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What is Home Equity? How to Build, Use, and Leverage It for Financial Success
What is Home Equity? How to Build, Use, and Leverage Equity for Financial Success. As a homeowner, understanding home equity is essential for maximising your financial opportunities. Home equity is the portion of your property you truly own, and it's a powerful tool...
The Importance of Pre-Planning Before Getting Your Mortgage Loan
The Importance of Pre-Planning Before Getting Your Mortgage Loan: And How Go Mortgage Can Help When it comes to getting a mortgage, preparation is everything. At Go Mortgage, we can’t stress enough how essential pre-planning is for a smooth home-buying experience. In...
Welcome to Selling Season: How to Stand Out and Secure Your Dream Home with Help from Go Mortgage
Welcome to Selling Season: How to Stand Out and Secure Your Dream Home with Help from Go Mortgage. We are now in Spring and as the days grow warmer and spring turns into summer, the property market kicks into high gear. Known as the ‘selling season’, this time of year...
How Go Mortgage Can Help You Prepare for Your First Property Auction | Go Mortgage
How Go Mortgage Can Help You Prepare for Your First Property Auction? Are you gearing up for your first property auction? Go Mortgage, is here to help you prepare and bid with confidence. With expert guidance and personalised support, we ensure you’re ready for the...
Stamp Duty Concessions Expanded for QLD First Home Buyers
Stamp Duty Concessions Expanded for Queensland First Home BuyersBig News for First-Home Buyers in Queensland! Queensland Premier Steven Miles has announced exciting new stamp duty discounts that make buying your first home more affordable than ever! What’s New for...
Why You Shouldn’t Walk In or Apply with a Bank to Get a Loan: Top Reasons Why People Use a Mortgage Broker
More and more people are opting for mortgage brokers to secure their loans. In fact, around 75% of new home loans are now being facilitated by brokers. The traditional method of walking into your local big four bank branch—CBA, ANZ, Westpac, or NAB - is rapidly...
How HECS Debts Influence Mortgage Loans: A Comprehensive Guide
Recent data indicates a nearly 5% rise in HECS debts for the new financial year, amounting to an average increase of $1000 per student debt. This follows a 7.1% increase in HECS debt last year. With two consecutive years of growth, borrowers with HECS debt are likely...
MYTH: One Mortgage Loan Fits All
MYTH: One Mortgage Loan Fits AllMortgage Brokers exclusively favour preferred lender/s Our response: Unequivocally, 100% false In the world of mortgage loans, one fundamental truth stands out above all others: not all borrowers are alike, and consequently, not one...
The Cash Rate, Cash Backs, and the Allure of Cash
Cash Rules: The Cash Rate, Cash Backs, and the Allure of Cash We are all familiar with the term ‘The Cash Rate,’ but what does it really mean? It is not the interest rate we see on our mortgage statements. So, why is there so much talk about the 'Cash Rate'? The Cash...
Interest Rates & The Reserve Bank of Australia
Should we break it down? Remember the days when the Reserve Bank of Australia met every Tuesday of the month to spill the beans on interest rates? We all do! Now, we see a new era in 2024. Last year, the RBA announced that they will only convene 8 times a year instead...
First Home Buyer
The First Home Buyer and Getting That Loan Life is Full of Firsts – the first pet 🐶, the first car 🚙, the first kiss 💋, the first job 🖥️, the first mortgage 💸. Some of these things are easier than others, right? Here we outline the first home loan process with the...
The A to Z of Industry Jargon for Loans and Property
Are you having trouble decoding your LMI for your BC? Our article ‘The A to Z of Industry Jargon for Loans and Property’ should help you decode this. All you need to do is read through the blog to uncover industry speak for your home loan and your property....