Should you go guarantor for your kids?
You’ve loved them, guided them and raised them ever since they were first placed into your arms as a little screaming ball of redness.
And you’d do anything to give your kids the best possible start in th…
First signs of APRA restrictions are lifted
So APRA has finally cut its limit on investor lending growth — some three and a half years after it was implemented by finally axing its 10% investor lending speed limit by saying that it had “served its pur…
What will drive Brisbane’s property price higher?
Brisbane property investors are proving more loyal than a third-generation Lions supporter.
Since 2010, Brisbane has been your favourite pub band — full of potential, not lacking enthusiasm, but frustratingly unabl…
Are you a worrier or a warrior?
There is a saying that is a useful one to adopt if you’re prone to worrying unnecessarily.
It is, “Why don’t you save your worry until there is something to worry about?”
It’s a useful mantra because s…
Is the worst over for Brisbane’s unit market?
If the unit market in Brisbane was a movie, last year’s performance would’ve made anything Quentin Tarantino can serve up look like a Disney classic.
An explosion of new stock caused a dramatic oversupply that caus…
Sydney – is it spiralling or settling?
You know that smell just before a big downpour?
It’s a familiar scent that fills the air and instantly hints that you should bring the washing in.
Or how you get a scratchy sensation in the back of your throat, …
How to start investing in property with no money
It wasn’t that long ago that banks would lend you more money than the value of the property that you were buying.
Lenders were hungry for business and the economy was robust so it was deemed to be a reasonable scen…
Are you stressed about mortgage stress?
There appears to be an increasing amount of media commentary about mortgage stress of late.
This is mainly because of the “threat” of rising interest rates because, as I’ve written about before, rates can’t stay hi…