Don’t go out on Friday night, eat more cabbage, cancel Netflix, live with your mum. Blah. How about some helpful advice? Every bank and major lender will offer ‘helpful’ advice on saving for a deposit for your first
Buying a house is usually the most expensive purchase in a person’s life. But in a competitive market, it’s also important to move fast: you don’t want to miss out on that perfect property because you
For decades now we’ve heard of people moving out of big cities for the less frenetic pace of regional cities and towns. A ‘sea change’ or ‘tree change’ is seen as a way to slow down
In Victoria, body corporates – also known as owners corporations – are essential to the management of multi-unit residences. A body corporate is essentially a committee of owners who are in charge of overseeing financial management,
The housing crisis is biting deep across Australia. Property prices continue to increase, and rentals are less affordable (and harder to find) than ever before. This impacts homebuyers and renters directly. But it’s also biting hard at
Grants and Schemes for Victorian First Homebuyers First Home Owner Grant The First Home Owner Grant (FHOG) is designed to help first-time property buyers cover some of the costs of purchasing a property. It’s a one-off, tax-free grant
In the past, we’ve described the pros and cons of getting a mortgage that has an offset facility. It’s a fairly simple idea that has saved some borrowers tens of thousands of dollars and several years
As well as being possibly the largest purchase you’ll ever make, buying a property is also complicated and full of traps. First homebuyers are especially disadvantaged, wading into the world of real estate without much
At Mortgage Broker Melbourne, we have lots of online resources to help you buy and sell property. Whether you’re a first homebuyer, someone looking to up- or down-size, or in the market for an investment
Buying a 3-bedroom house on a quarter-acre block used to be called the “Australian dream”. But with a bigger population, a higher concentration of people choosing to live in big cities like Melbourne, and changing
It’s a competitive world. And we enter 2024 with almost 1000 home loan products on the Australian loan market from banks and non-bank lenders. You’d think competition would be sky high. But all lenders in
Renting is tough. While laws are slowly changing to give renters more certainty and protection, it’s still an owner’s market. Just getting a rental is harder and harder, with limited supply driving prices sky high.
