Thousands of first-home buyers will on Wednesday be able to apply for federal Government assistance that could shave years off their mortgages. The second intake of the much-anticipated First Home Loan Deposit Scheme is designed to give first-home buyers a leg-up in the property market by providing banks with a guarantee for up to 15 …
We’re all spending a lot more time at home these days due to coronavirus, but while the temperature is definitely dropping – you might be noticing the power bill is doing the exact opposite. Here are some tips to save. There’s actually never been a better time to look at ways your home could be …
Mitchell Kelly scored himself a bargain as a first-home buyer dipping his toe into the market during the coronavirus pandemic. Kelly has just picked up a four-bedroom, two-bathroom townhouse in Scarborough, a beachside suburb of Perth, for $545,000. The same property was on the market earlier in the year for $700,000. “It has good bones, …
Concessions allowing homebuyers to return to open for inspections and on-site auctions will give the real estate market a much-needed boost, property experts claim. The relaxed restrictions announced as part of government measures to kickstart the NSW economy will permit homebuyers to attend open homes and on-site auctions from next weekend. Buyers had been limited …
What are the long-term impacts of pausing your mortgage repayments? The major banks are offering people who are struggling financially the chance to press pause on their mortgage. This is in recognition of how tough some people are doing it as a result of the economic shutdown and widespread job losses due to the coronavirus …
Long-awaited clarity for virus-hit commercial tenancies arrives Emily Hutchinson 07 APR 2020 On a day the RBA left the cash rate on hold at the record low rate of 0.25 per cent, National Cabinet finally settled on a new mandatory code for commercial tenancies amid the coronavirus crisis. At its meeting today, the Board reaffirmed …
Corona Virus (COVID-19) At Viridity Real Estate we are thinking of all of the people who have been affected by COVID-19, and we appreciate the healthcare workers, local communities, and governments around the world who are on the front line working to contain this coronavirus. Please know that we are vigilantly monitoring the COVID-19 situation around the …
Which bank is offering the lowest home loan interest rates right now? It’s a mad, mad world out there, with record low interest rates and another cut to the RBA’s cash rate on the horizon. Which is great news for home owners with a mortgage – and an important opportunity for people to refinance their …
If you’re serious about buying a property, knowledge is power – that means asking loads of questions before signing dotted lines. But often the biggest mistake people make when buying a house is becoming emotionally attached before asking all the key questions about the property. Once you get to settlement day it’s too late to …
TAWAR RAZAGHITWITTERJOURNALIST MAR 1, 2020 The strength of Sydney’s property market recovery has meant house prices in more than a dozen suburbs outpaced household incomes, according to new data. Lindfield houses came out on top, earning $198,471 more than many households did in the year ending December, according to Domain data. The median house price for the upper …
