First Home Buyers

Non-Bank Lenders – a refreshing alternative!

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

2010 has turned into the year where non-bank lenders have escaped the shadow of the big banks! And with interest rates on the rise, competition is getting stronger which means consumers can gain greater value out of their loans if they do their research. (more…)

Resi announced as WINNER of Your Mortgage’s BEST VALUE INTRO RATE – OVERALL NON BANK WINNER for Switch & Save!

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Resi Home Loans is proud to announce that they are the Your Mortgage overall non-bank winner for Best Value Introductory Loan for Switch & Save.

Their award winning product, Switch & Save tops competition within the non-bank category not only because of its current low variable introductory rate of 5.70%* but also thanks to its competitive revert rate that kicks in after 24 months and no start-up or ongoing fees.

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House are prices are inflated… or maybe not?

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

With so much talk of increasing house prices and affordability – RP Data and Rismark are challenging this belief.  From last week’s research, they claim that housing affordability has not declined since 2003.  According to Rismark’s CEO, Christopher Joye, “There is an uninformed perception that houses are much more expensive now, compared to our household incomes, than they ever have been before.”

“But that is not correct, affordability in the housing market is not deteriorating rapidly, average house prices are not seven to eight times household incomes as is often quoted,” he says

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Is there an Australian housing affordability crisis?

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

This has been a contentious issue over the years among both researchers and economists – but data from Australian Property Monitors and RP Data’s Rismark has reignited this in the last few days.

An Australian Property Monitors’ Quarterly Housing report revealed, “2009 ended with the strongest annual house price growth since 2003,” which supports the view that residential property is unaffordable.  APM also revealed over the December quarter the Australian property market saw a 4.8 per cent rise in median house prices nationally and 12.1 per cent rise overall for the year.

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First time borrowers can use NOW to carry out due diligence on their plans

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

With several weeks left until the property market is back in full swing, first time borrowers should be using this quiet time now to ensure they’ve covered everything needed in terms of arranging pre-approval for loans and fine tuning property searches.

Too many times we see prospective buyers miss out on their dream home because they didn’t have all the necessary paperwork in order – and with the property market already set to heat up further in 2010, first time borrowers need to ensure this doesn’t happen to them.

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