Are You Ready for a Mortgage?

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If you’re looking at becoming an Australian property owner, you’ll probably be like the vast majority of people who can’t pay 100% of the cost of the property and require a mortgage. Getting your mortgage is important. Not only will it determine whether or not you’ll be able to buy a home right now but it’ll have a major impact on your finances for the foreseeable future, too. Shopping for a mortgage isn’t as easy as shopping for, say, a car.  You don’t really have the negotiating / haggling power you’d have with smaller purchases. But you can increase your [...] Read more »

Using Online Real Estate Auctions to Buy or Sell a Home

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Many people are familiar with online real estate listings, but homes are also being bought and sold through online real estate auctions. A real estate auction is the same as any other product auction, except people are bidding on homes, commercial property, or large residential developments. The seller sets a reserve and bidders try to meet the reserve without going too much over the set amount. With an online real estate listing all a buyer can do is browse the different listings and decide what. With an online real estate auction, a buyer can actually register and bid on the [...] Read more »