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Mark Blackwood

Locality: Taigum

Phone: +61 422 708 481

Address: PO Box 289 4018 Taigum, QLD, Australia

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25.01.2022 New Home Sales Continue to Surge in November New Home Sales increased by a further 15.2% in November to reach a decade high, stated HIA’s Economist, Angela Lillicrap. The HIA New Home Sales report a monthly survey of the largest volume home builders in the five largest states is a leading indicator of future detached home construction. Sales in the three months to November were 41.1% higher than the same time last year, added Ms Lillicrap.... Sales nationally increased in November across the five states surveyed with a notable increase in the two largest states. This data precedes the extension of HomeBuilder which was announced on 29 November 2020. The extension of HomeBuilder should see strong sales of new homes reach into 2021. HomeBuilder is not the only reason for the strength in New Home Sales, although it was the trigger for improved market confidence. Low interest rates, house price growth and a change in consumer preferences away from apartment style living, have all seen demand for detached housing rise. Many households have diverted their expenditure from travel and entertainment towards housing, including renovating their home. The strength of New Home Sales is a positive sign that home building will support the broader economy as we enter 2021, concluded Ms Lillicrap. Across the country, new home sales in the three months to November 2020 were higher in all regions when compared with the same period in 2019: Western Australia (108.8 per cent), South Australia (57.6 per cent), Queensland (34.0 per cent), Victoria (22.2 per cent) and New South Wales (20.7 per cent). @hia_au #newhomesales #homebuilder #build

22.01.2022 One of my favourite clients moved into this home for Christmas!! What a present #dreamhome #clientsfirst #mortgagebroker

21.01.2022 Sitting in the gardens at The Commons, however sometimes there is nothing "common" about a client scenario I need to work through. I will come up with a way forward but a bit of thought will be involved to get there. If you call in the next few hours & I don't answer, you know I'm still pondering #mortgagebroker #detective #ponder #clientsfirst

18.01.2022 Greater Brisbane has recorded a new record high median house price of $632,999. House prices have risen 6.2% from the same time last year. Domain senior research analyst Dr Nicola Powell : Brisbane still has a two-speed market with unit prices falling during the quarter and year, down 0.5% and 1.% lower respectively,... The divergence of house and unit prices has made the value gap between purchasing a house and unit the largest on record. The Gold and Sunshine coasts continued to perform, with the Sunny Coast hitting new records, with house prices up 6.9% during March to $770,000, a staggering 19.4% higher than one year ago. Units on the Sunshine Coast jumped 10.2% during the quarter to $550,000, 18.3% higher than last year. This is the quickest rate of price increases in roughly 17 years. Domain #brisbane #seqproperty #sunshinecoast #goldcoast #realestate #domain

15.01.2022 CHEAPER TO BUY THAN RENT realestate.com.au Insights’ Buy or Rent Report has found it is cheaper to buy than rent in more than half the homes in Australia, especially outside VIC & NSW. For Queensland a whopping 85.9% of houses would be cheaper to buy than rent.... Low interest rates are a major factor.

14.01.2022 The @archistar.ai National First Home Buyer Affordability Index for Sept Qtr 2020 suggests affordability is at record levels. Lower interest rates & a number of first home buyer grants have definitely helped. We also saw property prices dip a little at the beginning of Covid. However, since October we have witnessed values increase back to pre-Covid levels. So where are the most affordable suburbs to buy a house in Brisbane: @businessinsider #firsthome #affordability #property #brisbane #suburbs

11.01.2022 Big changes for the new year! Mark Blackwood - Liberty is no more and I've been enhanced in the lab! You may have already noticed I have changed my name recently. After three years as a Liberty Lending Adviser I am saying a warm goodbye and moving to moneyLab for 2021 and beyond. I have enjoyed my time with Liberty and learnt an invaluable amount around "custom" loans that help you source funding when the major lenders are not an option. MoneyLab will allow me to further ...broaden my finance solutions. For example, I will soon have four SMSF lender options rather than just one. This is just one of many examples. My liberty email address will continue to work until 18th December but from then on you will only be able to reach me at [email protected]. Add it to your email contacts now. My phone number continues to be 0422 708 481. I will be unable to provide my full broker service until mid January, after lender accreditations have been changed over to moneyLab (yes, it takes that long)! However I will continue to be available throughout the holiday season for any questions you may have. If you have an urgent matter that needs immediate action I can put you in touch with a trusted colleague in the Liberty network. I will continue to be involved in the process at all times. Please do contact me at any time as I look forward to continue to support your financial education into 2021. In case we don't catch up before hand, let me take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Xmas & Happy New Year. Have a fantastic day.

