We recently heard about the case of a couple who were keen to take advantage of a property investment but their available cash was tied up elsewhere. So what happened? Without immediate access to their cash to pay the deposit it seems they (sadly) missed out on the opp...

Ahhhh! Week 6. 

When we decided to start this challenge, we prepared a budget of our current expenses and we split it up into categories:

Needs: Fixed

Needs: Negotiatable

Wants

Cut

One of the expenses in the 'cut' column had to be entertainment for the kids. We were spendi...

Our goal is to save an extra $10K on our budget - but every few weeks I want to add something that you can do to bring more money into the house. 

This week I'm talking Facebook Buy Swap Sell Pages. 

Facebook groups can be hit and miss. Depending on the rules of the gr...

With the ongoing concerns about increasing property prices, home ownership , the cost of living, and small or no wage increase , the question that continues to come up in general conversation is ‘how will our children ever enter the property market?’ 

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Low interest rates have largely driven a decrease in the percentage of homeowners experiencing mortgage stress over the last 12 months. From March to September 2014 the percentage of homeowners claiming mortgage stress almost halved from 28% to around 15%. However, a f...