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Construction loans — contracts, draws, and holding-cost buffers
Construction files fail when contracts, valuations, and draw schedules do not match lender policy — not when the builder is slow alone.
Use the construction service page plus the progress checklist before you sign a fixed-price contract.
Enquire with contract type (HIA/MBA), build price, and land value for a realistic draw and holding-cost conversation.
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Construction loan progress checklist
Typical draw stages, contract checks, and holding-cost buffers — confirm details with your builder and lender.
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Evergreen explainer on lender commissions vs client fees, ASIC’s best-interests duty for brokers, and how to compare a broker pathway honestly against going direct — with official references.
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A nationwide, evergreen guide to how Australian lenders test home loan serviceability: income, living expenses, buffers, credit limits, and investor shading — so you can plan with the same logic assessors use, in any state or territory.
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Buying
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With CPI on Wednesday and the RBA on Tuesday week, every prospective buyer in Australia is asking the same question this ANZAC long weekend: should I buy a house now, or wait? Here is a broker's honest framework — what each scenario does to your borrowing capacity, what history says about house prices through hiking cycles, a worked $750,000 scenario, and the moves worth making before 5 May.
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