by daisy | Jan 20, 2020 | Financial Planning, First Home Buyer, Home Loans, Investment, Lifestyle, Property Market, Property News, Refinancing
Happy New Year! Even though we are more than halfway through January and started a new decade, we have had fun reflecting on 2019 and have loved helping our clients achieve their property goals and look forward to doing it all again (and more!) in 2020. Keep...
by daisy | Dec 10, 2019 | Financial Planning, First Home Buyer, Home Loans, Investment, Lifestyle, Property Market, Property News, Refinancing
The First Home Loan Deposit Scheme is being introduced by the Australian Government through the National Housing Finance & Investment Corporation (NHFIC) to help eligible first home buyers purchase their home sooner. The Scheme will assist 10,000 first homeowners...
by daisy | Nov 1, 2019 | Case Study, Financial Planning, First Home Buyer, Home Loans, Investment, Lifestyle, Property Market, Refinancing
White Ants saved us Money $$ What brought you to Louise? We wanted to see how much we could borrow to buy our next property – a family home, as we both own an apartment each (well, the bank and us do!) What were your options? Originally we were thinking of selling one...
by daisy | Oct 22, 2019 | Financial Planning, First Home Buyer, Home Loans, Investment, Lifestyle, Property Market, Property News, Refinancing
I must have been on some random list to keep getting the foreign call centre calls from the supposed ATO – “you have a debt that must be paid immediately or we will……..” My team in the office were concerned to hear me raise my voice down the phone line...
by daisy | Sep 29, 2019 | Financial Planning, First Home Buyer, Home Loans, Investment, Lifestyle, Property Market, Property News, Refinancing
Lenders this last week have been nitpicking through the most trivial of items due to the introduction of Positive Credit Reporting. I have been asked to explain why someone spent $35 back in June this year as it showed a payment into another bank account (he was...
by daisy | Sep 19, 2019 | Financial Planning, First Home Buyer, Home Loans, Investment, Lifestyle, Property Market, Property News, Refinancing
Currently, 89% of Australians aged 65 and over own their own home. While selling the property is one option to release funds if you’re finding it difficult to make ends meet, some lenders now offer a reverse mortgage* that could help you access your home equity...