With low interest rates continuing to heat up some property markets around Australia there seems to be an ever increasing number of real estate spruikers or “property specialists” (as they’re calling themselves) coming out of the woodwork to push their wares. Just this week we received a snazzy email from a slick looking company offering […]
Ever heard the saying “a lie gets half way around the world before the truth puts it pants on”? Well, when it’s a financial lie and it’s being repeated often enough by lazy journalists, a lie can do a few laps of the world before the truth puts it pants on. The lie in this […]
If you work with a financial advisor, it always helps to remember what they exist for. A financial advisor exists to help you with your financial circumstances and decisions – whatever they may be. It may seem strange to state that, but sometimes the clients of financial advisers don’t want to tell their financial advisors […]
Last year the independent senator from South Australia, Nick Xenophon raised a loopy idea that has long been an obsession of the real estate industry. Let first home buyers raid their superannuation to buy a house. It didn’t grab a great deal of attention and it attracted mostly criticism. Given Xenophon enjoys an occasional populist […]