Category Archives: General

The ACCC has recently been reviewing the compulsory membership enforced by some franchise groups of the MFAA (Mortgage Finance Association of Australia).   Industry news straw polls have suggested a pretty wide spread objection to this on the part of … Continue reading →

Just what can Anna Bligh and Andrew Fraser be thinking of?   The Queensland property market is in the middle of one it’s biggest slumps with property values falling or plummeting in some parts of South East Queensland.  Now they announce … Continue reading →

If it is possible that the owner occupied home you are about to purchase may in your future be rented as an investment property you need to put the correct strategy in place before you buy this home as there are … Continue reading →

We are often asked about buying  a property with friends or family as an easy way of getting into the property market or expanding a portfolio faster than your could acting alone. One answer is to buy as tenants-in-common where … Continue reading →

Merchant Mortgages are sort of a broker’s broker specialising in commercial and non-standard lending such as no doc loans for both residential and commercial.   Yes they claim to offer true ‘no doc’ loans although their information does say no owner … Continue reading →

Variable interest rates can rise or fall at any time at the discretion of the lender. Your required repayments will move with these changes. Repayments on fixed rate loans do not change however you are locked in for the period … Continue reading →