Hotspot in Focus: Caroline Springs Caroline Springs is a suburb, only 25 km west of Melbourne’s CBD, located within the City of Melton Council. Caroline Springs was previously known as one of Melbourne’s fastest growing suburbs. Disclaimer: This article is…
Last month we launched our new monthly ‘FHBA Property Market Update’, designed to keep first home buyers right across Australia informed with what is going on in the property market (including matters that could impact your deposit saving, property planning…
Welcome to our new monthly ‘FHBA Property Market Update’, designed to keep first home buyers right across Australia informed with what is going on in the property market (including matters that could impact your deposit saving, property planning and purchasing…
The HomesVic pilot scheme was officially launched on 12 February 2018 with applications to open at 9:00 am on Monday 19 February 2018. If you are interested in taking advantage of Victoria’s shared ownership scheme it is strongly recommended that…
The Victorian Government announced a pilot shared equity scheme to help low to medium income-earning Victorians buy their first home. Under the program, the Government is helping eligible first home buyers by taking a stake in their first home purchase, enabling…
In this blog we take a look at what the property market might have in-store for first home buyers in 2018 and what first home buyers should be considering. 2018: the year of the first home buyer? Around a year…
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…
From Friday the 10th of November 2017, first home buyers are able to express their interest in being a part of HomesVic — a shared equity scheme that will see the Victorian Government provide up to 25% of the initial price of…
Earlier this week (on 02 May 2017), Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced plans to keep the Victorian budget in surplus in 2017 The 2017-18 surplus is estimated to be $1.2 billion, growing to $2.7 billion by 2020-21, forecast to average…
FHBA Market Update: 24/April/2017 Housing affordability has dominated not only our FHBA Market Update but news headlines across Australia for as long as we can remember. It wasn’t just an election issue. It’s a continuing issue. And it must be addressed.…