Do you pay stamp duty on a new build?
Do i pay stamp duty on a new build? Stamp duty is by far one of the biggest and most unexpected costs of purchasing a new existing home. Thankfully, there is a way to avoid paying … Read More
How To Build A Home That Fits Your Budget
Regardless of whether your budget is big or small building lets you direct your spending on the areas of your home that will bring you the most happiness. Learn how you can squeeze the most value out of your home building budget.
Building lets you spend your budget on what matters most
To me, the most significant financial advantage of building a home is that it lets you spend your budget on the things that matter most to you. Or, as I often say, you can direct your … Read More
Why the Government wants you to build a new home
The Government wants you to build a new home and will reward you nicely for choosing to do so. Australia is growing at an exponential rate. According to the co-author of the Coalition’s refugee and asylum … Read More
How to build a new home that gives you instant equity
So, how do we go about creating instant equity? Is it guaranteed? No, unfortunately it’s not. You can’t build just any house and expect to make money. Time and time again I hear from people who … Read More
Happiness is the home you build
They say you can’t buy happiness. But I believe choosing to build a home can bring you pretty close. The happiest of families are not the ones who have the best of everything; they are the … Read More
Four facts you didn’t know about buying a home that can save you thousands
When it comes to buying a home, many people begin by looking for an existing home. But an existing home was built to serve someone else’s needs – not yours. What if I told you that … Read More
Building? First Home Owners Grant and more
The Government wants you to build a house. Australia is growing at an exponential rate. According to the co-author of the Coalition’s refugee and asylum seeker policy, General Jim Molan, Australia’s permanent population is growing by … Read More
How to avoid paying stamp duty on your new home
Few people purchasing an ‘existing’ home are prepared for the shock that comes when they discover how much they have to pay, on top of the purchase price, in stamp duty. Stamp duty is a term … Read More
Why building is the smartest financial move you’ll ever make
If you choose to buy an existing home, be assured, someone else is making money out of the deal. It’s one of the major reasons people sell. But it doesn’t have to be this way. You … Read More
How to Build Value and Create Instant Equity
It’s true, choosing to build means having the opportunity to create instant equity. So how do we go about creating instant equity? Is it guaranteed? No, unfortunately it’s not. You can’t build just any house and … Read More
The true cost of building
We often hear the fear mongering about the ‘hidden costs’ of building. The upgrades, the site costs and the variations. The banter is enough to scare the inexperienced home builder out of the home building market … Read More
Six questions a Real Estate Agent won’t ask you
By Natalie Stevens When you are thinking of upgrading your home, or perhaps getting into the market for the first time, what’s the first thing you do? My guess is that you contact a real estate … Read More
On the other side of fear, your best lifestyle awaits
Do you baulk at the thought of building a new home? Does it all seem to hard, or fraught with difficult decisions? Do you think it will take too long? These questions, and probably many more, … Read More
Avoiding risk when building
What’s the best ways to avoid risk when building? There’s a lot of horror stories that float around about the process of building a home and you’ll want to make sure your experience doesn’t become the … Read More
Should I build my dream home or my now home?
People with little building experience tend to think that building a new home will be a long, difficult and stressful time that they won’t want to repeat. However, waiting until you can afford to build your ‘dream’ … Read More