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2 months ago | 
comparethemarket.com.au | Chris Ford |Phillip Portman
The tide may slowly be turning on the cost-of-living crisis, with new research from Compare the Market revealing fewer people are imposing lifestyle lockdowns to combat rising expenses in 2025 compared to 2024.
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2 months ago | 
comparethemarket.com.au | Chris Ford |Phillip Portman
The true impact of the cost-of-living crisis has been laid bare in new research from Compare the Market, which reveals that one in five Australians have less than $100 in their savings account.*A worrying 18.7% of Australians surveyed reported having $100 or less to their name, with high grocery prices, rising insurance premiums and increased energy costs pushing savings to the brink.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
comparethemarket.com.au | Chris Ford |Adrian Taylor
Despite a rise in reported break-ins across the country, recent Compare the Market research has revealed more than a third of Australians still hide a spare key. According to Compare the Market’s latest data, 36% of adult Australians hide a spare key somewhere outside of their home.*Of those that hid a spare key, the most popular hiding spots were in a lock box (30%) and the garden (15%). The data also found that 8% hid their spare key in a fake rock, under a garden gnome and under a pot plant.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
comparethemarket.com.au | Chris Ford |Phillip Portman
Millions of Australians could be throwing away their hard-earned money, with Compare the Market warning that now’s the time to maximise the savings available to you through your health insurance extras before they expire on 1 January. Many of the country’s leading health insurers reset their extras benefit limits at the start of the New Year, meaning the clock may be ticking to recoup the cash you’re entitled to.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
thedlist.co.nz | Chris Ford |Eda Tang |William J. Sangster
It was a looming puddle along the side of my house by the laundry that prompted me to take action. I live in South Dunedin which is mainly flat, low lying and coastal - conditions which make my home susceptible to all the things climate change is throwing at us: flooding, coastal erosion and rising sea levels. So when, on Wednesday, October 2, MetService issued its first ever red heavy rain warning for Dunedin, I was expecting things to get worse.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
comparethemarket.com.au | Chris Ford |Natasha Innes
It seems we’re under the influence, with half of Australians surveyed admitting they’ve bought items because of social media, according to new Compare the Market research*. The research found that 50.1% of respondents made purchasing decisions based on what they saw on their social media feeds, whether it was a product featured by an influencer, an enticing ad, or even suggestions from friends.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
comparethemarket.com.au | Chris Ford |Natasha Innes
There weren’t many winners on Melbourne Cup Day as the Reserve Bank of Australia left the cash rate on hold to stop the inflation horse bolting away. The cash rate has remained on hold at 4.35% – its highest point in over a decade – since November last year. Compare the Market’s Chris Ford said the RBA had kept inflation on a tight rein, but needed to weigh up the impact higher rates had on families with a mortgage.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
comparethemarket.com.au | Chris Ford |Natasha Innes
Some spooky statistics arrived just in time for Halloween: About 40% of Australians have credit card debt, while 18% have an outstanding Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) debt. According to Compare the Market’s Household Budget Barometer 2024, two-thirds of adult Australians surveyed have some type of debt that isn’t a home loan.*While good financial management is important, Compare the Market’s Chris Ford said it can feel overwhelming – even scary – to confront our financial habits.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
comparethemarket.com.au | Chris Ford |Phillip Portman
According to new research from Compare the Market, high fuel prices and the ongoing cost-of-living crisis are driving more than half of Australian motorists off our roads. The new research revealed that 50.1% of Australian drivers surveyed are driving less due to the cost of petrol.* However, despite the misconception, Compare the Market’s Chris Ford said fuel prices were actually trending downwards compared to the same time last year.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
comparethemarket.com.au | Chris Ford |Phillip Portman
As households continue to take a hit amid the cost-of-living crisis, recent Compare the Market research has revealed that Western Australia is the country’s most frugal state when it comes to finding a bargain at the supermarket. Compare the Market’s latest research revealed that 1 in 5 Western Australians surveyed (20.2%) have been exclusively buying generic name products in the past 12 months when grocery shopping – more than anywhere else in Australia.
