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Car loans or personal loans for a new car

When looking to purchase a new car, there are many different ways to use finance to help your secure your vehicle. Two of the most common options include either a car loan or a personal loan. Here are some factors you need to consider when assessing your options.

The interest rate: Typically, a secure car loan will offer a lower interest rate than a personal loan.

Fixed or variable: Fixed car loans are popular for repayment certainty, though variable loans can at times have a more attractive interest rate. With fixed rates you will have more certainty around what you need to pay.

Maximum loan amount: Some personal loans are limited to around $10,000 to $50,000, while secured car loans can feature up to $100,000 limits.

Loan length: Personal loans can have lengths as short as six months, but can be as long as 5-7 years. Most secured car loans have minimum lengths of around three years, and as long as seven years.

Fees: When assessing your options, always take into account other fees, such as establishment fees, monthly account-keeping fees and early discharge fees.

Balloon payment: Some of the loans with the lowest interest rates might include a balloon payment, which is a lump sum you pay at the end of your loan term. A 10% to 30% balloon payment is not uncommon, so be sure to understand if that will suit your needs.

Flexibility: Some car loans allow the borrower to make extra repayments every week, fortnight, or month. This can help to reduce the overall interest you have to pay.

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Why you need to plan ahead to get a home loan

Throughout our lives we all experience changes, including switching jobs, starting families, and buying things like new cars. However, when we make big life decisions, most people don’t think about the impact that could have on their ability to get a home loan or refinance.

A recent survey found that 75 per cent of borrowers could find themselves unable to refinance because of life decisions that they were preparing to make. That’s why you need to plan ahead to avoid any negative financial implications from changes to your personal situation.

Changing jobs
One of the most common issues that impact your ability to get a home loan is a drop in income. Whether it's due to a job loss, a change in employment status or a reduction in work hours, any fall in income can make it harder to qualify for a loan or refinance an existing one. If you're self-employed or work on a commission basis, fluctuations in income can be particularly challenging. Even just changing jobs could make it more difficult to secure finance, especially if you’re changing the industry you work in. It is usually worth speaking to a mortgage broker ahead of time if you want to get a home loan in the future and also change jobs.

New debts
Another potential issue when trying to get a home loan or refinance is taking out additional loans or incurring new debts. For example, buying a new car or taking out a personal loan can increase your monthly expenses and affect your debt-to-income ratio, which is an important factor in determining your eligibility for a home loan or refinancing.

Family changes
Changes in your personal life can also impact your financial situation, such as having a baby or getting a divorce. These changes can affect your expenses, savings, and overall financial stability, which can all impact your ability to secure a loan or refinance. If you’re a single person, your monthly expenses are assessed differently than if you’re a couple. That changes again when you start having children. Make sure you’re aware of the implications of your family situation and how it might impact your borrowing capacity.

Reducing the impact of change
When it comes to securing a home loan or refinancing, it's important to plan ahead for life and employment changes. There are other steps you can take to reduce the impact, including having a larger deposit, working to improve your credit score by paying debts and bills early.

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What can you do with your home equity?

For most Australian households, much of their wealth is tied up in their family home. With home prices rising substantially over the past decade, homeowners are often sitting on a large amount of equity that they could use for other things.

Equity is the difference between the value of your property and the amount of debt (mortgage) that is still owed. For example, if you own a property that is worth $500,000 and you have a $200,000 mortgage, then your equity is worth $300,000. You are able to access that equity and potentially use the money to invest in things like another property.

Here are two options for your home equity.
Investment property
The most common reason a homeowner would access the equity in their home is to use the funds as a deposit on another home.

If you’re looking to build a property portfolio that will provide a passive income in the future, or as a tool to build wealth, using equity in your home can be a very powerful way to do it.

By refinancing your current home, you’re able to tap into the equity and use those funds to put down a deposit for another property. This is how many property investors have been able to purchase multiple properties from just an initial deposit.

However, there are some things you need to factor in. Just because you have equity doesn’t mean you can automatically tap into it. You still need to have enough income and the borrowing capacity to qualify for finance. You also have to remember that you will need to qualify for finance to cover two mortgages – your first home and your investment property.

Renovation
Another clever way to use equity is to tap into it to pay for a home renovation. By refinancing your home loan, you can potentially use the funds to go out and complete a renovation on your property.

Ideally, the money that you spend renovating the home will increase its value above the cost of the renovation. That way you are not only using the equity to pay for the renovation, but your total equity is actually increasing too.

You will again have to qualify for finance based on your income and expenses. It’s also worth noting that you will need to do your research to determine if undertaking a renovation will in fact increase the value of the property. The best way to do this is by comparing similar homes in your area to see what a newly renovated property of similar size, age and land component have sold for recently.

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