What you need to know about buying property with a friend or relative: A Guide
Considering buying a property with a friend or family member? Learn about the pros and cons, and how to navigate the process in Australia.
How to Finance a Home Renovation Without Savings
I often hear both potential clients and clients alike complaining that they want to renovate because they just don’t quite have enough space in their current homes. They often think they can’t do it because they don’t have any spare cash in the bank to pay for the renovation or they don’t know how to…
The Banks Are Looking To Get Your Business
The Banks Are Looking To Get Your Business. It’s amazing what my lenders are offering in order to secure your business. There has never been more competition for the chance to write your home loan than there is now. At the same time, lenders are finding that who they can write loans for has been…
How To Spot The Best Suburbs To Buy Investment Properties In
How To Spot The Best Suburbs To Buy Investment Properties In? One of the questions I get from Mortgage World Australia clients is ‘How do I find locations that are likely to have good investment property opportunities?’ The challenge we all face is that we are busy in our day-to-day lives. Studying the real estate…
How To Improve Your Self-Managed Super Fund Performance
How To Improve Your Self-Managed Super Fund (SMSF) Performance Mortgage World Australia has a considerable number of clients who invest in property through their Self Managed Super Funds (SMSF). The challenge every one of those clients faces is trying to make the most of their time to hit their goals over their retirement. One of…
How Do I Get A Home Loan When I’m an Expat?
How Do I Get A Home Loan When I’m an Expat? Recently I was helping an expat client get a home loan. She is living and working overseas and wanted to buy a property that would be an investment in the short term and be her home when she finally came home. Makes sense right?…
How Do I Avoid Paying Lenders Mortgage Insurance?
How Do I Avoid Paying Lenders Mortgage Insurance? It’s not uncommon for people wanting to buy a home, but don’t have ‘enough’ of a deposit saved. Strictly speaking, nothing is stopping you from getting a loan with less than a 20% deposit. Unfortunately, you have to pay something called LMI – Lender’s Mortgage Insurance which…
Self-Managed Super Fund For Investment Properties
Self-Managed Super Fund for Investment Property has been rising lately here at Mortgage World Australia. Our clients, on the advice of their accountant or their financial planner, get in touch with us about how much they can borrow to invest in property through their Self-Managed Super Fund. From a lending point of view, the number…
How Can I Get A Home Loan While On Parental Leave
How Can I Get A Home Loan While On Parental Leave? A client, Tracy and Nathan, had come to me and were looking to refinance their home loan. There’s nothing unusual in that, except that they had just had their first baby. Tracy was on maternity leave which meant that they were looking for ways…
How To Get A Mortgage On Your Recently Registered Land
During the Covid years when interest rates were low, a lot of investors and buyers put down a deposit on unregistered land with the idea that once the developer registered it, they could take advantage of record low interest rates and build a house as part of the development. Unfortunately, with the rates rising 4.25%…
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