Are cashback offers worth it?
So you are looking around considering refinancing your home or investment loan and all of sudden your see an offer for $2,000 cashback to refinance – Wow, that’s great, let’s take it…
But then you see another offer…
What you should expect on settlement day
After a gruelling race with high stakes and a fair amount of nervousness, the finish line is in sight – settlement day.
You’ve bought a new home or investment – or you’ve sold one – and the final hurdle is before y…
What does a bank valuer look for?
Property stakeholders often feel a little nervous about a bank valuer visiting.
Valuers show up, poke around and then send a verdict to the lender about whether the price paid, or estimate made, ‘stacks up to m…
How to avoid gazumping on your next property purchase
Gazump is an old Yiddish word meaning ‘to overcharge’, but in the Australian real estate context, it relates more to tricky opportunism on the part of property sellers.
Let’s say you’ve found the property of your d…
Hold off on Home Buying, say analysts
Two-thirds of analysts do not believe that now is a good time to purchase a home, according to new research.
According to a survey of 43 market pundits by comparison website Finder, just 35 per cent of respondents …
What to Consider When Buying a New Home
Buying a home is one of life’s most significant moments.
As such, there are a number of steps you need to take before you’re handed the door keys on settlement day.
There’s a lot to consider, a fair few hoops to…
Has Covid-19 changed what we want from our homes?
OK, so who’s been stuck at home, in what you thought was a spacious property, right up until Covid-19 hit?
All of a sudden we’ve got people trying to find space to be able work, study and then relax all under the 1…
Do I pay off my mortgage or should I invest?
The current low interest rate environment has a lot of clients asking me whether now is the time to focus on paying off their mortgage.
And the strange circumstances we find ourselves in, with 2020 not turning out …