The Palaszczuk Labor Government’s fourth Budget has delivered some disappointing news for aspiring first buyers in the state of QLD. From 01 July 2018, the QLD Great Start Grant (FHOG) would drop from the current $20,000 to $15,000 till at least…
The Queensland (QLD) First Home Owners’ Grant (FHOG) is a state government initiative to help first home buyers to get their new first home sooner. The re-elected Annastacia Palaszczuk (Labor) Government has delivered on their pre-election promise and an early…
FHBA Market Update: 11/September/2017 In today’s FHBA Market Update we take a look at how the Spring market is going; an update on the First Home Super Saver Scheme; the outer city suburbs first timers are buying in; how many people…
FHBA Market Update: 28/August/2017 In today’s FHBA Market Update we take a look at where millennials are choosing to live, why first home buyer activity in Melbourne is falling, the launch of a new political party focused on housing affordability, our latest favourite…
FHBA Weekend Preview: 26 – 27 August 2017 In today’s edition of FHBA Weekend Preview we take a look at where property prices are falling, why first home buyers love Liverpool, our five favourite new properties for first home buyers this weekend, a…
FHBA Weekend Preview: 19 – 20 August 2017 In today’s edition of FHBA Weekend Preview we take a look at a range of predictions for property prices, the latest hotspot for first home buyers, our five favourite new properties for…
FHBA Market Update: 17 July 2017 In today’s FHBA Market Update we take a look at the very latest on the First Home Super Saver Scheme, calls for the First Home Owners Grant to be extended to include established housing (rather…
FHBA Weekend Preview: 8 – 9 July 2017 With new first home buyer incentives from the government kicking in this week to assist first home buyers with housing affordability, one question the industry is asking itself is “will the growing trend of ‘rentvesting’…
FHBA Market Update: 26 June 2017 Auction clearance rates are continuing to trend lower according to Australia’s leading residential property research house CoreLogic. This is welcome news to those aspiring first home buyers who have been sitting on the sidelines…
FHBA Market Update: 13 June 2017 In last week’s FHBA Market Update we wrote about how the tide may be starting to turn in the favour of the first home buyer, highlighting: The softening of property prices in many of our capital…