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Buying your first home? Learn why getting home loan pre-approval is essential. Discover how pre-approval boosts your borrowing power, helps you budget, strengthens your offers and gives you confidence before you start house-hunting.
New to home loans? Learn essential mortgage terms like LVR, LMI, offset vs redraw, fixed vs variable rates and pre-approval so you can buy your first home with confidence. A simple guide to understanding how home loans work — without the jargon.
Think you need a 20% deposit to buy your first home? Learn how first-home buyers can enter the market with as little as 5% deposit, avoid LMI using the First Home Guarantee or a guarantor, and explore smart low-deposit strategies to buy sooner.
Confused about how much you can borrow for your first home? Learn what affects your borrowing power, how lenders assess you, simple ways to boost your capacity, and how to get pre-approval so you can buy with confidence.
Worried about how to budget for your first home? Learn the real costs of buying, how to set an affordable mortgage budget, plan for ongoing expenses, build a safety buffer and avoid common first-home buyer mistakes so you can buy with confidence.
Struggling to save a house deposit while renting? Learn smart, realistic ways to grow your savings faster using budgeting tips, hidden-money hacks, the First Home Super Saver Scheme and low-deposit options — so you can buy your first home sooner.
