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Finance your Renovation
- February 16, 2015
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- Category: Budget, Enconomy, Finance News, Financial goals, Home loan product, House prices, Investment Property, Property Renovation, Rental Property, Wealth
No CommentsHow to get the cash to make it happen! There are plenty of different ways you can fund your renovation and we can talk you through these options to find the one best suited to your budget and project size. Here are some of the options we may discuss with you. Home equity If there
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Construction Boom Continues
- September 29, 2014
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- Category: Enconomy, Finance News, Financial goals, House prices, Investment Property, Self Managed Super Funds, Wealth
Record breaking housing construction is still underway according to research by BIS Shrapnel and Master Builders Australia. The value of residential building work is forecasted to grow from $51 billion in 2013-14 to $68 billion in 2016-17, which will see the number of homes exceed 200,000 during this period. Research shows the construction boom has
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Credit Rating Uncovered
- November 29, 2012
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- Category: Finance News, Financial goals, First Home Buyer, Technology
Consumers will no longer be left in the dark about their credit rating thanks to reforms to Australia’s privacy laws. Your credit rating is an important factor that lenders use to determine your suitability as a borrower, so being able to easily access your credit report as well as understand how your credit rating works
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Refinancing Mistakes to Avoid
- May 14, 2012
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- Category: Finance News, Financial goals, Home loan product, Wealth
Avoid these common mistakes and refinancing your home loan should be a simple, trouble-free experience. Successfully navigating the refinancing process can enable you to take advantage of better rates and features, as well as provide finance for a renovation, construction or property purchase. Mistake # 1: A history of arrears Lenders want to avoid taking
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Time to lock in some interest rate risk
- August 10, 2011
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Finance News
Market fixed rates have fallen by around 0.8% over the week. This pricing indicates to me that it may finally be time to take advantage of these extraordinary market moves and lock in some borrowing costs. Businesses should focus on risk management rather than fine tuning interest rate forecasts. Leave that to the markets and the
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CBA slashes fixed Interest rates
- August 9, 2011
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- Category: Enconomy, Financial goals, Interest rate, Wealth
The Commonwealth Bank now leads the major banks in fixed rate home loans following a decision to slice up to 60bps off its fixed rate products. Fixed rates for one to five year products will range from 6.59 per cent to 6.99 per cent. Wholesale fixed rates have reduced and CBA have been quick to
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Westpac Predicting 1% Interest Rate Cut
- August 1, 2011
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- Category: Finance News
Westpac Economist Bill Evans has the view of the global and domestic environment there is a good chance of a repeat of this process over the next three months and a much more benign CPI print on October 26. However, notwithstanding our analysis of the flow of inflation data the fact that there has been a second
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Interest rate rise back on the agenda
- July 28, 2011
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- Category: Finance News
A strong and sustained rise in underlying inflation has reignited interest rate fears and forced economists to rethink their market expectations. The Consumer Price Index grew 0.9 per cent – pushed by a banana led spike in fruit prices. But despite the increase in underlying inflation, industry stakeholders have claimed any upwards rate movement by
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Westpac predicts rate cut
- July 18, 2011
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- Category: Finance News
Westpac’s chief economist Bill Evans has forecast a series of interest rate cuts. Mr Evans said low consumer sentiment could force the Reserve Bank of Australia to slash the official cash rate by up to 1 per cent in 2012. Not long ago all the talk was that rates could go up, but if the consumer
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Materials hike will add $5000 to the cost of an average home
- July 12, 2011
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- Category: Finance News
THE average cost of building a home is set to rise by $5000 as the carbon tax pushes the price of construction materials higher. For anyone wanting to make their homes more energy-efficient there is an extra sting, with insulation and double glazing forecast to feel the full brunt of the tax. The Master Builders Association