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Home Readiness Checklist
Eighteen things to have in place before you apply, grouped by stage. Tick them off as you go and your progress is saved in this browser.
Open the tool → Interactive toolMonthly Money Map
Put every dollar of your take-home pay somewhere, and see live how your real spending compares to the 50/30/20 targets.
Open the tool → FoundationBudgeting That Doesn't Feel Like Punishment
A budget you'll actually keep looks nothing like the spreadsheet you were handed in a personal finance class. Here's how to build one around your real life.
Read more → FoundationYour Credit Report, Explained
Australia has three credit bureaus, three different scores, and a comprehensive reporting regime that records far more than most people realise. Here's what actually matters.
Read more → FoundationDebt Payoff: Snowball vs. Avalanche
Two proven strategies, two very different feelings along the way, plus where buy now pay later and HECS actually sit in the queue.
Read more → FoundationSaving When Your Income Is Uneven
Casual shifts, contract work, commission, or a small business. Most budgeting advice quietly assumes a salary. Here's the version that doesn't.
Read more → FramingHow Much Can You Actually Borrow?
The number a lender approves and the number you can comfortably live with are rarely the same. Here's how borrowing power is calculated, including the buffer nobody explains.
Read more → FramingWhat Australian Lenders Actually Look At
Genuine savings, credit card limits, your HELP debt and the last three months of your bank statements. Only one of these is your credit score.
Read more → Front DoorDeposits: The Real Maths
Why 20% is the number everyone quotes, what LMI actually costs, and the three schemes that can get you in with a great deal less.
Read more → Front DoorThe Government Schemes, Explained
The 5% Deposit Scheme, Help to Buy and the First Home Super Saver. What each one does, who it suits, and the rules that catch people out.
Read more → Front DoorFirst Home Buyer Terms, Translated
LMI, LVR, offset, redraw, cooling off, Section 32, settlement. The vocabulary of buying in Australia, explained the way you'd explain it to a friend.
Read more → Front DoorFrom Offer to Settlement
Auction or private treaty, cooling off periods, the 10% deposit, and the six to twelve weeks between signing and getting the keys.
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