Interest-only lending in the headlines a lot lately, isn’t it?
As I’ve written and spoken about before that’s because of a clampdown on this type of lending by APRA.
This has meant that lenders are reducing thei…
Once you’ve identified a property that suits your purposes as either a home or an investment, the hardest part can be negotiating successfully to buy it.
The thing is negotiation is a skill that needs to be learned…
Not all home loans are created equally and they’re created for different types of investments as well.
And depending on whether you’re a novice or an advanced investor, your loan needs will vary because your strate…
The allure of a new home remains as attractive today as it did for our parents and grandparents.
That’s because buying or building a brand new home means that you have access to the latest house designs as well as …
Parents have helped their children buy homes for generations.
Back then, it was often via a cash gift that their child – often newly married – could use as a deposit.
Today, many parents are equally interested i…
Andrew Mirams sits down with Kevin Turner from Real Estate talk to discuss the why interests rates are going up.
Kevin: Hi once again Kevin Turner for Real Estate Talk and, of course, the RBA has flagged that interes…
Recent data from CoreLogic appears to show that the property markets in Sydney and Melbourne are on the slide.
But do a few rounds of data constitute a property “slide”? Or are the markets just taking a well-earned b…
Sadly, in Australia, our financial literacy is very low. Even sadder, this isn’t taught to our kids in schools and so generation after generation we seem to keep slipping into bad habits. And those habits are learned …
Buying your first home is a rite of passage for most young Australians.
Having a place to call our own is a key part of our psyche so it’s little surprise that first homebuyers are prepared to put in the hard finan…
The Labor Party has announced that it’s going to ban all borrowings to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) because seemingly that’s going to help with housing affordability.
Please!
It’s concerning that La…
