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The First Home Buyers Program — 127 episodes

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Episode 127 - First Home Buyer Property Investment: Why You Should Understand Commercial Property

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Episode 126 - First Home Buyer Pre Approval: The Biggest Mistake Buyers Make Before House Hunting

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Episode 125 - Family Guarantee or Buying Together? How Family Support Could Help You Buy Your First Home

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Episode 124 - Why a Fully Assessed Pre Approval Matters More Than Ever 26 June 26

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Episode 123 - What Does “Finance Approved” Really Mean? Pre Approval vs Conditional Approval vs Formal Approval

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Episode 122 -3 Things Every First Home Buyer Should Focus on Right Now

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Episode 121 : Is the Market Scary Right Now? Here’s What First Home Buyers Need to Know

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Episode 120 : The “I’ll Buy Later” Trap: Why Waiting Could Cost You Your First Home

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Episode 119 : The 3 Biggest Mistakes First Home Buyers Make (And How to Avoid Them)

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Episode 118: Help to Buy Scheme Australia Explained | Can It Help First Home Buyers Enter the Property Market?

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Episode 117: First Home Buyer Mistakes That Could Cost You Thousands (And How to Avoid Them)

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Episode 116: The Truth About Buying Your First Home (And the Mistakes No One Warns You About)

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Episode 115 - Refinancing for First Home Buyers – What You Need to Know in 2026

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Episode 114 - 3 Real Client Scenarios: How We Helped Buyers Get Approved With Low Borrowing Capacity

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Episode 113 - What Really Happens on Settlement Day: A First Home Buyer’s Guide

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Episode 112 - Post-Settlement Mortgage Checklist: What to Do After Your Home Loan Settles

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Episode 111 - Choose Your Hard - and Start Preparing Now

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Episode 110 - Why More First Home Buyers Are Teaming Up with Parents

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Episode 109 - Fixed vs Variable Home Loans in 2025: Which One’s Right for You?

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Episode 108 - BNPL is the Sneaky Culprit Keeping You Behind Your Paycheque

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Episode 107 - October 1 Changes to the First Home Guarantee: Unlimited Places, No Income Caps & Higher Price Limits!

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Episode 106 - Money & Relationships 3 Conversations Every Couple Needs Before Buying Their First Home

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Episode 105 - 3 Ways to Get Ahead This Spring Season

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Episode 104 - My Top 5 Tips for Catching Up as a First Home Buyer

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Episode 103 - HECS Slashed + More Borrowing Power: Why First Home Buyers Are Winning Right Now

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Episode 102 - Feel Like You’re Falling Behind? Here’s How to Start Your Home Buying Journey

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Episode 101 - What You Need to Know About Building & Pest Inspections Guest: Les from Resi Inspections

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Episode 100 - Is a Valuation Important? What Types of Valuations Are There?

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Episode 99 - The Hidden Costs of Buying: What No One Tells You

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Episode 98 - Conquering Property Market Fear

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Episode 97 - Building & Pest with Les from Resi Inspections

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Episode 96 - Rentvesting with Janet from Capstone Property Solutions

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Episode 95 - What Every First Home Buyer Needs to Know

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Episode 94 - All Things Property with Chris Liu – Part 2

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Episode 93 - All Things Property with Chris Liu – Part 1

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Episode 92 - The Money Mindset Shift That Will Help You Save Faster

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Episode 91 - How to actually stick to a budget (Even When Life Gets in the Way)

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Episode 90: The Secret to Creating a Budget That Works (Without Hating It)

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Episode 89 - Why saving feels so hard (and how to change that)

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Episode 88 - First Home Buyer Secrets: Refinancing Without the Hidden Trap

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Episode 87 - Part two A First Home Buyer’s Guide with Fern Walcott

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Episode 86 - Part one A First Home Buyer’s Guide with Fern Walcott

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Episode 85 - Buying Your First Home When You’re Self-Employed – Part 2

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Episode 84 - Buying Your First Home When You’re Self-Employed – Part 1

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Episode 83 - How Much Deposit Do You Actually Need?

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Episode 82 - How to Navigate Valentine’s Day on a Budget While Saving for a Home

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Episode 81 - Understanding Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI)

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Episode 80 - Why a Fully Assessed Pre-Approval is Crucial for First Home Buyers

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Episode 79 - Understanding the Two Pillars of Home Loans: Servicing and Security

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Episode 78 - Are you a first home buyer feeling overwhelmed 🤔

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Episode 77 - Top 5 Mistakes First Home Buyers Make and How to Avoid Them

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Episode 76 - Why 2025 Is the Year to Buy Your First Home

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Episode 75 - 5 Essential Steps to Prepare for Buying Your First Home in 2025 This Holiday Season

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Episode 74 - 🏡 Why a Fully Assessed Pre-Approval is Your Secret Weapon in House Hunting 🔑

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Episode 73 - What Loan Term Should I Get for a House?

