property

Prediction status check: how are we going toward a 50% drop in the Core Logic Home Value Index (5 capital city aggregate) from its peak 2020 value by end of 2025? Peak 2020 value (Dec 31 2020): 137 All-time high (May 07 2022): 176.66 Current value (Jun 22 2022): 174.84 → Change from 2020 peak...

Help-to-Buy is currently set to end in December 2022. It's effectivness is due for review and this could mean one of the following: It will be extended It will end completely so that there is no longer financial supports for first time buyers It will be replaced with something new (possibly the...

I recently spoke to a credit consultant that implied that if I’m interested in a property and it’s rent price equals the monthly loan payment, it makes financial sense to buy it because if at some point I want to move out, I could sell it to another buyer for a higher price and end up with a...

I've saved up money together with my partner for about 8 years now, I think we have enough cash in place to try and buy a house a proper house. The online how much we can afford calculators are usually pretty rubbish so I've been doing some research to see how much a bank's willing to lend me...

Hey everyone, Thought I’d ask for help here if anyone has gone through something like this before. I was watching pickles auctions yesterday and last night I received a bill for $15,000 for a van I didn’t bid on. I checked my account and it shows I haven’t bid on anything. Pickles T&C’s say...

Hi all, just looking for some causal advise. Purchased our 1st home in 2021, hoping to buy a different home at the end of 2024 and move on. Myself and my O/H are keen to pay off our mortgage as soon as possible to free ourselves up for travel and potentially starting our own business to...

I purchased a 70's brick 2 bedroom apartment back in early 2018. Probably overpaid a bit (paid almost 700k) but it's in a great location in the inner south-east of Melbourne, with only six on the block and it's facing the street at the front. Managed to lock in 1.84% for the past two years...