FHBA Property Market Update – Top story Once, the idea that buyers could go to one place (an online property portal) to see every property on the market was revolutionary. But that was more than 15 years ago. Is it…
FHBA Market Update: 18/September/2017 In today’s FHBA Property Market Update we take a look at how you can’t always trust those marketing to first home buyers (including Australia’s big banks!); the risks associated with a 5% deposit; why first home buyer…
Today (13/06/2017) the Queensland government announced the Queensland First Home Owners’ Grant (QLD FHOG) will remain at $20,000 until 31 December 2017. Previously the QLD FHOG was due to decrease from $20,000 to $15,000. Update (12/06/2018): Today the Government has…
Every NSW first home buyer knows how hard it is to save a deposit plus the stamp duty that goes along with the deposit (on a $500,000 established property this is approximately $18,000 alone!). The deposit hurdle is the hardest…
Last week we looked at the 2nd 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 3 of 5) we look at the 3rd of our top options of…
Property developers who construct apartments/units, townhouses and freestanding homes often put their properties on for sale before they are finished, sometimes even before they begin constructing the project. This type of sale is known as ‘Off-The-Plan’, whereby buyers can purchase…