The 7 first home buyer mistakes to avoid
October 16, 2017
- Changing jobs or making a major purchase at the same time as applying for finance
- Not getting your finance pre-approved, and leaving everything ‘too late’ when the ‘right’ property is found.
- Borrowing right up to the amount the lender is prepared to loan you, and then getting over-stretched financially.
- Letting emotions take over in the negotiation process, and paying too much for the property—or missing an opportunity to negotiate more favourable purchase conditions.
- Not checking out things such as council zoning, building approvals and restrictive covenants.
- Buying a ‘do-up’ and then running out of money. Renovation is not a cast-iron route to riches, and if it turns out to cost more than you bargained for, you could be living in squalid circumstances for too long
- Forgetting to sort out property insurance well before you move in, and forgetting to tell the utility companies!
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