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Episode 72 - Avoid These First Home Buyer Mistakes to Save Time and Money

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Episode 71 - Unlocking Your Future: The First Home Buyer Program to Get You in the Market

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Episode 70 - Best Mortgage Lenders for First Time Buyers

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Episode 69 - First Home Buyers Tips: Essential Advice for Getting Started

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Episode 68 - What is Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) & How to Avoid It (and save thousands of dollars)

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Episode 67 - The Top 3 Questions First Home Buyers Ask (And The Answer to Them)

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Episode 66 - Understanding Lender Pre-Approval: Your First Step to Homeownership

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Episode 65 - Stamp Duty Exceptions

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Episode 64 - Your Credit File - What you must know

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Episode 63 - What happens after my loan approval?

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Episode 62 - Top 5 Tips For First Home Buyers

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Episode 61 - Budget 101

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Episode 60 - Recent client experience

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Episode 59- Rentvesting

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Episode 58 - Top 3 Family Guarantee Questions

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Episode 57 - Bridging loans

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Episode 56 - Building and Pest Inspections

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Episode 55 - Weekly and fortnightly Repayments

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Episode 54 - The Home Equity Share Scheme - Pros and Cons as I see it

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Episode 53 - QLD Government increases the First Home Owner Grant

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Episode 52 - Repayments - how to save money using your loan repayments

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Episode 51 - Off the plan

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Episode 50 - How long will my application take?

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Episode 49 - Rentvesting

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Episode 48 - Your Home loan term can save you or cost you...

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Episode 47 - How to use your credit card to save interest on your home loan

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Episode 46 - Buy now pay later

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Episode 45 - Fully assessed pre-approval

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Episode 44 - Interested Party - Your Certificate of Insurance

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Episode 43 - Protection - what you need to know

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Episode 42 -How is a broker paid

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Episode 41 -Bidding at an Auction

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Episode 40 - How does the deposit work

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Episode 39 - Property Share

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Episode 38 - Can I buy a home with no deposit?

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Episode 37 - Stamp duty costs

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Episode 36 - Small change for a massive savings

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Episode 35 - Two common questions

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Episode 34 - Lenders Mortgage Insurance, what is it and how can you avoid it?

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Episode 33 - Budget tips from the guru Jackie Matjasec Interview

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Episode 32 - Your living expenses and what you need to know...

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Episode 31 - First Home Buyers Info Night

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Episode 30 - One tip this silly season

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Episode 29 - Signing loan documents

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Episode 28 - Settlement Day - What you need to know

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Episode 27 - First Home Buyers biggest mistake

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Episode 26 - What you need to know about credit cards,

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Episode 25 - Can I get a loan with Casual Employment?

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Episode 24 - How much deposit do I need

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Episode 23 - Top 3 First Home Buying Mistakes

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Episode 22 - First Home Buying Scheme

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Episode 21 - Property Reports

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Episode 20 - Saving money while the cost of living is increasing

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Episode 19 - Issues with your building and pest report?

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Episode 18 - What is covered in a meeting

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Episode 17 - Should you consider Fixed or Variable

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Episode 16 - The Six P's to your home buying journey

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Episode 15 - Check Your Credit File

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Episode 14 - How much Deposit Do I Need

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Episode 13 - Government Grants

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Episode 12 - 3 Tips To Save Money This Christmas

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Episode 11 - The $25,000 Homebuilder Grant and your Deposit

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Episode 10 - Superannuation withdrawals due to Covid 19

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Episode 9 - Are you stuck in the Credit Card Cycle?

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Episode 8 - The 4 steps to setting a Budget that actually works

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Episode 7 - What First home Buyers Need To Know When They Are Renting Whilst House Hunting...

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Episode 6 - 'First Home Buyers are not prepared' advice for First Home Buyers direct form The Bank.

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Episode 5 - The 4 proven steps to guarantee you're buyer ready in 2020?

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Episode 4 - How First Home Buyers could be risking thousands of dollars on their First home purchase

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Episode 3 - 3 Killer Hacks to get you 'Buyer Ready in 2020'

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Episode 2 - Family Guarantee

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Episode 1 - Pay Day Loans - what you need to know