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What I learned from putting solar panels on my roof

I’ll be upfront: this one is personal. I’m not writing about a client’s experience or something I read in an economist’s report. I’m writing about my own house, my own power bill, and what I’ve learned over the past six months since we installed solar panels.
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First home buyers: Don’t fall in love

You’ve found it. The perfect first home. The kitchen’s exactly what you imagined. The garden’s just right. You can already picture yourself living there. Stop. I’ve seen this happen many times. Buyers fall head over heels for a property, make an offer in a rush, and within weeks discover they’ve overpaid or moved into a house with serious problems they never knew existed. Unconsented work. Insurance issues. Repair bills that dwarf their entire deposit.
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Should you chase that cashback offer?

There’s a saying that I’m sure most of you are familiar with: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. This saying was brought home to me the other day when one of my clients rang me in a bit of a bind. They had been in the middle of a combined three-year fixed and floating mortgage, which we had fixed up for them.
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The dead cat bounce: Why interest rates are done falling

Right, let’s cut to the chase and talk about what happened to interest rates at the end of last year, because I know a lot of people are confused, and understandably so. Here’s a recap: For about eighteen months, we watched the OCR fall and interest rates followed suit, pretty much point for point. It was predictable. Comforting, even, if you were refinancing. Then December rolled around, and something weird happened.
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The perfect storm for first home buyers

People call me repetitive, and it’s not forgetfulness (really!). It’s because on this subject, I need to drive my point home more than once. So here I go again – first home buyers, now is your time to buy!
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“Interest rates have been dropping for months now. So why doesn’t it feel like there’s more money in my pocket?”

Fair question. And honestly, it deserves a proper answer. Let’s start with the facts. Interest rates have fallen substantially, with the Reserve Bank cutting the OCR on multiple occasions throughout 2024 and into 2025. We’re talking about a massive reduction from the peaks we saw in 2023. That’s significant.
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