There is talk that lenders are starting to compete more fiercely for customers as demand for new home loans drops
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Homeowners with a mortgage dodged a bullet this week when the Reserve Bank of Australia board chose to hold its official cash rate at 4.35%.
The reprieve may prove short-lived, though, with a number of economists and financial markets seeing a good chance of another hike this year.