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: 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…
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…