If you love where you live and don’t want to move, then renovating can make your home feel brand new. Renovating will also improve the value of the most important asset for your family. When you start planning to renovate, it’s also a good time to think about the right lender and loan package for you. […]

Many first time buyers are earning enough to borrow money but only have a low deposit to enter the property market. On average, a $500,000 property requires a 20% deposit of $100,000 and that could take couples over 5 years to save. What if you can’t save enough deposit? A guarantee allows parents to use the […]

When you are you looking to buy your first home, next home or investment property, how do you negotiate the lowest price? The first step is to know how much the property is worth in today’s market. Don’t just rely on the real estate agent for an honest valuation of the property. Make sure you get […]

Spring time is when more properties hit the market for sale. So if you’re looking to buy, are you ready make an offer?  Here are our Top 3 Tips for buying property in spring time…. Tip 1 – How much can you borrow? This seems obvious but some people don’t know their maximum borrowing capacity […]

Some good news from ACCC chairman Rod Sims. It looks like the ACCC wants the banks to be more accountable for their interest rate settings.  Rod Simms has said the regulator sent out information notices to the big four banks and Macquarie bank. “We’ve used information notices to seek to understand how banks have made interest […]