Recent content by silverfish

Thanks Terry, I have taken offset account. Our MB was not aware of this, obviously.

Thanks Richard, I will take up the offset account. cheers

Hello all, I have taken Bank West rate tracker ultra home loan (interest only) for our PPOR. I did not apply for the offset account as my broker said the loan account has the offset facility (you can move funds in and out). If I put my extra savings in the loan account and withdraw it later...

Hi Alok, Busways operate to Macquaire Park and Catle Hill via Sentry drive. Check Busways website. Silverfish

Contracts exchanged and cooling off started! Finally our solicitor received the occupancy report. Thanks for all your responses, very much appreciated... cheers, RJ

Thanks Jacque, I didn't think of it and may be the Solicitor did. Probably they are yet to complete all the works that the council demands. Is it legal to allow occupancy without a valid occupancy certificate? Will there be any issues in renting such a property? I checked with the agent to find...

Hi Celica, thanks. Yes, we have asked the solicitor to include such a conditional clause in the contract. But he refuses it and I am not sure whether such a condition can be enforced in the contract. So far no one has offered more than ours. So the house is still in the market. RJ

Thanks for all replies. As most of you suggested, I am more interested in securing the property than to wait and get gazumped. What Raddles says is quite reasonable for investors since they can always find a better deal elsewhere. But I found that our first home market is so active, I might...

Hello all, this is my first post though I am a frequent visitor to the forum. Very helpful forum, lot of valuable information.:) We are in NSW and last week we gave a verbal offer for a house. The offer is accepted and I took the contract documents to the solicitor before sign anything. He...