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As you prepare to purchase your first home, the goal can seem a bit daunting.  My Dad paid $10,000 as a house and land package for the home I grew up in.  My wife and I paid just over $30,000 for our first home.  OK,

What do you do if you have plenty of income to cover the loan payments for purchasing your first home, but you don’t have the deposit?  Would it make sense to get a personal loan, and use cash from that for the deposit?Let’s begin with

Have you had struggles getting your credit card paid on time? Sorry to tell you, but it’s about to get worse!In the past, banks have encouraged their credit card customers to pay on time by charging them large penalties for late payment. However, the government

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

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

You have probably heard about someone being a “guarantor” for another person’s loan.  They are making a guarantee somewhat similar to how a manufacturer will guarantee their products.  It doesn’t mean that their products will never fail, it just means that if they do, the

You may not be aware, but there are literally hundreds of different loan products available.  We deal with about thirty different lenders, and each of them have their own special niches that sets them apart from the others.  First home buyers are a very special

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

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