Claire Rowland

Good morning, Craig.

How are you?

So for me, I've seen my mortgage broker.

I've recently gotten confirmation of my pre-approval.

So at the moment, I'm just in the stages of going to open homes on the weekends and kind of sussing out, I suppose, what kind of properties are out there within my budget, but just getting a feel for what's out there at the moment.

Yeah, so I'm kind of waiting and seeing what happens, I suppose.

I'm in a position where if there's a property that comes up that I'm really interested in, I can hopefully put an offer on that place.

But at the same time, I'm also happy just waiting and see how the market plays out at this stage.

Look, I'm trying to be optimistic and patient, I suppose.

I think, you know, things can only go up for so long.

So I'm hoping that house prices will start to come down and that will be my opportunity to secure a property.

I'm not 100% sure which way I'll go at the moment, although it does scare me a little bit to be locked into a fixed rate.

So in that sense, I am leaning towards a variable rate at the moment.

The mock auction was a really great opportunity to actually just get experience in what it's like.

I mean, for me, I haven't had hardly any experience with auctions.

I think I've seen a few in our street at home, but in terms of being a potential buyer, it's really hard, I think, to prepare for that.

So...

I found it really useful, really good to get some tips from James as well on like different auction strategies.

So I found it really useful.

I'd probably echo what Ebony said and just know your limits.