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First Home Loan
- Rentvesting : Minimum Deposit Required
- WA GOVT ANNOUNCES “BUILDING BONUS” SCHEME
- GREAT AUSTRALIAN DREAM REIGNITED WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GRANT
- CAN I GET A INTEREST ONLY LOAN AS A FIRST HOME BUYER?
- PERSONAL LOANS VS CREDIT CARDS, WHAT DO I PAY OFF FIRST?
- NEW OR ESTABLISHED : WHAT SHOULD I BUY?
- I HAVE A NEW JOB, CAN I GET A HOME LOAN?
- First Home Loan 50% Deposit Scheme Explained
- Current Loan Specials: Rates drop below 3% for first home buyers
- Compare current first home buyer loan interest rates & features!
- First home incentives extended for Tasmanian first home buyers
- 2019 brings first home loan specials for fhb’s
- Summer/Christmas 2018: FHBA Home Loan Specials
- Spring 2018: Rates are rising, but FHB specials are still around
- The last month of winter brings some stunning first home loan deals
- Are ‘Honeymoon’ interest rate loans a good idea for first home buyers?
- The new financial year brings some killer home loan deals for first home buyers!
- FHSS: Your guide to withdrawing funds from 01 July 2018
- Summarised: All State Government changes impacting first home buyers from 01 July 2018
- First Home Loan: Comparison of the various ‘Deposit’ levels
- Tasmanian first home buyers winners in the 2018/19 State Budget
- Confirmed: QLD Government announces FHOG change from 01 July 2018
- EOFY brings about special ‘first home loan’ offers from 3.45%
- Fast growing Caroline Springs attracting Victorian first home buyers
- First home loan: Minimum employment requirements
- May first home loan specials: Rates starting from 3.58%* on offer
- Cash rate on hold ahead of what could be Turnbull’s last budget
- First home loan: Offset account or Redraw facility?
- Determine your first home eligibility in 60 seconds | FHBA Eligibility Estimator
- Is it possible to get a first home loan as a temporary resident?
- Lenders offering ‘sweet’ home loan specials this Easter
- Are ‘online borrowing power calculators’ accurate & trustworthy?
- Honeymoon period for first home borrowers continues in Autumn
- HomesVic: Eligible Lenders and ‘How to Apply Guide’
- Should I clear my debts or start saving for a deposit?
- Feb loan specials: The big 4 banks close the gap on smaller lenders
- Process for buying your first home in Queensland
- REVEALED: Preferred locations for Victoria’s HomesVic Scheme
- FHBA Investigation: Why are fixed rates so popular with fhb’s
- First home buyers guide to ‘Credit Scoring’
- The new year brings new first home loan specials!
- How does a bank’s assessment rate impact my borrowing power?
- The First Home Super Saver Scheme is now law
- Queensland FHOG Boost extended again to 30 June 2018
- Buying your first home in January – good or bad idea?
- Christmas comes early for aspiring first home borrowers
- RBA does ‘nothing’ in 2017…..but what will they do in 2018?
- Maximising your borrowing capacity as a first home buyer
- How do I manage rent & mortgage payments while building my first home?
- Victorian first home buyers can now register for shared ownership scheme
- First home buyers offered reward points for first home loans
- Is it possible to get a loan while I am on maternity leave?
- realestate.com.au enters the home loan market, but are they any good at it?
- Split loans are in fashion for first timers, but why?
- Do I need ‘Life Insurance’ as a first home buyer?
- Lenders continue to offer more first home loan specials
- “Australian economy will gradually pick up over the coming year” – RBA
- How do lenders work out my first home borrowing capacity?
- When should I consider applying for a loan when I purchase off the plan?
- Can I get a loan with ‘non-genuine’ savings?
- Spring first home loan specials (September 2017)
- What do I need for a home loan pre-approval?
- Should I pay LMI or save a 20% deposit?
- 9 top questions about deposit bonds answered
- Is a home loan ‘pre-approval’ necessary?
- August 2017: Featured home loans for first home buyers
- First home buyers guide to… Deposit Bonds
- Do mortgage brokers compete with banks?
- How do ‘Construction Loans’ work?
- First home buyers guide to Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI)
- July 2017: Featured first home loan offers
- Updated & enhanced Eligibility Estimator is now available
- Using the FHOG as a deposit
- Reserve Bank leaves the cash rate at a record low 1.50%
- Do I rush in and take advantage of new goverment incentives, or do I wait?
