Category: how to start saving for a home when overwhelmed
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Why buying your first home feels so overwhelming (and it’s not because you’re bad with money)
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Ever feel like you’ve lived a whole day before 9am? You’ve chosen your outfit, packed lunches, checked your bank balance, replied to texts, skimmed the news, and debated whether to buy oat milk or almond. That’s decision fatigue. And it’s frying your brain before your coffee’s even cooled. If the idea of also sorting your…
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Buying your first home in Australia: how to make smart, confident decisions in a shifting market
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What Women Need to Know The federal government’s expanded First Home Buyer Guarantee (FHBG) is designed to make it easier for Australians to step onto the property ladder. The scheme allows eligible buyers to purchase with a smaller deposit (sometimes as low as 5%) without paying lenders mortgage insurance (LMI). But there’s a catch: more…