by admin | Dec 11, 2024 | Ask Alan News
So .. You’d like to apply for a loan! Here are the steps to get started – and best of all – I am here as your personal guide to get you though. Once you get through the early stages real Alan will take over. First – you need to create a log in to get through to the...
by admin | Nov 5, 2024 | Ask Alan News
What is the biggest home loan risk facing most Australians today? We can all accept that we will likely retire later than we once thought. Although maintaining purpose and income for longer is not all bad. Especially if you have taken the time now to invest in your...
by admin | Oct 1, 2024 | Ask Alan News
It’s Spring – The family has grown, you want to be closer to schools… Or … the kids have left, it’s time to downsize … It’s time to shift house. Spending your weekends going to open homes and after a while – it becomes so confusing… My brother recently asked for...
by admin | Aug 6, 2024 | Ask Alan News
I have asked you (my clients) many times if you want to know my opinion on why interest rates and house price are as they are. The clear answer is… NO ! What we do want from you – is what should we do… Let me go back a bit first. Every decade has had a defining...
by admin | May 15, 2024 | Ask Alan News
The Council of Social Services (ACOSS) always makes a submission to the budget. This year it notes that the top 10% of Australians have over $5.2 million in net wealth and that the gap between the top 10% and those below is somehow inherently wrong. It also notes that...
by admin | Apr 11, 2024 | Ask Alan News
A report from a government committee has suggested that Australian Banks be forced to issue “Tracker Mortgages” (Aust Financial Review 27 March 2024). Australian banks have unsurprisingly pushed back. A “tracker mortgage” supposedly “tracks” the Reserve Bank cash rate...