- Special Feature: June first home loan offers
- Queensland government extends First Home Owners’ Grant boost
- RBA’s first rate decision since the Morrison 2017 Budget
- RBA leaves cash rate on hold, people turn their heads to the federal budget
- Special feature: April home loan specials for first home buyers
- RBA leaves the cash rate on hold
- Realistic ways to get a foothold on the property ladder sooner
- Can FHBA’s first home ‘Eligibility Estimator’ help you?
- RBA makes first rate decision for 2017
- FHBA Market Update – 2017 looking tough for FHB’s
- Small Lenders vs The Big Banks
- First Home Owner Grant Changes
- WA First Home Owner Grant Increases
- 2017 New Years Resolution Part 2: Buy My First Home
- FHBA Market Update: Summer Begins
- FHBA Market Update: Negative gearing back on the agenda?
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 23 November 2016 (Edition 36)
- FHBA Market Update: Cricket Australia should blame housing affordability
- Alternative ways to buy your first home: Part 5
- Fixed Rates Tipped to Rise
- Alternative ways to buy your first home: Part 4
- September Housing Finance: The first home buyer struggle continues
- Alternative ways to buy your first home: Part 3
- Alternative ways to buy your first home: Part 2
- Mum & Dad helping first home buyer children
- The importance of ‘Genuine Savings’ for your first home loan
- Average first home buyer loan size continues to rise
- FHBA Market Update: Most cities perform strongly week after long weekend
- New RBA Governor announces cash rate on hold
- FHBA Market Update: Auction clearance rates remain high
- Renters are giving up
- First home buyer numbers hit a new 12 year low
- Fixed v Variable Home Loan….How do I pick?
- Property myths busted by various professionals
- Types of Parental Assistance: Part 2
- Types of Parental Assistance: Part 1
- Winter is over, Spring is nearly here
- Are you better off saving more then the minimum deposit?
- FHBA announce increase in new home choices for first home buyers
- Gen Y labelled as “Generation Selfish” by Sydney real estate network boss
- How can I get the best home loan as a first home buyer?
- Where can I see an FHBA Broker?
- 2016 Mozo Expert Choice Awards (Banking)
- Important features for your first home loan
- How to help your kids into their first home and save thousands on their mortgage
- Average first home buyer loan size jumps as proportion of FHB’s stabilise
- Special Investigation: How banks maximise their profits (at your expense!)
- How first home buyers are affected by rate changes
Grants & Incentives
- 2018: What incentives/grants are on offer in my state?
- Hotspot in focus: Geelong & Greater Geelong (VIC)
- Hotspot in focus: City of Ipswich (QLD)
- 1 July 2017: State government first home buyer incentives changes
- SA State Budget: Adelaide apartment buyers grant boosted
- Change is in the air
- NSW government announces a comprehensive housing affordability package
- FHBA announces new assistance measure for FHB’s
- First home buyers will be better off with First Home Super Saver Scheme say’s CoreLogic
- VIC State Budget confirms housing affordability package
- WA Labor victory to assist WA first home buyers?
- More details released on the proposed HomesVic initiative
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 08 March 2017 (Edition 45)
- Victorian first home buyers win again with stamp duty cuts
- More help on the way for Victoria’s Regional first home buyers
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 08 February 2016 (Edition 41)
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 01 February 2017 (Edition 40)
- What should first home buyers expect in 2017?
- More help on the way for NSW first home buyers?
