by Nick Rainsford | 22 May 2017 | Business, Financial Thymes newsletter, General, Home loans, Investments, Leasing, SMSF
You may have read about how the Baby Boomers have stolen all the property in the capital cities and left the other generations – X, Y, Z and Millenials (collectively “Whatever”) – destitute. Well, not quite but you can be forgiven for thinking that as a...
by Nick Rainsford | 15 May 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, SMSF, Uncategorized
The 2017 budget handed down last week by the Federal Treasurer had a raft of measures in it that is designed to help home buyers into their first home. Will it all work? Will homes become affordable again? There is no simple answer to these questions so I’ll deal with...
by Nick Rainsford | 10 Apr 2017 | General, Home loans, Investments, SMSF, Uncategorized
We see many people from all different walks of life in our business. We see many investors buying properties, we see overseas investors coming into our market, we see people re-financing, we see many people coming to us to borrow for that dream renovation. The only...
by Nick Rainsford | 3 Apr 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, Leasing, SMSF, Uncategorized
For many years, like most young men in Australia, I participated in team sports. One of the many benefits of team sports is the social aspect of going out after a game and socializing with the rest of the team. This phenomenon started in my teens and continued until...
by Nick Rainsford | 27 Mar 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments
I’m sure all of us have bad days. In some jobs, however, a bad day can mean the difference between life and death. Take an engineer designing a new bridge that thousands of cars will use. If that engineer comes to work all crabby the chance of them making a mistake...
by Nick Rainsford | 20 Mar 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, Leasing, SMSF, Uncategorized
This is a question that is asked of us by every client. The answer – as of this moment – they already have. In case you’ve been incommunicado two of our major banks announced increases to their interest rates during the week. There is now acceptance the other two will...