Once you’ve decided to buy your first home, you’ll find a few roadblocks standing between you and that home. That’s why many first home buyers choose us to guide them through to a successful outcome. We’ll make your home loan experience simple and effortless.

With our long term relationships with most lenders and our finance expertise, we’ll find you the right home loan.

We’ll ask about your budget and lifestyle, as well as understand your future plans to make sure your home loan works for you today and down the track.

Best of all, we don’t charge you a fee to use our service as we are paid by the lender when your home loan settles.

That means our focus is solely on finding you a competitive home loan that’s the right fit for you.

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Myth busting

You don’t need:

A 20% deposit to buy your first home

To be in your job for 12 months

To have paid off all your debts to get your first home loan

To build a brand new home to be a first home buyer

To have rented a house from a real estate agent to get a home loan

First Home Buyers Guide

Our clear and helpful process to buying a property successfully

Download the step by step map below.

1. Preparation

We discuss everything you need to know, like how much deposit you need and if you can get the first home buyers’ rebate. It’s important to look at your expenses to understand what you can afford to repay and where you might be able to cut back. We’ll look at your borrowing power so you know what home price brackets to look at. Most first home buyers can buy with 5% deposit.

2. Making an offer

Once you’ve found the home you want, you’ll negotiate back and forth with the real estate agent on price and conditions until you and the seller are happy to sign the contract of sale. You’ll need to pay a refundable deposit, usually $1,000, to the real estate agent to secure your offer as soon as you sign.

3. Home loan application

We’ll handle the entire process of applying for your home loan. Complete our simple online Fact Find and upload your paperwork so we can research the right home loans for you.

4. Getting your home loan approved

We’ll meet face to face to discuss our research and your home loan options. Understanding your home loan is crucial so we’ll take the time to explain the interest rate and fees, offset account and how to manage your money. Once you’ve signed the application, we’ll handle all the fine print so you can relax knowing your loan will be approved.

5. Settlement

Hooray, that home is almost yours! Your solicitor and the bank will arrange settlement on your behalf. Settlement is where you make your final payments of the contract price and take legal possession of your home. We’ll let you know when your first home loan repayment is due. Get ready to pick up your keys and move in.

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What our clients have to say

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I have been working with Victor and his team on and off over the last 8 ½ years now, buying three properties and also helping me with a car loan.Over the years I have found Victor to be very professional and knowledgeable with the services he provides.I am still looking at purchasing more property in the future and Victor will be a part of this journey if he likes it or not.Thank you very much Blackk Finance, Keep up the good work.

les D.

09:02 24 Jun 19

Victor and his team have been helping my wife and I for around 7 years. He impressed us from the start by flying up to Rockhampton to meet us and help to structure our loans and lending so that we could buy our dream block of land. The service continued throughout the years with Victor always approachable, friendly and willing to go the extra mile for his clients. An example of this is Victor meeting us at the airport at around 9pm at night so we could get all the documents signed to allow us to settle a property ASAP. The great thing about Victor and his team is that you don't just become a number and fade into the background after a few years. Victor always returns phone calls and has your information to hand when talking to his clients. We are now in our dream home and Victor is still helping us get the best deal possible in regards to lending, combined with great advice on how to structure the loans to get the most out of every dollar. So if you want great service and honest advice then Victor and the team at Blackk are the people for you.

Shane A.

21:16 19 Mar 19

Victor was very helpful from the day we contacted him just to get general information about buying a house. He is very knowledgeable and was always very patient answering all our questions. Victor and his amazing team provided support along the way and after we purchased our house. I would definitely recommend Blackk Finance to all my friends and family!!

Helena S.

09:35 14 Feb 19

My wife and I were looking for a broker after seeing the house we thought it was perfect for us. The right size, price and even street! So we found Blackk Finance when researching online and went to meet Victor. See, we were not just first home buyers but we also had no idea about how mortgages work. To top that, I’ve just started working as self-employed photographer and financial institutions don’t exactly love that.After reviewing our situation, Victor said we could try it but it would be complicated so we went ahead and made an offer for the property. A few days later our solicitor (who’s amazing and was Victor’s recommendation) had contracts signed and everything was ready and perfect for us to apply for the loan. Victor has lots of contacts and sadly when it was time for us to apply, a little situation started in Australia and the banks got spooked. So there we were, contract signed, first deposit paid, building inspections done and so on, and the banks saying no before we could even apply for a loan - and Victor trying every single magic spell mankind has ever heard of (and some probably only he knows).Day in, day out, Victor tried EVERYTHING. In the end, there was a chance and we decided to go for it, only to see it declined by the banks. While my wife and I were frustrated and sad, Victor has never for a second given up. And for that we are forever thankful. Mind you, this was all happening in the lead up to Christmas and New Years.And this was the 5 star review we were writing even though we didn’t succeed - which was entirely our fault - to Victor Kalinowski, first of his name, wizard of Oz finance and brave restless knight.Anyone could have given up on us and it would be completely understandable. We were a very difficult case and it was a lot of work to even try getting us a loan. Most brokers would probably say “sorry, can’t help, come back in a year when you do this, this and that”, but not him. Instead he was honest and open about our chances and the work it could take, to get everything ready and still receive a no for an answer. And that’s exactly what happened: after trying everything, we accepted the fact we were not buying this house, this time.But then something changed in our situation, a little thing, and I called Victor to tell him. With the same excitement he said that would change everything and we should try. At this stage, time was really against us. For a whole week Victor worked hard to get things done in time.And here we are now, packing our stuff to get ready to move in to our new home.Victor, we cannot thank you enough, I couldn’t just write a review saying “yes he’s the best broker in town” because without explaining what we all went through together, it would be hard to make people understand how much you care and work hard. We know you could have spent your time working with easier clients and yet you haven’t stopped for a second.Thank you thank you thank you,(and Debbie)Bruno and Roberta (and Helga)

Bruno Spotorno D.

07:46 15 Jan 19

My partner and I had been recommended by friends to contact Victor at Blackk Finance for the purchase of our first home. From the initial meet and greet late one evening to the actual purchase / finance of our property the positive experience continued.Victor was more than happy to talk us through all aspects and options available to us, this included understanding our personal circumstances and always maintaining options that would have our best interests first.The process was simple, convenient and we could not meet someone more willing to help and answer questions, giving confidence at every step along the way.We could not recommend Victor and the team enough and without questions would use them again for any future finance requirements.Thank you again for all your assistance and support!Brent & Shoko

Brent M.

12:50 06 Jan 19

I would give Blackk Finance 10 stars if I could. Victor & Debbie were simply amazing!! I personally found purchasing our first home a bit scary but Victor coached us through the whole process and always managed to reassure me. He never seemed annoyed at my endless questions & was very well prepared for everything we threw at him.Thank you for not giving up on us. I know it took us a while but now thanks to you we will be enjoying Christmas poolside in our new home!! We will definitely recommend your services to all our friends and will be back the next time we’re in the market for a new home. 🙂

Christina H.

22:32 20 Dec 18

Victor is extremely approachable, friendly and professional. He instills a confidence in you that he is genuinely making suggestions based solely on your best interests.We felt very looked after by Victor and truly wondered why anyone would even bother looking for finance on their own.Even when freak complications arose, Victor worked very hard to both rectify the situation and continually communicate with us about it.I would wholeheartedly recommend that anybody looking for a home loan speak with Victor immediately.

Gavin H.

01:53 03 Dec 18

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