Small Lenders vs The Big Banks
You are about to apply for a home loan for your first time and you are not sure who to go for….your parents tell you to go with a big bank for safety reasons while a friend say’s the big banks charge to much,…
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FHBA Weekend Preview: Will Australia Day affect the property market?
FHBA Weekend Preview: January 28 – 29 2017 Welcome to our new Friday weekly segment, FHBA Weekend Preview. Every Friday we will be taking a look at what’s in-store for the property markets on the weekend. We have created this new weekly segment…
FHBA Market Update: Markets finish 2016 on a high
Weekly Auction Sales Update For the last auction weekend of the year (17 – 18th of December) auction clearance rates remained high (compared to historical data). Based on combined capital city preliminary data the national auction clearance rate was 70.5%, according to CoreLogic RP Data.
Inquiry into housing: FAIL
Inquiry into housing say’s nothing is wrong? There is little doubt the Turnbull government thought they were ‘smart’ for releasing the lower house economic committee’s report into housing ownership on a Friday in mid-December (after all, know one will notice…
Last RBA Rate Decision for 2016
Earlier this afternoon the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board decided to leave the cash rate on hold, at a record low of just 1.50%. It was the last RBA’s last cash rate board meeting for the year. The RBA noted in…
Turnbull Government Plan’s Not Enough
FHBA co-founder Daniel Cohen column for the Real Estate Institute of Australia on housing affordability Daniel was asked to write his column on the topic of housing affordability. Daniel decided to focus on Scott Morrison’s recent speach on housing affordability…
Alternative ways to buy your first home: Part 5
Earlier this week we looked at the 4th of our top 5 strategies for thinking ‘outside the square’ in order to realise your Great Australian Dream of home ownership. In this blog (part 4 of 5) we look at our 5th & final…
Alternative ways to buy your first home: Part 4
Last week we looked at the 3rd of our top 5 strategies for thinking ‘outside the square’ in order to realise your Great Australian Dream of home ownership. In this blog (part 4 of 5) we look at the 4th…
FHBA Market Update: First home buyer opportunites prior to Christmas
Most markets remaining strong as Christmas gets closer For the November 12 – 13 weekend auction clearance rates were once again very high (compared to historical data). Based on combined capital city data the preliminary national auction clearance rate was 77% according to CoreLogic RP Data. There…
September Housing Finance: The first home buyer struggle continues
The housing finance data for September 2016 was released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The report showed that the number of first home buyer commitments as a percentage of total owner occupied housing finance commitments fell to 13.1% from…