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What is a credit score, and do they really matter if you’re trying to buy a home?

Applying for a loan? You’ll need to know this magic number

What is a credit score, and do they really matter if you’re trying to buy a home?

  • Caterina Hrysomallis

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Interest only loans are preferred by investors, experts say.

How home owners could save $143 a month – and the reasons not to

More homeowners are worried about paying off a home loan into retirement, but experts suggest people think long and hard about the options.

  • Melissa Heagney-Bayliss
A super-strong jobs market makes a decision to cut interest rates tougher for the Reserve Bank.

Which jobs pay enough to save for a Perth house deposit?

Think a “good job” is enough to buy a house in Perth? Think again. New data shows even high earners are being left behind.

  • Sarah Brookes
If your mortgage is being held hostage by uncooperative lenders, there are some tricks you can try.

Help! I’m in ‘mortgage prison’, how soon can I get free?

If your mortgage is being held hostage by uncooperative lenders, there are some tricks you can try.

  • Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Sicily Debnath found it challenging to buy her home.

Which jobs pay enough to save for a Sydney house deposit

After a decade of saving, even many higher-paid professionals would be short of their goals as property prices rose out of reach.

  • Alice Uribe
House prices are higher than borrowing capacity.

How much you can afford to spend on a house

Even an interest rate cut and first home buyer policies announced in the election campaign won’t necessarily help a typical wage earner to buy the average house.

  • Elizabeth Redman
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Fiona Nicholson and Hugo Lohrer have been looking for a home for about six months.

Where to find a house in Sydney on a budget of $1.5 million

Prices have soared again, but it is possible to buy a home at this price point if you can find the right places to look.

  • Kristy Johnson
First home buyers.

How can I buy my first home in this economy? Experts rank most popular methods

Will using your super help or harm you in the end? What if I can’t withdraw from the bank of mum and dad? We examine common strategies Millennials and Gen Z use to get into the market.

  • Bronte Gossling

‘Pretty regressive’: Labor and Coalition housing policies explained

Grattan Institute housing expert Brendan Coates says new policies may help some people into the housing market, but a majority are still being left behind.

Young Sydneysiders Matthew Thrum, Greens councilor Bonnie Harvey and Zachary Moore aren’t impressed with the major parties housing policies.

We asked young Sydneysiders about Labor and the Coalition’s housing plans. They weren’t impressed

Young people who feel locked out of the property market say neither of the major parties’ strategies will help solve Sydney’s housing crisis.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Cindy Yin

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