by Jack Meagher | Oct 22, 2020 | Finance, Home Loan, Investment Property, Personal, Uncategorized
Consumer sentiment is surging, confidence in the housing market is booming, and the number of experts tipping a Melbourne Cup Day cash rate cut is increasing. Let’s look at why households and businesses are becoming increasingly optimistic. Ahh, spring. It’s fair to...
by Jack Meagher | May 13, 2020 | Equipment finance, Finance
Your guide to the different forms of equipment finance and how they could benefit your practice. Attention: In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Australian government has increased the instant asset tax write off to $150,000. This means that any equipment...
by Paul Heilig | Apr 30, 2020 | Commercial property, Dental, Doctors, Equipment finance, Finance, Fit-out finance, Home Loan, Investment Property, Personal, Practice purchase, Practice Setup, Self Manage Superfund, Specialties, Uncategorized, Vehicle finance, Vet, Wealth Creation
Loyalty is an admirable trait when it comes to our friends, family and loved ones. But if you’re extending that virtue to the banks, then there’s a good chance it’s costing you thousands of dollars. That’s the takeout from the ACCC’s latest Home Loan Price Inquiry...
by Jack Meagher | Mar 23, 2020 | Finance, Home Loan, Personal, Uncategorized
This is one article we hope you never have to read. But if COVID-19 has impacted your income to the point where you may need to pause your mortgage repayments, then we’ve broken down the banks’ deferral policies for you. Late last week the Australian Banking...
by Jack Meagher | Mar 17, 2020 | Commercial property, Equipment finance, Finance, Fit-out finance, Practice purchase, Practice Setup, Uncategorized, Vehicle finance
Small businesses all around the world are facing uncertain times. Medical and Dental practice owners are no exception. However, rather than shutting up shop until COVID-19 passes, the federal government is hoping to stimulate SME spending through a raft of initiatives...
by Jack Meagher | Mar 3, 2020 | Personal, Uncategorized
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points to a new record low of 0.50% as the coronavirus outbreak impacts global financial markets. RBA Governor Philip Lowe said the coronavirus has clouded the near-term outlook for the...
by Paul Heilig | Feb 13, 2020 | Finance, Personal, Specialties, Uncategorized
Once upon a time you were rewarded for loyalty. But borrowers with older mortgages are typically paying a higher interest rate than customers on new loans, confirms the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The RBA’s study finds that the difference in interest rates...
by Jack Meagher | Jan 9, 2020 | Home Loan, Personal, Uncategorized
With Australia currently enduring its worst bushfire season on record, we all want to do our little bit to help out, so today we thought we’d discuss the important topic of underinsurance. Indeed, researchers are warning that the nation is facing an underinsurance...
by Jack Meagher | Dec 23, 2019 | Finance, Uncategorized
With 2019 drawing to a close, we hope you’re shifting into holiday mode and getting ready to relax and unwind (or, at least, looking forward to a few public holidays!). Hasn’t the year just flown by? It only seems like only yesterday that the RBA cut the official cash...
by Jack Meagher | Dec 5, 2019 | Finance, Home Loan, Personal, Uncategorized
A new web platform described as a ‘dating app but for home-ownership’ says it can help users enter the property market in half the time it usually takes. Mortgage Mates – the brainchild of Perth-based mates Daisy Ashworth and Jess Vesely – uses algorithms to match you...
