Posts Tagged ‘mortgage broker’
Solid growth predicted for property in Newcastle. Is now the time to buy?
As a first home buyer, choosing the right time to buy property can be challenging. Based on recent predictions for Newcastle, you might consider purchasing sooner rather than later. The QBE Australian Housing Outlook 2017-2020 was released yesterday, providing an outlook for the performance of the residential market across Australia and including a Newcastle and…
Read MoreStellar Growth in New Lambton in 2014
Today we are going to take a look at the Newcastle suburb of New Lambton with the postcode 2305. New Lambton can best be described as an inner ring suburb of Newcastle about 10 minutes drive from the centre of Newcastle. It’s an area popular with families for its larger size blocks, good schools, promimity…
Read MoreApathy is the enemy of Home Loan savings
I will get straight to the point. If you have a 5 on the front of your interest rate then you could be wasting hundreds, even thousands of dollars every year. At Smartline we have a product on our panel (with a well know lender) that is now offering 4.65% p.a. (with a 100% offset…
Read MoreAre 3 fixed rates at the bottom of the cycle?
Here at Smartline we have noticed an interesting pattern in one of our recent interest rate charts. This is slightly dangerous territory because the past is obviously not a prediction of future rate directions. However, this pattern does seem to apply at least since the beginning of 2009 (when we commenced this data series). The…
Read MoreWhy would I use a mortgage broker?
School has returned and the working year for almost everyone is back in full swing, can you believe that it is February 2013 already, soon we will be asking where the year went again if we are not careful. Having returned to work from a good break I have taken the chance to reflect on…
Read MoreHow much does it actually cost to buy a house?
What does it actually cost to buy a house and move in? Buying a house is an expensive time in one’s life, and is usually the culmination of months and/or years of saving hard and going without to save the deposit. With recent changes to stamp duty concessions and first home buyer grants in NSW…
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