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First Home Owners Grant QLD [2025 – Complete Guide]
You want to get into your first home, and you are hoping to get money from the Queensland government to help you buy sooner. Or buy better.
How To Refinance a home Loan | 2024 Complete Guide
Refinancing your home loan can save you many thousands of dollars a year! Some helpful advice upfront is to avoid the temptation of choosing the home loan with the sharpest rate as in reality it’s not that simple…
21 Critical Home Loan Mistakes to Avoid
If you’re considering buying or building a home then you’ll probably need a home loan. We’ve listed here the 21 most common mistakes we see…
How to Check the Value Of Your House [3 strategies]
How to find out what a house is worth Do your research using these three strategies, on how to find out what a house is worth in the market right now. Doing your research upfront and being prepared is the best...
A plan for extra mortgage repayments is non negotiable [explainer + case study]
Making extra mortgage repayments to fast track your home loan down to zero is the single biggest action you can take towards becoming wealthier, sooner. There is a wise Chinese proverb that says.. ‘The best time to plant a tree...
Benefits of Using a Mortgage Broker in Brisbane [2024 Guide]
Benefits of Using a Mortgage Broker in Brisbane Brisbane’s property market is growing more dynamic and competitive every month. With increasing prices and buyer demand surpassing the available supply, families struggling with cost-of-living pressures encounter new roadblocks when securing finance....
Terms and conditions to consider when signing a house contract in QLD
When you sign your house contract, it’s important to understand what you’re signing and what clauses you need…
How To Make An Offer On A House [2024 Step By Step Guide]
Learn advanced strategies and tools in this 12 steps guide to getting your offer accepted. Buying property is something we only do occasionally, at most, in our lives. Yet knowing how to make an offer on a house, below the...
How to Buy a House in QLD Step by Step [2024 Complete Guide]
How to Buy a House in QLD Step by Step Guide. Learn where to start and what to do next. In this guide, updated for 2024, I breakdown in detail the 21 steps for buying a house in Queensland....
First Home Guarantee [2024 Comprehensive Guide]
The First Home Guarantee | 2024 Complete Guide For QLD The hardest part of getting into the property market as a first time buyer is usually getting a deposit saved. To help, the Federal Government allows eligible first home buyers...
Buying property with family members [2024 Home Loan Advice]
Buying a house jointly with parents or other family members makes it easier to get into the property market. In 2023 with higher property prices and banks making it harder for people to borrow as much money as they used...
Top 6 Strategies On How To Increase Borrowing Capacity For 2023
How To Increase Borrowing Capacity . Are you planning to make the most of lower property prices and buy a home or investment property in the next 6 months? If you’ve tracked your borrowing capacity recently, you’ll find that since...
Now’s probably a good time to buy an investment property – here’s why (October 2022)
Rents are higher and home values trending lower creating a window of opportunity to buy an investment property. If you have been considering buying an investment property then I think now could actually be a good time to jump...
How to make an offer to buy property in this changing market (September 2022)
Making an offer to buy property? Here’s what’s changed post the COVID boom. The property market in the second half of 2022 is changing. We are beginning to see the impact of rising interest rates. We are also seeing a...
Buy your next home using a bridging loan [2023 Complete Guide]
Secure bridging finance quickly and simply with Blackk. We’ll find you the best products available and help you get approved fast.