Posts filtered by: May 2019
Business loan basics

Business loan basics

Tuesday 28 May 19

Tax savings.  Music to your ears?*For many it is, and for those there is some good news in yesterday’s Federal Budget, especially those in small business.In recent years, small businesses have been able to get an immediate tax write off on asset purchases of up

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Home and Investment Loans

Home and Investment Loans

Saturday 25 May 19

A home loan or other forms of borrowing is not free money. But it is something that can enable you to purchase something that you otherwise could not afford, at least at this point in time.It may not be wise to purchase certain things with

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Lender's Mortgage Insurance - LMI

Lender's Mortgage Insurance - LMI

Saturday 25 May 19

What is it?Lender’s Mortgage Insurance, or LMI, involves a special type of insurance company providing protection to the lender.  If the borrower fails to make the repayments and the lender ends up foreclosing on the loan, if the sale proceeds are not enough to cover

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Loan to value ratio - LVR

Loan to value ratio - LVR

Saturday 25 May 19

What is it?  It’s the amount of the loan divided by the value of the security property, expressed as a percentage.   So, if you were getting a $750,000 loan to purchase a $1,000,000 home, the Loan to Value Ratio, or LVR, would be 75%Why is

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Borrow for a business to save tax

Borrow for a business to save tax

Wednesday 01 May 19

A home loan or other forms of borrowing is not free money. But it is something that can enable you to purchase something that you otherwise could not afford, at least at this point in time.It may not be wise to purchase certain things with

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Good Debt, Bad Debt

Good Debt, Bad Debt

Wednesday 01 May 19

A couple of generations ago, the view of debt was very different than today. I grew up between those generations. My father saved like crazy for about three years, then built a brand-new home with something like $10,000 from the bank. I imagine that he

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Refinancing without Boiling the Frog

Refinancing without Boiling the Frog

Wednesday 01 May 19

You have heard of the proverbial frog in the kettle. Being cold blooded, it doesn’t realise the temperature is changing as it slowly goes up. He sits there contented until his eyeballs turn white and he is boiled and ready to be served up in

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Superannuation savings for First Home Buyers

Superannuation savings for First Home Buyers

Wednesday 01 May 19

First home buyers will be allowed to salary sacrifice up to $15,000 per year until they reach a total of $30,000 of contributions.  That money along with a ‘deemed’ investment return can then be drawn from super and used for the purchase of their first

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