Money and relationships
Money and relationships. Many elements can lead to relationship tensions and even breakdown. One of the most difficult to change can be disputes or differences over money.
New Year’s Resolution
If you made a New Year’s Resolution, was it geared towards your financial wellness? If it wasn’t, or you didn’t make one at all it’s not too late, in fact it’s never too late.
A detailed look at Financial Stress
In the first part of our financial stress webinar series, Dr Nicola Gates provides a detailed look at financial stress.
Money and infidelity main reasons couples divorce
Money and infidelity main reasons couples divorce. We know that divorce – the unsettling reality for one in three marriages – usually has an immense but largely immeasurable emotional impact on couples and their children.
Top five reasons people get into mortgage stress
Top five reasons people get into mortgage stress. Mortgage stress is never far from the news in Australia, with years of historically low-interest rates and a booming property market, home ownership became within the reach of millions.
Uni students become more debt laden
Uni students become more debt laden. University students will feel the pinch even more as the indexation rate applied to HECS–HELP loans has jumped from 1 June 2022 to 3.9 per cent (0.6% per cent in 2021), the highest rate in a decade.
Keeping up with the Joneses
Keeping up with the Joneses. In a recent article on how renters can avoid fear of financial failure we referred to the pressure people feel to stray into unhealthy spending patterns out of the type of peer pressure known as ‘keeping up with the Joneses’.
What renters can practically do to improve their finances
What renters can practically do to improve their finances. In the first part of this series, we examined the mindset problem that can plague renters: fear of financial failure that comes with not owning your own home.
New Year’s Resolutions – part 2
New Year’s Resolutions – part 2
New Year’s Resolutions – part 1
New Year’s Resolutions – part 1