Hey, I hate to break it to you, but you’re probably throwing your money down the drain. ‘Now why would you accuse me of a thing like that, Andrew?’ you ask. I’m not intentionally trying to wind you up. It’s just a matter of tough love. According to the last Census in 2011, if you’re …
We are living in changed times, people. Back in the day – that’s pre GFC – lenders handed out home loans a lot more freely. That’s to say it was a whole lot easier to rely on credit to find your dream home. But today, mortgage lenders are a bit more prudential. That’s because the …
Did you know that if you take out a mortgage, your lender could unexpectedly raise the interest rate? One month you’re happily paying off 4.10% on a $600,000 home loan, and the next month your bank informs you they’re increasing the rate to 4.30%. Merry Christmas everyone! Sounds like a modest figure, right? But the …
There’s one word in the English language which I believe we need to kill off, once and for all. It’s not ‘fleek’, or ‘LOL’, or even ‘FOMO’, although those are due for a guillotining, too. I’m talking about the word ‘best’, a term often used to puff up a vague statement or to stroke someone’s …