Are you a mortgage prisoner?
If the past few years will be remembered for anything, it may be that many Australians felt like mortgage prisoners.
What do I mean by such a seemingly contrary statement?
Well, the confluence of changes…
How to add value to your home
In quieter market conditions, many homeowners opt to renovate their properties to create equity themselves.
Some people call this “sweat equity” because you usually sweat a lot painting the walls and working in…
What I need to know to get my home loan approved?
Did you know that billions of dollars in dwelling finance commitments were approved in September in Australia?
That’s right, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, tens of thousands of dwellings were…
When was the last time you reviewed your property manager?
Like everything that has a financial impact on you – your home and/or investment loans, your personal insurances, your phone contract etc. – property management is no different.
Rental property markets across t…
Have APRA and the regulators gone too far?
I wish I could start the year with good news, but it seems that the economic clouds are gathering, and the resultant storm may well be on the horizon.
Why? Well still to this day APRA (Australian Prudential Reg…
The dangers of investing by following the crowds
In many situations, being part of the crowd can be rewarding. crowd group individual motivation fish win contest race diffferent
Outdoor festivals, markets, concerts, stage shows: these are all events that are …
Great service creates happy customers
It’s nearly a year since the royal commission in to the banking sector was announced, with the seventh and final round of hearings being held in December, 2018.
No doubt we’ll be peppered with some more example…
Why you should be wary when buying off the plan
The off-the-plan sector has had its share of ups and downs over recent years.
For a while there, in big cities like Sydney and Melbourne at least, it could do no wrong because there was huge pent-up demand from…