Sally Tindall
Sally Tindall is the data insights director at Canstar, a loan comparison platform, where she provides expert analysis on mortgage trends and borrower behavior. With extensive experience in financial services, Tindall emphasizes the challenges faced by homeowners amid rising interest rates and advocates for the importance of even minor savings in monthly repayments.
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Sally Tindall, data insights director at Canstar, said that for the average sole wage earner, the dream of buying a median-priced house was 'basically dead and buried'.
How much you need to earn to buy a house now
Australia· 2026-02-23
Sally Tindall, Canstar data insights director, discusses the challenges Australians face in obtaining loans for smaller apartments.
A ‘smaller is better’ solution to the housing crisisAustralia· 2026-01-11
Sally Tindall said that inflation is moving in the wrong direction, and it’s taken the prospect of another rate cut completely off the table.
Lenders increase rates amid speculation of no further RBA cutsAustralia· 2025-11-30
Sally Tindall is the data insights director at Canstar who commented on the challenges of buying property with a 5 percent deposit.
You can’t buy a $1.5m home on a 5 per cent depositAustralia· 2025-08-26
Sally Tindall is Canstar’s data insights director who discusses potential government housing schemes.
Mid-life renters who try to use government home buying scheme Help to Buy may struggle to get home loansAustralia· 2025-07-21
Sally Tindall is Canstar’s data insights director who discusses the impact of borrowing power on home ownership.
How much money women and men can borrow to buy a houseAustralia· 2025-07-05
Canstar’s data insights director Sally Tindall says lower interest rates have turned the tide for constricted borrowers.
Suburbs where workers on $300,000 can’t afford a houseAustralia· 2025-07-02
Sally Tindall stated that the average household could face significant price increases for energy.
Words to use to help negotiate lower energy billsAustralia· 2025-06-28
Canstar data insights director Sally Tindall said APRA identifies borrowers as risky if they have debts of six times or more than their incomes.
Rate cuts tempt buyers to stretch to maximum lendingAustralia· 2025-05-20
Sally Tindall highlighted the risks associated with interest-only loans and their appeal to investors due to tax benefits.
Experts warn homeowners to think long and hard about new banking productsAustralia· 2025-05-05
Sally Tindall said if interest rates fell, home buyers could borrow more from the bank and look at more expensive properties.
Higher caps for Help to Buy schemeAustralia· 2025-03-26
Canstar’s data insights director, Sally Tindall, said changes in the cash rate typically prompted people to re-engage with their mortgage.
More borrowers are ditching their bank as refinancing rate picks upAustralia· 2025-03-23
Sally Tindall said stressed borrowers will take any savings they can and either pay it off their mortgage or bring it back into their household budget.
Sydney home owners set for mortgage repayments to fall after Reserve Bank interest rate cutAustralia· 2025-02-18