Using super to buy a house: your options explained Superannuation is designed for retirement. But there are three legitimate pathways that allow you to use super — or the tax advantages that come with super contributions — to buy property in Australia. Two work before retirement. One doesn’t. The rules are different for each, and…
Negative gearing in Australia: how it works for investors Negative gearing is one of the most searched and misunderstood property investment concepts in Australia. Most of the noise around it is political. Here’s what actually matters for your finances. This guide explains how negative gearing works, walks through a realistic worked example with current 2026…
The Importance of Mortgage Pre-Approval in Australia Obtaining mortgage pre-approval is a crucial step in the home-buying journey. It helps you understand how much you can borrow, speeds up the buying process, and gives you a competitive edge. This guide will explain the importance of pre-approval, the benefits, how to apply, and answer frequently asked…
Home Loans for Accountants: 2026 Eligibility Guide By Patrick O’Brien, Director and Home Loan Specialist since 2001 Accountants are one of the professions lenders like most. Your income tends to be stable and your qualification is easy to check, so a number of lenders will let you borrow up to 90% of a property’s value…
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?…
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…
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%…
Welcome to 2024. After all the rate rises we’ve had in the last two years, we’re all looking at our expenses a little differently. We are realising how much we are paying in interest, and that the only way to stop paying that interest and put it in our own pocket is to pay off…
450,000 Mortgages Are Still On Really Low Fixed Rates And Resetting This Year Is your fixed rate coming to an end? – here’s how to ‘soften the landing.’ According to the RBA, some 450,000 mortgages on those really low fixed rates will reset in 2024. At this stage the longer the fixed rate the bigger…
What is Best Interests Duty For Mortgage Brokers? And Why Does it matter? Best Interests Duty for mortgage brokers came into effect on January 1, 2021. The small and the short of it – mortgage brokers are now required by law to always act in the best interests of their clients and to put their…
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