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Having done all the numbers on how much we could borrow to purchase our first home in Australia and being pretty excited about how much we could save in interest if we were disciplined and made extra payments to our home loan, we started seriously looking for our first home. We were first home buyers!
We were confident we could find our first home in a suburb of Sydney that we liked. Before we
Six months ago my husband and I (sounds very royal!) decided we had sufficient funds saved to buy our first home in Sydney, Australia. We had a combined income of around $130,000 and had no immediate plans to start a family. We were unsure of how much we could borrow so we searched the internet and found some very good mortgage calculators that allowed us to input our income and expenses to work
If the prospect of buying your first home is a touch terrifying, believe me, you're not alone. I have recently 'taken the plunge' and 'rock'n'rolled' into what I consider an enormous debt, but once it's done the rollercoaster ride of feelings, starting from scary followed by a belly flip and ending with indescribable happiness is very rewarding. Owning your own little bungalow that nobody can
Many first home buyers are both excited and daunted by the prospect of purchasing their first home property in Australia. Like everything else though, it is not such a difficult process provided you do your research and make use of professional and experienced people along the way. Purchasing your first home will be your biggest financial transaction to date – it’s much more important that
These days, a lot is said and written about the first home Buyer. Most lending institutions provide detailed information for the first home Buyer that practically take them every step of the way to purchasing their first home. That said, whilst the “journey” as such, for the first home buyer has been made a somewhat less complicated and perhaps daunting experience, there remains two critical
Hundreds of thousands of Australians are bracing for more mortgage pain following the Reserve Bank’s decision to lift official interest rates by another .25% p.a. in February. Commonwealth Bank borrowers will experience the additional pain of a further .05% increase as the bank has alerted the market that it will be increasing its rates on standard loans by .30 as opposed to simply passing on the
The process of shopping around for home loans and comparing the different rates and costs offered by lenders and mortgage managers, has been made easier with the help of web search engines and loan calculators. Borrowers are actively using these search engines and calculators to access loan features and costs. These resourceful tools provide a wealth of knowledge and enable borrowers to make
Refinancing your mortgage can be a very daunting experience. Am I doing the right thing? Will I recoup the costs involved in the refinance? Am I better off with a lower rate or lower fees? Will the financial institution I refinance with be accommodating and provide ongoing support? These are all questions you need to ask when thinking about a refinance.
The most common reason to refinance a home
To refinance or not to refinance – that is the question. In the current upward interest rate cycle it is natural that home loan borrowers may seek relief from the cash flow pressures caused by increased mortgage repayments. Whether or not relief can be obtained by refinancing their loan with a different lender needs to be carefully analysed and evaluated as any benefits gained can be swiftly
Should I finance in the current interest rate environment?
The number of borrowers looking to refinance their home loans has increased over the past six months because of the uncertainty of interest rates in Australia. Currently the Reserve Banks' Official Cash Rate (OCR) is at an 11 year high. Interest rates have increased in Australia for both international and national reasons, and all
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