Here are our top five upfront fees buyers are expected to pay (aside from the deposit). These fees should be factored into your buying budget…
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If Your Real Estate Agent Uses These 4 Tactics, It’s Time To Find A New Agent
Buying or selling your home should always be a rewarding experience that brings a sigh of relief and contentment once the deal is done…
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The real estate industry has had a few issues with gender equality. In short, it’s typically been a highly male-dominated arena…
Continue readingHow After-Pay and Other Buy-Now-Pay-Later Schemes Can Affect Your Home Loan Chances
The ‘buy now, pay later’ service that keeps our bank accounts in surplus no matter how many Christmas presents we buy and stockpile throughout the year… But now you’ve accrued a debt, how will that look on your home loan application?
Continue readingA Beginner’s Guide To Buying A Home To Renovate
Are you a first homebuyer or investor looking to spend less now to make more in the future? With some quality fixer-upper houses coming on the market, now is as good a time as any to buy a house you can renovate over time…
Continue readingAPRA’s Intervention and How It Affects You
Since APRA’s announcement earlier this week, people from various groups have chimed in to discuss how changes to lending requirements may influence and control property buyers’ decisions in the near future…
Continue readingEmpowered and Strong Women… What are Their Secrets?
It’s a powerful statement. Stirring and empowering. That dream we’ve always had, if we have the courage and are brave enough to start it, we will succeed…
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Creating living space perfection is a full time gig. If you’re fanatical about your space, there will always be something you want to play with before ultimate perfection is achieved…
Continue readingBig cities, is this goodbye?
For a long time, we’ve been drawn to the big city lights. But the COVID-induced work from home life has sure made us re-look at where we can live – and tree changes and sea changes are on the rise…
Continue readingSix Top Tips for Homeschooling
If you are home schooling a child of any age during lockdown, power to you. It is no mean feat. Not only are you battling the ups and downs of lockdown, you’re managing to take on a role you have very little experience in. Here are a few tips that may help…
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