Measuring financial stress

Measuring financial stress

Measuring financial stress. In the second part of our financial stress webinar series, Dr Nicola Gates provides a detailed look at measuring financial stress.

Under-earning and financial stress

Under-earning and financial stress

Under-earning and financial stress At a time when basic living costs are dramatically rising, with inflation set to hit 7 per cent this year, how much we earn comes into sharp focus.

Top five reasons people get into mortgage stress

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.

Can you actually afford to buy?

Can you actually afford to buy

Can you actually afford to buy. There is so much pressure to buy a home to enter the property market these days that renters could be forgiven for experiencing a sense of failure if they are not planning to buy.

Keeping up with the Joneses

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’.