Home Loan News

Welcome to the Home Loan Help and News area of Opportune. We provide articles and tips to help you on your home loan way.

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July - August 2010

Your Credit File

Often this is the most important part of your application when you apply for a home loan. This is because all lenders - regardless of how strong the rest of application is - will base their decision to lend on it.

The simple truth is that they often assess loan applications using a computer generated score. Read More

Investment Properties

The first major investment decision many people make is to buy their own home.

This has proved to be a popular way to increase wealth as the value of the property increases. Investing in property is seen as being less volatile than many other investments, such as the share market. Read More

Tip: Interest rates: where to from here?

We believe that in the interest rates space we are heading towards a period of relative calm.

Relative to the last nine months anyway! Our best advice is to use this time for paying down any debt that you may have. Try to make weekly or even fortnightly payments if you can manage it, rather than the monthly standard - and try to pay a bit extra off each time as well. Read More