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Traps to avoid when shopping for your first home loan
Analysis
Home loans

Traps to avoid when shopping for your first home loan

Borrowing power can be increased with some simple changes to your personal finances, but make sure you’re not falling for these common myths first.

  • by John Collett

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We can barely afford the mortgage, should we sell our investment property?

We can barely afford the mortgage, should we sell our investment property?

Knowing when to sell up from an investment property that’s costing you too much can be a difficult decision.

  • by Paul Benson
Rise of the ‘gran bank’: Why helping grandkids buy a home could cost you
Analysis
Home loans

Rise of the ‘gran bank’: Why helping grandkids buy a home could cost you

The bank of mum and dad may be one of the biggest lenders in Australia, but older generations are helping out too – sometimes at their own peril.

  • by Rachel Lane
The five best quality home loans charging under 6 per cent
Opinion
Home loans

The five best quality home loans charging under 6 per cent

With rate cuts now not likely until next year, anyone who hasn’t already optimised their interest really ought to.

  • by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Parents thinking of helping kids into property must consider this
Opinion
Home loans

Parents thinking of helping kids into property must consider this

I have long been of the “help sooner rather than later” view, but if you hand over a lump sum to your children, is it going to be a gift or a loan?

  • by Noel Whittaker
Our obsession with property is pathological. Something’s gotta give
Opinion
Investing

Our obsession with property is pathological. Something’s gotta give

Forget the Sunday trip to Bunnings - investing in property is the greatest Australian pastime of all, and queuing for house inspections is our national sport.

  • by William Bennett