09.01.2022 On 8 May 2021, under the 2021- 2022 Budget, the Australian Government announced the extension of the FHLDS (New Homes) and the establishment of a new program called the Family Home Guarantee. The Commonwealth Government is to extend its support for homebuyers to single parents looking to purchase their first home or re-enter the property market with a deposit of as little as 2% The new Family Home Guarantee will provide 10,000 guarantees over four years to single parents with... dependants commencing 1 July 2021. The Government has also announced that an additional 10,000 spots will be made available for eligible first homebuyers under the First Home Loan Deposit Scheme (New Homes) from 1 July 2021. This is in addition to the 10,000 spots under the First Home Loan Deposit Scheme (FHLDS). #FHLDS #firsthome #familyhomeguarantee

07.01.2022 Just another conservative home, down a simple suburban Brisbane street ... Someone's dream home!

06.01.2022 After spending the last week in Melbourne it is clear that there is a lot of pain being felt. I’ve been wondering how small businesses in the CBD are tracking and it is isn’t good enough yet. Melbourne CBD café, restaurant and takeaway spending remains 50% down on year-ago levels; while pubs are off 57%; accommodation, 69%; and department stores, 29%. At the same time savings are high. Many people just aren’t spending what they are earning. I’m not convinced we are going to have the same amount of CBD traffic when we get back to normal.

06.01.2022 Buyers scramble to secure mortgages Banks are struggling to process an unprecedented number of new mortgages as excited buyers snap up #homes at #auction before they have secured funding to close the deal. Mortgage brokers say they’ve never been busier as customers race to secure a #loan on Monday after winning an auction on Saturday, while ANZ has paused home loan advertising because demand is so high. What’s going on? A combination of record-low interest rates and governmen...t support programs has driven home-lending levels to record highs. There were 64,300 mortgages bought by owner-occupiers and investors in March. That’s more than 2000 a day and almost double the 35,100 mortgages sold in May last year. Owner-occupier loans in Victoria have increased by almost 60% in the past 10 months. But if a buyer cannot complete a sale won at auction, they can lose their deposit, and multiple brokers told The Age buyers should get a #pre-approved loan before bidding. Data released this week from CoreLogic Australia shows property prices are still rising in Melbourne, but there are signs the market may be starting to slow. Nonetheless, the rapid rise in property prices has prompted warnings from economists and politicians of a housing affordability crisis. The Reserve Bank left interest rates on hold at 0.1% this week and has signalled they may not rise until 2024, while federal and state governments have routinely blamed each other for high house prices. From The Age news #realestate #mortgage #property #mortgagebroker

04.01.2022 Data gathered from face-to-face interviews with 50,000 Australians by research firm Roy Morgan has shown an increase of 4.8% in the satisfaction ratings of mortgage clients for all leading banks, rising to 79% in November from 74.2% from the previous year. The survey covered six months ending in November 2020. Highest satisfaction ratings:... ING achieved the highest 94.4% ME Bank 89.8% Bankwest 88.2% Bendigo Bank’s 87.8% Suncorp 85.1% St. George 81.3% CBA 79.5% NAB 77.8% ANZ 74.9% Westpac 73.2%. #Bank #homeloan See more

04.01.2022 As people are making a mad dash to Woolies preparing for a 3 day lockdown, I'm stocking up on Fox Coffee Dusk blend. this stuff Work weekend sorted #homeloansandcoffee

03.01.2022 DID YOU KNOW that most lenders treat Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) facilities the same as credit cards? Most BNPL facilities have a credit limit which will be included as a liability when you apply for a loan. Lenders really hate these services as they are still getting a grip on them (& they are taking business away from high profit credit cards). If you have enough borrowing capacity and a clean credit report these services are fine to hold. However as most lenders don't like seeing these facilities on your bank statements, it is often better to close all BNPL accounts before applying for the home or personal loan you are after. Feel free to contact me for a chat... #BNPL #afterpay #zippay #budget #homeloan

02.01.2022 Spent an interesting morning at the La Trobe Financial solutions workshop. Interesting loan options available, especially for SMSF, low doc (self-employed) & bridging loan options. #latrobe #smsf #selfemployed #finance #mortgagebroker