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 07 December 2016 (Edition 38)
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 30 November 2016 (Edition 37)
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 16 November 2016 (Edition 35)
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 09 November 2016 (Edition 34)
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 02 November 2016 (Edition 33)
- FHBA New Home of the Week: 26 October 2016 (Edition 32)
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 19 October 2016 (Edition 31)
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 05 October 2015 (Edition 30)
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 28 September 2016 (Edition 29)
- FHBA New Homes of the week: 21 September 2016 (Edition 28)
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 14 September 2016 (Edition 27)
- FHBA New Homes of the week: 07 September 2016 (Edition 26)
- FHBA New Homes of the week: 31 Aug 2016 (Edition 25)
- FHBA New Homes of the week: 24 August 2016 (Edition 24)
- FHBA New Homes of the week: 17 August 2016 (Edition 23)
- FHBA New Homes of the week: 10th Aug 2016 (Edition 22)
- FHBA New Homes of the week: 03 August 2016 (Edition 21)
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 27 July 2016 (20th Edition)
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 20 July 2017 (Edition 19)
- Brand new guides to Grants & other Government assistance
- FHBA New Homes of the week: 13 July 2016 (Edition 18)
- FHBA New Homes of the week: 06 July 2016 (Edition 17)
- FHBA New Homes of the week: 29 June 2016 (Edition 16)
- Why the Coalition should stop using the same ‘one-liner’ to ‘address’ the housing affordability crisis
- South Australian First Home Buyers to benefit from early Budget announcement
- FHBA New Homes of the week: 22 June 2016 (Special QLD Edition)
- FHBA New Homes of the week: 15 June 2016 (Edition 14)
- Queensland Grant Increase for First Home Buyers
- Buying Off-The-Plan: Pros & Cons
- FHBA New Homes of the week! 01 June 2016 (Edition 12)
- NT launches new measure to help first home buyers
- Tasmania tops the nation for First home buyer incentives
- FHBA New Homes of the week: 25 May 2016 (Edition 11)
- FHBA New Homes of the week: 18 May 2016 (Edition 10)
- FHBA new homes of the week: 11 May 2016 (Edition 9)
- Open Letter to Mr Malcolm Turnbull, Mr Scott Morrison and the Liberal Party of Australia
- FHBA Petition Explained: Point 5. Return of the First Home Savers Account with enhanced features
- FHBA New Homes of the week: 20 April 2016 (Edition 6)
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 13 April 2016 (Edition 5)
- FHBA Petition Explained: Point 3. Reduction of Stamp Duty for First Home Buyers
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 06 April 2016 Edition
- FHBA New Homes of The Week: 30 March 2016 Edition
- FHBA New Homes of The Week: 23 March 2016 Edition
- Your Guide to First Home Owner Grants & Stamp Duty Concessions
Hotspot In Focus
- Northgate (Lightsview) a popular pick for Adelaide’s first home buyers
- The ‘Second CBD of Sydney’ that is a FHB hotspot
- The suburb that is growing in popularity for QLD first home buyers
- The suburb within 10kms of Perth CBD that is a first home buyer hotspot
- Semaphore (SA): Why is it a first home buyer hotspot?
- The north Melbourne suburb that first home buyers love
- Changing landscape of Blacktown attracting first home buyers
- Fast growing North Lakes continues to increase in popularity for fhb’s
- Why Rockingham is growing as a first home buyer hotspot
- Fast growing SW Sydney now a first home buyer hotspot
- Why Melbourne’s SW suburbs are a first home buyer hotspot
- Adelaide’s Northern suburbs increasingly popular with first home buyers
- Hotspot in Focus: The ‘Garden City’ (QLD)
- Hotspot in Focus: Ellenbrook (WA)
- Hotspot in Focus: Upper Central Coast (NSW)
- Hotspot in Focus: Seaford (SA)
- Hotspot in Focus: Moorabool Shire (Bacchus Marsh)
- Hotspot in Focus: Brisbane’s Logan Corridor
- Hotspot in Focus: Wanneroo’s beachside suburbs (WA)
- Hotspot in Focus: City of Liverpool
- Hotspot in focus: Adelaide Hills (SA)
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Interest Rates
- Reserve Bank leaves the cash rate on hold…….again……..for now
- RBA on hold again as ANZ, NAB alter their forecasts for interest rates
- Interest rates starts off 2018 exactly where they finished from in 2017 (& 2016)
- Life is easy at the Reserve Bank as they leave the cash rate on hold (again)
- Spring – already halfway over? | FHBA Property Market Update
- FOMO is being replaced with FOPTM
- Government introduces the First Home Super Saver Scheme to Parliament as Spring heats up
- Fresh look at the Reserve Bank rate decision and what it means for first home buyers
- RBA leaves cash rate on hold, but gives more details on what they are thinking
- An increasing population puts pressure on first home buyers
- First home buyers – be ready for 1 July madness say’s housing industry
- Calls for more affordable housing to be built | FHBA Market Update
- The federal government will ‘finally’ help first home buyers
- Speculation on what will be in the federal budget continues
- 15 sleeps until housing affordability could be solved?
- RBA leaves cash rate on hold at March meeting
- FHBA Market Update – February to get hotter yet?
