Home loan guides

 

Buying your first home

• Your ultimate first home buyer checklist
• Buying your first home while you rent
• 4 alternative ways to buy your first home

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Home buying research

• Home loan glossary
• Types of property: Apartment, house or unit – what's right for you?
• The upfront costs of buying a home
• Types of home loans
• How can a settlement agent help me?
• Perth’s home buyer hotspots
• Home loans for self-employed borrowers

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Home buying steps

• How to save for a house deposit
• Tips for buying a property at auction
• How much deposit do I need to buy a house?
• Making an offer on a house
• Understanding the home loan approval process
• Preparing for settlement
• What happens after settlement?

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Refinancing

• How to refinance your home loan
• 6 reasons to refinance your home loan

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Managing your mortgage

• Using an offset account to help pay off your mortgage sooner
• How to check you’ve still got the right home loan
• Your guide to a home loan top up (increase)
• Home loan redraw facility explained
• Consolidate debt to help pay your mortgage faster
• How to pay off your home loan faster

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Buying your next home

• Take the next step towards buying your second property
• Getting ready to sell your home
• The basics of guarantor home loans

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Investing in property

• Why invest in property?
• Buying an investment property? Here’s where you should start
• Understand the property market before you invest
• What makes a good investment property?
• The costs of property investment
• Using equity to buy another property
• The right type of property for your investment goals
• Property investment – tax claims, costs and benefits

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Building and renovating

• What to consider before you build your home
  
• Renovate or relocate?
• How do construction loans work?
• 7 ways to finance your home renovations

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