First home Archives

First Home Vacant Land Concession QLD [2025 Guide]

The First Home Vacant Land Concession QLD saves you up to $10,675 on Transfer Duty. The First Home Vacant Land Concession QLD is a financial assistance...

First Home Concession QLD [2025 Guide]

The First Home Concession QLD saves you up to $17,350 on Transfer Duty. The Queensland First Home Concession (or Stamp Duty Concession QLD) is a financial...

QLD Stamp Duty Exemptions and Rebates [2025 Complete Guide]

Queensland Government helps out Home Buyers with Stamp Duty Concessions. If you're buying a home or land in Queensland, you may be eligible for a saving on...

First Home Owners Grant QLD [2025 – Complete Guide]

First Home OwnersGrant QLD2025 Complete GuideStart The QuizA financial boost can go a long way in getting you onto the Queensland property ladder so to help,...

21 Critical Home Loan Mistakes to Avoid

Home Loan Mistakes to Avoid If you're considering buying or building a home then you'll probably need a home loan. We've listed here the 21 most common home...

How to Check the Value Of Your House [3 strategies]

How to find out what a house is worth Do your research using these three strategies, on how to find out what a house is worth in the market right now. Doing...

A plan for extra mortgage repayments is non negotiable [explainer + case study]

Making extra mortgage repayments to fast track your home loan down to zero is the single biggest action you can take towards becoming wealthier, sooner. There...

Benefits of Using a Mortgage Broker in Brisbane [2024 Guide]

Benefits of Using a Mortgage Broker in Brisbane Brisbane’s property market is growing more dynamic and competitive every month. With increasing prices and...

Terms and conditions to consider when signing a house contract in QLD

The Residential Contract of Sale. When you're in the stages of negotiating buying your home, there's so much to consider. You can make an in offer one of...

How To Make An Offer On A House [2024 Step By Step Guide]

Learn advanced strategies and tools in this 12 steps guide to getting your offer accepted. Buying property is something we only do occasionally, at most, in...

How to Buy a House in QLD Step by Step [2024 Complete Guide]

How to Buy a House in QLD Step by Step Guide. Learn where to start and what to do next. In this guide, updated for 2024, I breakdown in detail the 21...

First Home Guarantee [2024 Comprehensive Guide]

The First Home Guarantee | 2024 Complete Guide For QLDThe hardest part of getting into the property market as a first time buyer is usually getting a deposit...

Buying property with family members [2024 Home Loan Advice]

Buying a house jointly with parents or other family members makes it easier to get into the property market. In 2023 with higher property prices and banks...

Top 6 Strategies On How To Increase Borrowing Capacity For 2023

How To Increase Borrowing Capacity [To Offset Impacts of Rising Rates]. Are you planning to make the most of lower property prices and buy a home or...

How to build a house in Brisbane [2022 Step By Step Guide]

The Guide covers how to build a house step by step - from where to start, using Government Grants and getting a construction loan approved. There is nothing...

What is Lenders Mortgage Insurance [Explainer + case study]

What is Lenders Mortgage Insurance and how much will it cost? The basics are covered here. Lenders Mortgage Insurance can be a bit tricky to get your head...

Making an offer on a house [5 winning strategies in 2021]

Go in armed with a plan to get your offered accepted. Are you are currently researching how to make an offer on a property, or perhaps you've experienced what...

Fixed or Variable Home Loan? | Which is best?

Fixing your entire home loan interest rate will cost you more. In 2021, banks are offering some very low fixed home loan rates. Many of you may be thinking...

Building and Pest Inspection – why you need it

A building and pest inspection is a critical check you need to arrange before you finalise buying a house in QLD. Here I explain why you need it and how it...

Top 13 mistakes to avoid as a first home buyer QLD [2021 guide + case studies]

Avoiding these 13 mortgage mistakes as a first home buyer in QLD will save you money today and set yourself up for financial freedom tomorrow. Mistake 1:...

Are Home Loan Offset Accounts worth it [2021 Explainer + Case Study]?

Home Loan Offset Accounts can save you money on a home loan, but only in the right circumstances. It is very common for people to have heard from friends or...

Lenders Mortgage Insurance [2022 Complete Guide]

You will pay Lenders Mortgage Insurance if you don’t have a 20% deposit saved when applying for a home loan. Here I explain what it is and how avoid it. As a...

Home Loan Pre Approvals [When you do and don’t need one]

To successfully buy a home in the wild 2021 property market, you may just need a Fully Assessed Home Loan Pre Apprroval. Back before time (before Covid) most...