There’s an old saying that you should never judge a book by its cover, and this is true for houses – after all, who would buy one having never seen more than the front door? Open inspections are opportunities to really flick through the pages, and here’s how to take…
Word Savings Day 31 October 2016
World Savings Day started in Italy way back in 1924, to promote thriftiness and depositing your savings at the bank, instead of sticking them under your mattress. Since then it’s become something of a tradition, celebrated on October 31st in countries around the world – in Austria, the day has…
Does property double every 10 years?
Its often said that Australian residential property doubles every 10 years. Today CoreLogic RP data released some data to challenge this myth based on median house and unit sales from June 2006 to June 2016. They have done this nationally and by state. Nationally median houses have increase 51% from $330k…
Are you adding the banks’ billion dollar profits by doing nothing about your home loan?
It’s amazing that most people will spend hours online to save money on their annual insurance policies, use shopping dockets or drive to another post code to save a few cents off their petrol, or even try to save money by sacrificing one of life’s little pleasures of a…
Top 2 Property Goals for 2016
A recent survey completed by realestate.com.au on New Year’s resolutions for 2016 found that the two most popular property goals for 2016 were saving for an investment property and selling to upgrade to a bigger home. If we can help you achieve either of these goals for 2016, please let…
All I want for Christmas is a …… new mortgage!
Ok, it might not be on everyone Christmas list, but for those that are prepared to shop around this Christmas and refinance their home loans, the savings could be worth it. I am in the process of helping some clients with a young family refinance their home loan from one…