget taking a beating as the cost-of-living crisis shows no signs of slowing down, worrying new research from Compare the Market reveals that an alarming number of Australians have no savings to their name. With another rate rise announcement due next month, the latest findings from Compare the Market reveal that 28.6% […]
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