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Matthew Elmas

Five ways home owners can prepare for the first interest rate rise in more than a decade

Experts have weighed in on the best way to prepare for higher interest rates. Photo: TND

Millions of Australian home owners are staring at a steep rise in their mortgage repayments over the next two years as the Reserve Bank brings an end to the era of record-low interest rates, creating a debt cliff in the process.

Although no one knows when rates will rise or by how much, RBA governor Philip Lowe has said an increase in mortgage rates is “inevitable”.

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