Buying to renovate and sell can be a lucrative investment strategy, allowing investors to potentially make a fast profit with minimal effort and expense. However, the key is to find the right fixer-upper – one that gives you a maximum increase in value for minimal expenditure. Cha-ching! As your mortgage and finance broker, we love [...]
Whether you are buying your first home, your next home, refinancing, investing, purchasing assets or commercial property, entering the property market is exciting. However, it can also be daunting, with so many elements at play and your life savings on the line. Now more than ever, borrowers are relying on the professional expertise of mortgage [...]
There's nothing quite like attending your first auction and seeing the characters at play – the charismatic auctioneer with the overpriced suit and the Hollywood smile, the throng of sticky-palmed bidders and nosy neighbours waiting in anticipation, the stressed-out vendors hiding in the shadows. The experience can be exhilarating and exciting, but it can also [...]
This month, the Reserve Bank of Australia met for its first meeting for the year and elected to keep the official cash rate on hold at 1.5%. The official cash rate has been at an all-time low for some time now and forecasters are undecided about where the RBA will take it next. It seems [...]
We hope you are enjoying the fantastic summer weather and are all ready for another exciting year as things start to heat up in the Australian property market! The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) met today for its first meeting for 2017 and has elected to keep the official cash rate on hold at 1.5% [...]
If you have already purchased your first home, congratulations! The next step in building wealth for your future could be to plan for the purchase of a second property as an investment. Owning two properties is a great financial ambition and with Australian house prices on the rise, doing so has great potential to improve [...]
Out with the old and in with the new! What better way to start 2017 than with a make-over for your most valuable asset? Whether you're ready for a complete home renovation or simply want to bring your house up-to-date with a few cosmetic changes, you'll want to get on top of the latest trends [...]
With another Christmas celebrated and already showing up on our waistlines, a common topic of conversation for many of us in January is our New Year resolutions. Whether it’s a pledge to give up smoking, get to the gym more often, or start (yet another) healthy eating regime, New Year resolutions usually have a self-improvement [...]
Happy New Year! We hope you enjoyed the break and Santa was kind to you and your family this Christmas. Are you ready for another fantastic year in our property markets? As the Reserve Bank of Australia will not meet until the first Tuesday in February for its initial rate meeting for 2017, there is [...]
It's nearly clearance sale time at car yards across Australia, as car dealerships try to clear last year's stock. A vehicle may have only been built a few months ago, but as far as the dealer is concerned it's now a year old. The good news is you can capitalise on their eagerness to sell, [...]
