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There are a variety of commercial loans available. These include short and long-term loans, unsecured or secured against real estate property, equipment or other assets. Loans can also be tailored according to the type of customer, for example small and medium enterprises (SME) or corporates, self-managed super funds and are also specialised by industry sectors. Read the full article…

When we think and dream of buying our first property, we immediately think about our own home, where we would like to live and raise our family. This makes sense. So we start looking for a place that will tick all the right boxes. It needs to be in the place where we want to Read the full article…

There are plenty of benefits to having multiple credit cards. You can build up good credit with multiple organisations, and enjoy the added flexibility of having a card that’s acceptable with every merchant. You can also rack up rewards points with multiple brands if you so desire. There are also drawbacks, however. Having multiple cards Read the full article…

Parents are risking their own financial well-being to help adult children buy a first home One in five (19.1%) of first home buyers nationally rely on a cash gift from family members – a figure that rises to 30.7% of first home buyers in Queensland, and falls to 1.9% among New South Wales first home Read the full article…

If you’re a first home buyer and new to the property market, it’s easy to confuse mortgage insurance and mortgage protection insurance. But there’s a big difference between them – one protects your lender and one protects you. Lenders’ mortgage insurance Mortgage insurance, commonly referred to as lenders’ mortgage insurance (LMI), is taken out by Read the full article…

At a glance There are a number of finance options available to business owners that cover everything from a commercial premises, to car and equipment costs. One of the biggest challenges when owning a business is ensuring you have enough cash flow to set up and run the business. When unexpected costs arise, a business Read the full article…

To get into the property market we need money. To get the money we need to borrow it from a bank. The banks would lend only part of the funds required to complete the purchase, so the idea is to work out the best options available to buy our property paying as little money as possible, and have the bank Read the full article…

As an accountant I have come across many passionate, energetic and charismatic business owners and entrepreneurs, who had a strong ability to generate sales, lead people and inspire everyone they met.  Why then did their businesses struggle financially? As a business owner it isn’t just about the ability to generate leads and sales, though an essential Read the full article…

Have you ever taken out a personal loan, owned a credit card or purchased an item on store credit? If you answered yes to any of these questions, chances are you have a credit report and credit history stored on file. The big question is: How does your credit file represent you as a potential Read the full article…