Genuine Savings...time to save!
Genuine Savings: Genuine savings are a requirement where we are borrowing more than 90% of the value of the house and simply put it means...
Capital Gains tax in a nutshell - and why it's not all bad news
The number one reason I hear for not investing in property is “I don’t want to pay capital gains tax”, so I want to explain a little more...
LVR - Loan to Value Ratio
Loan to Value Ratio (LVR): The percentage of the value of the property that you propose to borrow. Why is this important? Well if you are...
Interest only loans
Interest-Only Loan: Under an interest-only loan, usually the borrower makes no principal repayments. The repayments are for the amount of...
Passing on the right advice to your kids
I’m not sure if it’s a throw back to a proper European upbringing or just new Australian etiquette but Australians are both afraid of...
Equity...the bit of property you own!
Equity: The value which an owner has in an asset over and above the debt against it. Eg the difference between the value of a property...