Hatch Financial Services News

The Reserve Bank today announced that it was keeping the cash rate on hold at 4.25% pa for the time being. Read more

I am pleased to shout out to the world that I recently got engaged.  Avid readers of my newsletter (all 5 of you) may recall I have talked about Heidi in previous newsletters.  Well now that we are engaged I thought I would share with you a picture of us looking suitably happy. The wedding will be in March 2012. 
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Spring is here, the grand final has gone and that means another auction season is underway.  If you are looking to buy a property and attending auctions here are some tips that i recently picked up from Philip Middlemiss, Director at Stockdale & Leggo. Read more

At its meeting today, the Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 4.75 per cent. Read more

Over the first 5 months of 2011 we have seen an increase in competition amongst lenders in terms of the interest rates on offer.  This has resulted in me being able to save clients up to 0.25% pa on their existing home loans in some cases. Read more

For settlement after 1 July 2011, first home buyers are eligible for cuts to land transfer duty where they purchase a home for less than $600,000. Read more

AUSTRALIA’S much-debated property ”bubble” may not have burst but recent data shows house prices are deflating, posting their worst quarterly decline in a decade. Read more

I do not think that this headline will be “news” to many but thought that those wishing to understand the housing market might find this information helpful to know and understand… Read more

If you have been to an auction at any point since the dawn of time, you will have heard all about the 3 P’s of buying property…because the auctioneer told you that buying property was all about POSITION, POSITION, POSITION. Read more