Dinosaur or Duck?

Have you ever played the game where you look up at the clouds and make out animals or shapes based on what you see? One person might see a dinosaur, whereas someone else might see a duck; it’s the same cloud, just a different ‘read’
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The Home Loan Process in 2019

The home loan process can be a daunting task for consumers, and the ever-changing goalposts the finance industry faces is making the process more and more difficult for Mortgage Brokers and lenders alike.Being in the industry for more than 10 years and living through what
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That Sinking Feeling

Have you heard the gag about property values? The one that says ‘prices only ever go up’? Well, according to Roy Morgan research, nearly 1 in 10 Australian households certainly aren’t laughing. That’s the number of Aussie mortgage holders who are thought to now have
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Worse Than the 1989 Recession?

Australian Property Market Update 5 December, 2018 Doom and gloom in the media over falling house prices is escalating, with one media outlet headline warning, “Sydney housing downturn to eclipse 1989 recession.”Wow, that sounds ominous! Is it fear porn, or are we truly headed toward a level
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How to Cope in a Crash

When the property market was running hot and prices rising rapidly, we had people acting irrationally because of FOMO – Fear of Missing Out.Now that prices have retreated, FOMO has been replaced by FOOP – Fear of Over Paying. That is, avoiding committing to the
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