by Nick Rainsford | 29 Oct 2017 | General, Home loans, Investments, SMSF
If you’ve been following what’s been going on in home loan land in the past two years you may have realised that the unprecedented intervention by the banking regulator, APRA, has had a profound effect on the affordability of a home loan. These effects cut both ways...
by Nick Rainsford | 22 Oct 2017 | Business, General, Home loans
There are some brands that mean something to consumers. Indeed, much to the joy of their marketing teams, their brand names have passed into our daily lexicon to signify a particular function or quality unique to their products or services. My mother, for example,...
by Nick Rainsford | 25 Aug 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, Leasing, SMSF
You could be forgiven for thinking that interest rates occupy our minds more than any other topic. Every time a bank moves rates one way or another, it’s headline news. Even when the RBA doesn’t move rates there’s a news story about it. We’ve been conditioned to think...
by Nick Rainsford | 12 Aug 2017 | Business, General, Home loans, Investments, Leasing, SMSF
It’s always good when all the hard work we do pays off for our clients. We’ve had a record couple of months recently with the obvious reward that is associated with that. The less obvious result is what it means for the people that we work for – our clients....
by Nick Rainsford | 6 Aug 2017 | General, Home loans, Leasing, SMSF
There are many talking heads on TV and radio. Newspapers are filled with those giving us advice on how to manage our money, how to think, who to vote for and what to say. Amongst all the rubbish that passes for news or commentary the latest fashion is to bang on about...
