Emma Duffy is Assistant Editor at Your Mortgage and Your Investment Property Mag, which are part of the Savings Media Group. In this role, she manages a team of journalists and expert contributors committed to keeping readers informed about the latest home loan and finance news and trends, as well as providing in-depth property guides.
She is also a finance journalist at Savings.com.au which she joined shortly after its launch in early 2019. Emma has a Bachelor in Journalism and has been published in several other publications and been featured on radio.
When you’re applying for a mortgage, the fate of your application can rest on one measurement tool, determining whether you land your dream home or feel the soul-crushing pain of being rejected for a loan.
If you're applying for a mortgage, you may be wondering if there's a secret to home loan approval. Unfortunately, there isn't - but there are things you can do to increase your chances.
Until I moved out of home, I had no idea how expensive groceries could be. My mum certainly did, and she made sure I knew it when I complained about how much money I’d spent after my first solo grocery shopping trip.
On paper, investing money seems like a no-brainer. You put a portion of money away and let time turn that loose change into a small fortune. So why wouldn’t you do it?
For most of us, renting is a rite of passage when you move out of home. On one hand, you're stoked to be a fully-fledged adult with the freedom of your own place. On the other hand, you feel like crying when you see the amount of money being drained from your bank account every week.
Having a guarantor on your home loan application can give you the edge you need to seal the lender’s approval, but there are some things to keep in mind.
More than two-thirds of tenants across the country are under rental stress and the longer lockdowns continue, the worse it'll get, according to new research.
Demand for new cars has continued to grow in July 2021 with a 16.1% increase on the same month last year, despite ongoing COVID lockdowns and supply chain challenges.
Most people dream of buying their own home one day on a big block of land. But as property prices and the demand for inner-city housing rise, more people are choosing the apartment life, which raises the question: is it harder to get a mortgage for an apartment than a house?