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Good news on the National First Home Buyers Scheme

Government gets green light to go halfsies with 10k home buyers A controversial scheme that will see the Federal Government go halfsies with 10,000 first home buyers a year has been given a green light to go ahead. This after the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation Amendment Bill 2019 — which was first introduced.

Buying Tips

Congratulations on deciding to buy a property. Now comes the big task of finding a home or investment property that matches your needs and budget. There’s a sea of options before you and somewhere among them is that perfect property waiting to be transferred to you. Between identifying the perfect property and acquiring it, there.

World Surf League pro Sally Fitzgibbons buys Gold Coast Jewel pad

PRO surfer Sally Fitzgibbons is investing in the Gold Coast’s soaring skyline, making a million-dollar-plus property play. The NSW-based 25-year-old has bought a two-bedroom apartment in the $1 billion Jewel high-rise development which will border the beach at Surfers Paradise. She is paying an undisclosed sum for a tower one pad which she is calling.

Gold Coast tops foreign buyers’ wish list for real estate

FOREIGNERS searching for homes in Queensland have eyes only for the Gold Coast. Internal data from realestate.com.au shows six of the top 10 suburbs looked at by potential offshore buyers were all on the Glitter Strip. If the interest levels are anything to go by, the Gold Coast should see a flood of international buyers,.

Buying new? Why your properties valuation is more important than ever before!

Banks tighten lending for off the plan homes A leaked report has outlined one of the banking ‘majors’ secret presentation to it’s broker network outlining plans to further tighten loans to new housing developments. The flow on from this could potentially mean more stringent lending criteria, substantial delays in the finance approval process and potentially.

Latest trend for first home buyers revealed

First home buyers becoming property investors instead of owner occupiers More than a third of property investors are now first home buyers who want to get into the market but don’t want to live in the homes they can afford to buy. Mortgage Choice’s latest investors survey revealed 36.6 per cent of investors were first time buyers.

Now Looks Like a Good Time to Buy a Gold Coast Investment

The Gold Coast market has finally entered a recovery. This recovery started in earnest this year.  It followed a market correction and long stagnation period.  This ‘reset and rest’ was needed, as the Gold Coast had overheated in terms of price and even rents in the mid-to-late 2000s.  Property values on the Gold Coast appreciated.

Saving that extra $20,000 is the drag causing first home buyer slump

By Jonathan Chancellor Wednesday, 15 January 2014 BIS Shrapnel’s Angie Zigomanis recently put the current absence of first home buyers in capital city property markets squarely at the feet of state governments. But he could have also pointed the finger at the Federal Government, past and present. The BIS Shrapnel economist noted the first home.