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Start here: Home loan settlement day in Australia: the complete buyer’s guide (timeline, PEXA, funds & keys)
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Buying
The 'ordinarily resident' test decides whether a permanent resident is treated as a local or a foreign person when buying property in Australia. Here's the 200-day rule, who it affects, and what to check before you sign.
12 June 2026 · 10 min
Buying
Fewer open homes and softer auction crowds in winter do not mean easier lending — but they can mean less competition for buyers who already have finance lined up, documents ready, and a clear ceiling.
30 May 2026 · 10 min
Buying
Settlement day is when your lender releases funds, title transfers, and you get keys — but the hard work happens weeks earlier. Here is the full Australian timeline from exchange to PEXA, what your bank must do, and how to avoid the delays that break contracts.
26 May 2026 · 29 min
Buying
**Teaser:** your home loan contract is not silent about insurance — and a paid-up policy is not the same thing as “the bank is happy after a storm.” Here is how building cover, renewals, and repair timelines tend to interact with mortgage covenants nationwide, with links to neutral references — so you can ask sharper questions of your insurer and conveyancer, not just your broker.
29 Apr 2026 · 10 min
Buying
Pre-approval is not final approval. Here are the last-mile risks that can derail finance before settlement, and what to check early to avoid expensive surprises.
8 Apr 2026 · 8 min
Buying
Buying before the slab is poured sounds orderly on a brochure; the mortgage side is messier. Here is how valuation-at-settlement, timing risk, and lender policy interact for Australian off-the-plan buyers — without pretending the contract date is the only date that matters.
6 Apr 2026 · 13 min
Buying
Auctions usually mean an unconditional contract, fast deposit, and no cooling-off safety net. Here is a practical timeline for finance, deposit, conveyancing, and bidding — so you are not learning the rules on the fall of the hammer.
4 Apr 2026 · 14 min
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You deal with the same broker from first enquiry through to settlement. These guides are written from files we have actually worked on, not repackaged lender marketing.
Buying is a timing problem as much as a lending one. Finance clauses, valuations and settlement dates all have to line up, and the pressure lands at the worst moment.
As a credit assistance provider we are required to make reasonable enquiries about your financial situation, requirements and objectives, and to verify them, before suggesting a loan. If a loan would be unsuitable for you, we have to say so. Nothing on this page is a credit approval, a pre-approval, or an offer of finance, and no outcome is guaranteed — approval is always the lender's decision.
Articles here are general information and do not take your circumstances into account. When you want numbers checked against current lender policy, speak to a broker — or call 0400 77 77 55.
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Settlement countdown
Countdown from T-30 to settlement day: unconditional finance, insurance, gap funds, Ready/Ready, and what to do when keys release.
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