Finding New Solutions to the Home Ownership Problem
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As prices for inner urban properties push upwards into the stratosphere, inner urban professionals are finding new ways of investing in the property market.
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Access to Finance for Women
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Women are often our most conscientious, capable and aware household financial managers. But entrenched financial discrimination means that their capacity to borrow to money to secure their own futures is very often much lower than that of their male counterparts.
Read MoreAustralia’s New Endangered Species: The First Home Buyer
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Over the past 5 years in particular there has been a strong shift in the proportion of property buyers who are first home buyers – down from its historical levels of around 18% of the total market to only 13.2% in the September quarter of 2016.
Read MoreIs buying off the plan still a good idea?
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One way to purchase property is to buy off the plan. This is where a buyer enters into a contract to buy a property before it’s completed – usually as part of a multi-unit development. And while there are benefits to this, there are also risks.
Read MoreLJ Hooker boss outlines affordability solution
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The appointment of Gladys Berejiklian as NSW Premier and her suggestion to review all options to address housing affordability should provide some optimism for a generation of young Australians who have a very real fear that owning their own home is fast (if not already) slipping beyond their reach.
Read MoreAsbestos Removal
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Having asbestos in your home will not prevent you from selling. As long as the asbestos remains undisturbed, it may not pose a risk. However, if you are aware there is asbestos in or around your property, you may have a responsibility to disclose certain information to potential buyers.
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Loanscape has today released its Borrowing Capacity Index for Q4/2024. It confirms the forecast trend that borrowing capacities of Australian individuals and families are recovering from their low levels which coincided with the last of the recent increases to borrowing rates initiated by the Reserve Bank of Australia.