If you’re preparing to buy your first home, it’s a good idea to take a few tips from owners and investors who have done all this before. Critical to your success is not what you buy, but your long-term strategy and approach to property ownership. So, think of your first home not just as a…
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Selling a home to first-time buyers is one of the great pleasures of my job as a local real estate agent. But to make the dream of home ownership a reality, it’s important to form a strategy to manage your money in this new chapter of your life. See a professional financial adviser or consult…
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The American real estate scene is blessed with a system in which buyers have an agent as a trusted adviser on their journey to find a new home. Your agent not only locates the most suitable properties but validates the quality of each one, organizes buildings inspections and takes on the task of negotiating the…
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Selling a home to first-time buyers is one of the great pleasures of my job as a local real estate agent. You help to send them on their way into a new and exciting life with a property that they can finally call their own. Of course, homeownership comes with responsibilities, not least of which…
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The upside of buying an off-the-plan townhouse or apartment should be competitive pricing compared with similar properties already built. That’s the pay-off for committing to purchase a property based on scale model, artist impressions and a floor plan. And because its nature, the transaction process differs from buying an existing apartment or a house. Typically,…
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A new first-home buyer fund has been established as part of the State Government’s efforts to get the economy moving again after the Covid lockdown. If you’re a first-home buyer right now, you will save thousands of dollars by navigating the bewildering number of offers that are available from the State and Federal governments. The…
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First-time buyers rarely find their dream home. When entering the market, it’s more common to focus on affordable properties but still keep a keen eye out for position, land size and potential. Most new owners are grateful to be finally in the real estate game, but that novelty eventually wears off, and then it’s common…
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If you haven’t organised a loan pre-approval for your first home, then shopping for a house is like walking into a store without your credit card. When you find your ideal property, you won’t be able to move quickly because organising finances takes time. And that’s terrible news if other buyers are keen to seal…
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Buying property is always exciting and is often wonderfully life-changing. Off-the-plan apartments have become an increasingly popular way to enter the market, or move up the property ladder. It’s important to understand how purchasing off the plan differs from buying an existing property at auction for through private treaty. Off-the-plan buying gives you the opportunity…
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There are many tricks and tips to buying a property, but there’s one essential element that no one can avoid – getting your finances in great shape. Knowing what you can afford is a critical element of finding your first home or the next one that takes you higher up the property ladder. As an…
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