Property
How to make your offset account work for you
Torn between building up your savings and paying off your mortgage early? An offset account can let you do both.
Can your landlord charge you a fee for paying your rent?
Aussie renters are being forced to choose between paying their rent by cheque, or through third-party payment services that charge monthly fees.
The best mortgage cashbacks on offer
You could pocket up to $10,000 cash by refinancing your mortgage, but is it a good reason to switch?
Borrowers hit for six as Reserve Bank strikes again
Australians with a mortgage are in for another hit to their home loan repayments after the Reserve Bank lifted interest rates by a further 25 basis points at its October board meeting.
Principal and interest versus interest-only mortgages
What are the differences between principal and interest and interest-only home loans? We see how they stack up.
5% deposits for 10,000 regional first-home buyers
Kicking off this weekend, the Regional First Home Buyer Guarantee lets 10,000 Aussies buy property with as little as a 5% deposit and pay zero LMI.
Friends With Money #66: Rentvesting: The investor alternative to buying a home
Love where you live, but can't afford to buy there? Lloyd Edge joins us on the Friends With Money podcast this week to talk about rentvesting.
Affordable renovations for an energy efficient home
Budget-friendly improvements like insulation can reduce your power bills, make your home more sustainable and even improve its value.
Will downsizing incentives make housing more affordable?
Older Australians will be given greater financial support to downsize from their family home, but will it free up housing for first-home buyers?
Three dodgy real estate agent tricks and how to avoid them
Real estate agents are having to work twice as hard to make a sale, so you need to be wise to their tricks and tactics.
