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Jun 24

Property price caps increased for first home loan deposit scheme

By userDHARRIS4 Buying My First Home, News

First home buyers can now purchase more expensive properties under the federal government’s hugely popular 5% deposit, no LMI scheme. Single parents with dependent children are also welcoming the higher property price caps, which will apply to the federal government’s new Family Home Guarantee scheme, too. The First Home Loan…

Jun 23

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Monthly Winner for June 2021

By afg_admin News

Congrats to our June Winner - Alyssa wins a $500 Bunnings voucher! We appreciate your feedback, that’s why each month we give our customers who have recently settled a loan the chance to go in the competition to win a small thank-you gift. This month’s winner is Alyssa, and she's…

Jun 04

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4 in 5 hopeful buyers don’t understand key financial concepts

By userDHARRIS4 Buying My First Home, News

While most Australians dream of owning their own home, the majority of hopeful homeowners admit they don’t fully understand how home loans or mortgage rates work. That’s why we make it our mission to enlighten you during your home buying journey. They say knowledge is power. But this week we…

Jun 01

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Cash rate for June remains unchanged at 0.1%

By afg_admin News, RBA Updates

As widely expected the Reserve Bank held rates at 0.10% at its board meeting today. All eyes will be on the minutes of the meeting to see if there has been any softening on the RBA's stance that rates would not increase until 2024. Since their June meeting there has…

May 27

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Haven Win Winter 2021

By afg_admin Competitions, News

The Haven Tips paving weedkiller idea has got us thinking about more old fashioned - and in turn often kinder to Mother Nature - household tips and tricks. Our grannies and grandads knew them, and we're on the hunt for their house hacks that we should be using too. Send…

May 27

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Haven Extras Winter 2021

By afg_admin Home Lifestyle Tips, News

Clean dishes, happy fishes Zero Co Australia is on a mission to make a difference in our planet's enormous plastic waste problem. Their intention is simple: to 'unrubbish' the world by stopping the production of new single-use plastic while also cleaning up the plastic that's junking up our oceans. Zero…

May 27

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Homework project

By afg_admin Finance Help, News

Hide in a cupboard, launch an escape pod or retreat to the garage - you may have more options than you think to create a peaceful home office. If we've learned anything in the past 12 months, it's that study nooks no longer cut the mustard. They may be great…

May 27

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Lock it in Eddie

By afg_admin Home Lifestyle Tips, News, Refinancing My Home Loan

Getting the itch to fix? Choosing the right time to lock in an interest rate can be tricky. In the past year interest rates on fixed-rate loans have plummeted to all-time lows, prompting many borrowers to ask whether it's time to lock in a rate. If you're thinking about it,…

May 27

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So hot right now

By afg_admin Finance Help, News

Despite dire predictions, the Australian property market is booming. How did it happen and where to from here. Feeling richer? The average Australian homeowner has an extra $60,000 equity in their pockets, thanks to a real estate boom no one saw coming. Between March 2020 and March 2021, the average…

May 27

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“Tide turning on interest rates”: CBA hikes fixed rates

By userDHARRIS4 News, Refinancing My Home Loan

Australia’s biggest bank has hiked its three-year fixed rate for owner-occupiers in a further sign that “the tide is turning on interest rates”. So if you’ve been thinking about fixing your interest rate, it could be high time to do so. Now, we’re not normally ones to write articles about…

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Property price caps increased for first home loan deposit scheme

Monthly Winner for June 2021

4 in 5 hopeful buyers don’t understand key financial concepts

Cash rate for June remains unchanged at 0.1%

Haven Win Winter 2021

Haven Extras Winter 2021

Homework project

Lock it in Eddie

So hot right now

“Tide turning on interest rates”: CBA hikes fixed rates

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