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Monday, July 26th, 2010
Cold and drizzly weather, two doonas on the bed and regular lashings of comfort food to warm the soul…..
It may sound odd while we’re in the midst of an unseasonably cold winter, but now’s the perfect time to start think about getting your property ready for a Spring Sale – if that’s in your game plan.
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Posted in Uncategorized | July 26th, 2010 No Comments » Tags: Move House, Property, Renovate, Upgrade
Friday, June 4th, 2010
The property market has remained strong for the past 12 months, but now amid concerns of rising interest rates and threats of a global economic slowdown – property buyers are holding back.
While auctions account for less than a quarter of all dwelling transactions nationally, Cameron Kusher, senior research analyst at Rpdata.com says, “auction clearance rates provide an excellent indication of current market sentiment; the results are more timely than private treaty results which are subject to time lags.” (more…)
Posted in Buying to Invest, First Time Buyers, Interest Rates, Moving House | June 4th, 2010 No Comments » Tags: affordability, Budget, First Home Buyers, Home Loan, Home Loans, Move House, Property, Property Market, Upgrade
Monday, May 3rd, 2010
It seems that investors are not the only ones interested in capitalising on the current market opportunities. QBE LMI’s Chief executive officer Ian Graham believes that upgraders will also be contributing to property market movements in 2011.
Mr Graham believes the coming year will see upgraders stepping up to fill the demand gap created by the decline in first home buyer activity since the federal government’s boosted first home buyer stimulus was withdrawn. (more…)
Posted in Buying to Invest, First Time Buyers, Moving House | May 3rd, 2010 No Comments » Tags: affordability, Budget, First Home Buyers, Home Loan, Home Loans, Invest, Move House, Upgrade
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
Read the full article here, http://bit.ly/cHTuuj
Have a read through and cast your vote on the blog poll or comment your thoughts below – we want to know: Would you rent as a lifestyle choice or would you prefer to live in a home that you own?
Posted in Buying to Invest, First Time Buyers, Moving House | April 28th, 2010 No Comments » Tags: affordability, First Home Buyers, Home Loan, Home Loans, Invest, Move House, Property, Rent
Friday, March 26th, 2010
First home owners tipped to embark on their home ownership journey this year need to be reminded not to fall into the trap of dropping the financial ball after the initial thrill of the purchase.
There is a common tendency for many first home owners to want many of the things that go with a home, without having the patience to wait until they can comfortably afford to buy them. (more…)
Posted in First Time Buyers, Home Loan Tips, Interest Rates | March 26th, 2010 No Comments » Tags: affordability, Budget, Credit Cards, First Home Buyers, Home Loan, Home Loans, Interest Rates, Move House, Property, rate rise, Variable loan, variable rate
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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Posted in Buying to Invest, First Time Buyers, Interest Rates, Moving House, Refinancing | February 15th, 2010 No Comments » Tags: affordability, First Home Buyers, Home Loan, Home Loans, Interest Rates, Invest, Lender, Move House, Property, Refinance, Variable loan, variable rate
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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Posted in Buying to Invest, First Time Buyers, Moving House | January 28th, 2010 3 Comments » Tags: affordability, Budget, First Home Buyers, Home Loan, Home Loans, Invest, Move House, Property
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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Posted in Buying to Invest, First Time Buyers, Moving House | January 28th, 2010 1 Comment » Tags: affordability, Budget, First Home Buyers, Home Loans, Invest, Move House, Property
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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Posted in First Time Buyers | January 14th, 2010 3 Comments » Tags: Budget, First Home Buyers, Home Loan, Home Loans, Move House, Property, Renovate
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Each category of borrower, including owner occupiers, investors and first home owners should be looking at financial strategies to protect themselves from more rate rises. Apart from checking your loan’s features are still appropriate for you, owner-occupiers should be limiting discretionary spending, allocating more funds for their mortgage repayments. This will give them breathing space as rates continue to rise, as well as providing a slush fund for any necessary works on their property
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Posted in Buying to Invest, First Time Buyers, Interest Rates | December 30th, 2009 No Comments » Tags: Home Loan, Home Loans, Invest, Move House
