by Nathan Osinski | Sep 16, 2019 | Interest Rates, Investment Lending, Mortgage Tips
Lending to Aussie households spiked 3.9% in July, the strongest growth seen since October 2014, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The bumper month follows a 1.9% rise in June 2019, suggesting the tide has finally started to turn in the lending...
by Nathan Osinski | Aug 9, 2019 | Business, Interest Rates, Investment Lending, Mortgage Tips, Planning for the future
Good news for mortgage holders this week, with the RBA saying “it’s reasonable to expect an extended period of low interest rates”. Figures released on Wednesday show that core inflation, the RBA’s preferred measure, is currently at 1.4%. However,...
by Nathan Osinski | Jul 30, 2019 | Investment Lending, Mortgage Tips, Planning for the future, Real Estate
Backyard cricket pitch not getting much of a workout these days? Sick of your weekends being taken up with mowing and gardening? Installing a granny flat could be a lucrative solution – boosting the value of your home by 30% and adding around 27% to rental...
by Nathan Osinski | Jul 25, 2019 | Community, Investment Lending, Mortgage Brokers, Mortgage Tips, Real Estate
Great news for home buyers – housing affordability is the best it’s been since 1999, according to new data released by the nation’s peak housing and building body. That’s right – housing affordability is comparable to the days when the Y2K bug had us...
by Nathan Osinski | Jun 11, 2019 | Investment Lending, Real Estate
What would you say if we told you that you could potentially increase your rental returns by up to 30% simply by ticking a box? You’d probably call us ‘barking mad’. But according to new research by Domain Group data, median asking rents for...
by Nathan Osinski | Jun 3, 2019 | Interest Rates, Investment Lending, Mortgage Tips
Here’s a bit of good news: you may be able to borrow more for your next home loan after the prudential regulator sent a letter to the banks asking them to relax a key lending criteria. In a letter to lenders, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has...
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