What is a good credit score?
Some of the most common questions I get asked from clients relate to their Equifax score, or their credit rating.
Equifax is Australia’s largest credit reporting agency and allocates you with a number that is essen…
The stages of a construction project: completion and realisation
If you’re a parent, you’ll know that the final few weeks of the pregnancy are an exciting and daunting time.
The road to get here has been long, sometimes uncertain, perhaps challenging but very rewarding. And now …
Housing Market Forecasts 2019-2022
The annual QBE Australian Housing Outlook for 2019-2022 has just been released and have shown some very interesting statistical data that should enable us to look at and invest with confidence in the coming year.
T…
The living expenses debate
OK, who wants to go first in having a “bash” at anyone of our banks?
Forget the AFL and NRL football finals, or even the cricket and our quest to retain the Ashes, No people, its bank bashing that really is our nat…
The stages of a construction project: construction and project management
Have you ever watched that great television series Grand Designs?
It follows the journeys of ordinary people with big ideas for their dream homes, from concept to incept and through to completion.
The deve…
What happens to property values in a recession?
Are we heading for a recession and what would it mean for the property market?
That’s a question I was recently asked by Yahoo Finance where I’ve been writing a regular property column for well over a decade.
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The ABCs of LVRs
Securing a mortgage requires a lot of things – preparation, patience, persistence…
and a dictionary.
At least that’s how it might feel for many when they’re confronted with all kinds of trick…
The stages of a construction project: planning and approvals
So, you want to take on a construction project.
It’s an admirable ambition – and a smart one at a time when the market in most major cities looks to have bottomed out and be on the verge of recovery.
Strik…