Property / Finance Changes from 1 July 2024
🎤 July 1 brings a raft of changes to the finance and property market:
Bright-line Test:
✅ Now 2yrs (previously up to 10yrs).
Deposit Requirements:
✅ 30% deposit for investment properties (previously 35%).
✅ 20% lending available for low deposit properties (previously 15%).
Debt-to-Income (DTI) Ratios:
➖ DTI ratio restricted to 6 x for owner-occupier lending (20% exception).
➖ DTI ratio restricted to 7 x for investor lending (20% exception).
Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCFA) Reforms:
✅ Commerce Minister Andrew Bayly and Housing Minister Chris Bishop said the government is revoking 11 pages of what it calls "overly prescriptive affordability regulations."
These changes should stimulate activity in the finance and property market, contact adviceHQ for independent financial advice to help you secure your future.
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If a zookeeper had 100 pairs of animals in her zoo, and two pairs of babies are born for each one of the original animals, then (sadly) 23 animals don’t survive, how many animals do you have left in total?
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Poll: As a customer, what do you think about automation?
The Press investigates the growing reliance on your unpaid labour.
Automation (or the “unpaid shift”) is often described as efficient ... but it tends to benefit employers more than consumers.
We want to know: What do you think about automation?
Are you for, or against?
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9.5% For. Self-service is less frustrating and convenient.
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43.3% I want to be able to choose.
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47.2% Against. I want to deal with people.
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