Recent content by Platypus

Ok I guess I should try & transfer my Money Saver Loan over to the Standard Variable one as I have about $20,000 just sitting in the savings account doing nothing so really should get that into an offset account asap! I'm just wondering, do I need to wait until I get another loan before I'm...

The Breakfree package is PERFECT for those reasons alone... but don't you need a credit card with ANZ (something I don't want) before you can get the Breakfree Package. And isn't there a large annual fee to have this package as well?

I'm currently paying off an "ANZ Money Saver" investment loan and am now looking to purchase a property to live in (for under $200,000 preferably) over the next 6 months. I have about $35,000 saved up in a few savings accounts which I realise would be MUCH better utilised if they were sitting in...

The govt website says "Vacant land is not regarded as residential property for the purposes of First Home Owner Grant" so if I were to just read that, then I should be eligible. But as Marg points out, would this also apply to vacant land purchased in the 1990s - does anyone know? It would be a...

I'm a current property investor living at home with the folks but am ready to take the plunge and finally move out! But I have 2 main questions to ask: 1. My parents purchased some vacant land in the 1990s and included my name in it. Then in 2004, I bought my own investment property... so...