- FHBA Market Update – Property market as hot as the weather
- Last RBA Rate Decision for 2016
- Melbourne Cup Day Rate Decision
- Banking Inquiry: The forgotten first home buyers
- RBA leaves cash rate on hold (September Meeting)
- FHBA Weekly Market Update: Spring starts strong
- Do Gen Y know how to compromise?
- RBA May Rates Decision
Latest news
- FHBA Property Market Update: April 2018
- New-look FHBA Property Market Update: March 2018
- Process for buying your first home in Western Australia
- Process for buying your first home in South Australia
- Process for buying your first home in Tasmania
- Process for buying your first home in VIC
- Process for buying your first home in NSW
- Could these popular locations on realestate.com.au ‘surge’ in 2018?
- Want to be a first home buyer in 2018?
- Where are first home buyers most active?
- Revealed: McGrath’s top 2018 picks
- What impact would ending negative gearing have?
- How small (or tiny) can we go?
- Watch out realestate.com.au and Domain!
- Move over Sydney & Melbourne – these two capital cities are expected to take your spot at the top of growth
- The Block Auctions a lesson for first home buyers
- Stamp duty concessions for first home buyers “have not” resulted in increased house prices
- With signs market conditions are changing, don’t forget to bargain!
- Home buyers favour Brisbane
- Interest rates to rise ‘sooner’ rather than ‘later’ says top banks
- First home buyers – beware of those ‘advertising’ to you
- Are you keeping up with fellow first home buyers?
- Strategies to help you find your first home
- Slow start to Spring across the nation, but these 15 Sydney suburbs are tipped to see property prices rise further
- Winter is over……Spring property market to begin
- Where are millennials choosing to live?
- Revealed: suburbs where property values are declining
- Properties available to first home buyers are falling
- Would you trust these property price forecasts?
- The hidden cause to Australia’s housing affordability problem
- First home buyer activity up……but no need to rush
- Do I need to build a home to get the First Home Owners Grant? – Myth Busted!
- Where renting is most common (& where Australia’s youth is moving)
- Do you look further out or go smaller?
- Housing affordability returns to the headlines
- Where has the Australian property market been and where is it heading?
- Government say’s while FHSSS legislation is delayed you can commence contributing to your super fund
- Am I ready to buy my first home?
- First home buyer activity up – a sign of things to come?
- Is it better to be an ‘owner-occupier’ or a ‘rentvestor’?
- Industry say’s “don’t rush with your super contributions” first home buyers
- Your guide to work related tax deductions
- Over to you first home buyers
- It’s that time of year again – 1 July (2017) is fast approaching!
- Is the property market changing?
- No rest for first home buyers this long weekend
- First home buyers are ‘FINALLY’ set to get the upper-hand
- Housing affordability disappears from headlines
- Queensland + WA Grants for first home buyers to fall by $5,000 on 1 July 2017
- The budget was ‘underwhelming’ on helping first home buyers – so now FHBA has decided to offer first timers new financial help
- Housing affordability is an issue – but there are more than 1,500 Aussies buying their first home every week
- Government delivers on housing affordability on budget night? Well…..sort of yes….sort of no
- New deposit assistance for first home buyers – from the federal government?
- Property markets cautious ahead of budget
- Property prices set to slow?
- Open homes & auctions still scheduled for Easter Saturday
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: Special 50th Edition!
- Will the Government act on housing affordability this May?
- What happens before Easter, during Easter and after Easter?
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 05 April 2017 (Edition 49)
- FHBA pushes harder for first home buyer assistance as property prices soar
- Breaking: Government to cut back negative gearing
- Calls for more properties for first home buyers
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 29 March 2017 (Edition 48)
- Do you trust the government to deliver the ‘goods’ at this budget? | FHBA Market Update
- To buy now or wait? That is the question
- FHBA pushes for the return of the First Home Savers Account
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 22 March 2017 (Edition 47)
- Investors push house prices higher
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 15 March 2017 (Edition 46)
- Use this weekend to get ‘insights’ on your local property market
- Housing affordability woes to ease?
- What will the first weekend of Autumn bring?
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 01 March 2017 (Edition 44)
- Property market finishes summer on a high
- Last weekend of summer 2017
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 22 February 2017 (Edition 43)
- FHBA Market Update: Where should first home buyers look?
