February 2016

Explainer: how redraw and offset accounts can save you money

Offset accounts and redraw facilities work in similar ways; they both allow you to reduce the balance of your home loan, and therefore the interest charged by applying extra money to your debt.  You might be making extra repayments to shorten your loan as described here http://keyfinance.com.au/extra-home-loan-repayments/ . So what’s the difference? Redraw facilities allow you […]

Solicitors versus conveyancers

A conveyancer is a solicitor, but just deals with property, right? Wrong. The two are different, and it is important to have the right one on your team, in order to avoid paying too much while still getting the advice you need. Buying property is one of the biggest decisions most of us will make […]