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…
In a 2013 survey conducted by the Associated Press, they found that 80% of America’s adults struggle with joblessness, poverty, near-poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives.
While you may …
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…
Are interest rates going up? The perennial question.
To be honest, the ongoing talk of interest rates and the property bubble, people telling me how hard it is to get into property (as they sip their latte and eat …
It’s a never-ending question: “Is now a good time to fix rates?”
However, my constant reply is always: “Well, it depends!”
That’s because there are a number of variables that you must consider before deciding w…
How will the current volatility in the stock market cause our property markets to crash?
You’d have to be living under a rock not to have heard that the global stock markets have recently experienced some of their …
As we head into 2018, there is already plenty of talk about interest rates rising this year.
However, chatter about rates rising has been happening for years now.
In fact, can you believe that this year marks 10…
Part of Melbourne’s property landscape – and identity – has always been its iconic terrace houses.
Built mainly in the 19th Century, they remain some of the most desirable properties in the inner-city with most rip…
