Moving house is a strange combination of stress and excitement. It's often stressful because of the sheer enormity of the task and the looming deadline but it's usually exciting because of new beginnings. If you're about to move, here are our 6 steps for taking the stress out of moving. Pack 2 boxes and put [...]
First home buyers have it tough these days. Your first hurdle is to save a deposit – which can seem like an insurmountable task. The second hurdle is to actually beat the competition to buy the property. So let’s break this down and look at these two hurdles: Saving your deposit The obvious way to [...]
The start of the spring sales season came early this year with steady increases in listings and auction clearance rates since August. Momentum is still building with increased consumer confidence, more properties being listed and steadying out of property values. The best news for home buyers and investors is that, right now, we can secure [...]
We all know that there's good debt and there's bad debt. But what are you doing to get rid of bad debt and make the good debt work for you? Bad debt needs to be eradicated from your life. Pay it off, get rid of it. If you can't afford to live on your paycheque [...]
As a first home buyer, your number one goal is to secure enough money to buy a property. The first part is to save (or beg or borrow) for a deposit. Whether you're begging, borrowing, or saving, that's just sheer hard work and tenacity. You just have to find a way to make it happen. [...]
Over the past couple of years things have really changed for property investor. Firstly, APRA tightened reins with lenders, making borrowing money harder and increasing interest rates on investment loans. Then price corrections started in many investing "hotspots", and we saw property values drop. Then construction quality raised its ugly head and we saw caution [...]
It's that time of year again! The promise of summer has arrived and oh, what a feeling that is! To help you get ready for all that summer brings, we've put together a list of things to do. Spring clean the house - that's a no-brainer. Vacuum under the lounge and under the lounge cushions, [...]
Imagine walking into your home with beautiful parquetry floors, high ceilings, light flooding into every oversized room in the whole house (except the media room where dark is good). Tasteful artwork adorning the walls, kitchens and bathrooms to die for, lounges that you just want to sink into and never leave. And then you step outside… [...]
I worked with a client last year who wanted it all. Actually, I work with lots of clients who want it all, but I'm going to tell you about Sally. She's a self-employed single mum. She owned an apartment in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney and had good equity in the property. She also had [...]
Happy New Year! I hope you had a relaxing break and got to do all those things you'd planned to tick off your list. Having just sold and then bought a new home before Christmas, my break went a little like this... packing, throwing, donating, sleeping, repeat - with a little bit of family time in between. [...]