- FHBA Weekend Preview: Auction activity up
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 15 February 2016 (Edition 42)
- Housing affordability community event
- FHBA Weekend Preview: Auction activity boosted
- Is Newcastle the next hotspot in NSW’s booming economy?
- FHBA Weekend Preview: It’s already February
- Fresh calls for negative gearing changes
- FHBA Weekend Preview: Will Australia Day affect the property market?
- FHBA New Homes of the Week: 25 Jan 2017 (Edition 39)
- 2017 New Years Resolution Part 3: Learn More About Buying A Property
- 2017 New Years Resolution Part 1: Save A Deposit
- New BETA site launched
- FHBA Market Update: Markets finish 2016 on a high
- Inquiry into housing: FAIL
- Turnbull Government Plan’s Not Enough
- FHBA Market Update: First home buyer opportunites prior to Christmas
- New train line provides opportunity to first home buyers
- FHBA Market Update: Predictions for 2017 start to come in
- FHBA Market Update: 2 months until the end of the year
- Lending conditions for first home buyers set to get harder
- Alternative ways to buy your first home: Part 1
- FHBA welcomes Treasurer’s comments but is it enough?
- FHBA Market Update: What next for first home buyers?
- Market is strong right now…..but what’s the outlook?
- FHBA New Homes: Diverse, Easy, Safe & Transparent
- More stats confirm that it is getting harder for first home buyers
- National property prices are rising: ABS
- FHBA Market Update: Going Going Gone
- FHBA Weekly Market Update: Not a lot of choices for buyers
- More help for NT first home buyers is coming
- Auction Clearance Rates Jump Again
- Young moving back home with parents
- Tiny 14 sqm homes get the go ahead
- Record high clearance rate for the year
- How to prepare for your first meeting with a Mortgage Broker
- Cash rate falls to new record low
- Auction clearance rates on the rise: CoreLogic RP Data
- What steps do I need to take to buy my first home?
- FHBA partners with Mortgage Australia to launch an Australian first service
- First home buyer numbers hit fresh lows
- What the Coalition Election win means for First Home Buyers
- RBA July Rate Decision
- Election 2016: Where are we at in 60 seconds
- Who should I vote for on July 2?
- Help Us Help You
- Are NSW first home buyers set to move north?
- FHBA aims to raise awareness on the issue of housing affordability
- More help on the way for Queensland first home buyers
- Average first home buyer loans increase 50% in a decade
- FHBA New Homes of the week: 08 June 2016 (Edition 13)
- RBA June Rate Decision
- Where Can I Find Quality Data in a Hurry?
- Real estate agents show their true colours
- Guide to Renting for your first time
- FHBA announces a Monthly Service to help first home buyers
- Is this how home buying and selling will be done in the future?
- Why young Australian’s shouldn’t underestimate the power and importance of a Will
- The downward spiral in first home buyer numbers continues
- Why every millennial should be a ‘rentvestor’
- Let FHBA Connect help you move into your beautiful First Home
- FHBA unveils useful checklists & guides for First Home Buyers
- FHBA Open Day helps first home buyers
- FHBA Petition Explained: Point 4. Changing the Land Tax system
- First home buyer finance commitments continue to trend downwards
- FHBA Open Day: Free Consultation with an FHBA Co-founder!
- FHBA Petition Explained: Point 2. Introduction of a tiered CGT Discount System
- FHBA Petition Explained: Point 1. Reduce Interest Tax Deduction for Investment Properties
- RBA April Rates Decision
- Who to trust?
- FHBA launches new property function (& service) for first home buyers
- Should I buy an investment property or owner occupier property first? Part 2 of 2
- Number of First Home Buyer Dwellings Financed fall to the lowest point since February 2011
- Open Home Gameplan
- RBA March Rates Decision
- Beginners Guide: Buying your first home as a married couple
- Should I buy an investment property or owner occupier property first? Part 1 of 2
- Will first home buyers be better off with Labor’s early election promise?
- Buy Up or Out? | Apartments or Land?
- What support do First Home Buyers need in Treasurer Morrison’s first Federal Budget?
- First RBA Interest Rate Decision for 2016
- First Home Buyers 2016: Your Top 8 Questions Answered – Part 2
- First Home Buyers 2016: Your Top 8 Questions Answered – Part 1
- First Home Owner Grant Reductions
- FHBA Club – How does this help me achieve my property dreams?
