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Almost as over priced as a Gold Coast apartment! :D

Thanks for your reply Rolf. I am meeting with the head of the loans department of my local CBA next week. If the issue is not resolved by then, I'll definitely be contacting the banking/financial ombudsman. You are correct re: State Revenue Office. I have sent a letter to my local state...

I still would have purchased the property if I knew the exemption did not apply, but that is beside the point.

I went to my mortgage broker and had them print the file of the details of CBA stating the stamp duty exemption had been approved. However this isn't even an issue, because when I spoke to CBA, my case manager admitted the person made a mistake and it was never approved in the first place. Yet...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone had any tips/advice for my predicament... I recently purchased my first PPOR. I received the first home buyers grant of $14K from the federal govt. I was also entitled to a $3K grant from my state govt (Victoria). However, instead of getting the grant from my...

Your damn right it is. And very expensive! Weights for me. I only do cardio when dieting for a comp.

My partner and I went, both enjoyed it. There was heaps of stuff for renevating, and luxury items for your home - saunas, spas, home entertainment, plans to wire your house so you can do anything at the click of a button, etc. Plus your building spruikers wanting you to sign them up to build...

Well I couldn't find any other threads with this, so I thought I'd post one. Is anyone going to the Home Ideas Expo? It starts tomorrow in Melb. After renting for 6 years, the settlement for my first PPOR is next week. Even though my home doesnt need any renovations, I am really excited...

Depending on his health, I think joining the military would a great idea. I joined the Army when I left school, I thought it was a great way to earn a good wage for my age, have a secure job, and keep fit. And I naively thought it would be easy. I was 19 when I joined, yet I'd lived a...

Same thing happened to me. After receiving a verbal "yes", I hadn't heard anything for a week. I called the REA and he said "the owners live in a different state, so it may have taken a while for the contract to arrive in the mail". They'll fax it to me, I'll fax it to your mortgage broker...

Well done Berlina. Educating yourself is the key.

You forgot to add "and I want it yesterday" :p

There are some good "meal replacement" shakes, but they are far and few between. Generally, the quality of the ingredients in the chemist ones are very poor, and ONLY work because they limit calories. You can still get ones like Myoplex and Met-Rx, as well as a few other good ones. But they...

If you go the "diet shake" option - what do you do when you lose the ??KG of weight you are aiming to lose? If you start eating "normal" again you will just stack the weight back on. Replacing meals with shakes for the rest of your life really isn't an option. All shakes do is limit the...

I read today that 20% of 15-19yr olds who aren't at school/studying do not have jobs. There is 70,000 in total!!