Mortgage Capacity Advice
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And welcome to another episode of The Real Estate Podcast. Well, we know that property is continually talked about. You've only got to watch television news in the evening to get a sense of just how much coverage and analysis from TV networks who are paying a lot of attention to the runaway booming property industry everybody is talking about it including us surprise surprise and we know if you are buying or upgrading an existing property that mortgage rates your borrowing capacity and how much deposit you need is a big part of that equation of doing that And a mortgage broker shouldn't be skimmed over. You really need to do your due diligence in this area as well. And to help you understand all of this a little bit better, we're going to talk to Marissa Schultz from Rise High Financial Solutions.
Welcome to the Real Estate Podcast, Marissa.
Thanks, Craig. It's great to be here.
And has it been a hectic start for you in 2022?
Oh, look, it's definitely started off with a bang. It's been extremely busy. I think we've still got record low interest rates. There's definitely still huge interest from buyers, lots of growth as well, which is great. So we're very, very busy and enjoying helping lots of people.
You know, there's lots of commentary at the moment. As the year starts, there's all these commentators, economists, of course. They all come out with their predictions, don't they, in terms of what they think is going to happen. Can that be a little bit frustrating for somebody in the mortgage game like yourself?
I mean, that's always been the case. There's lots of people that have their predictions. And I guess the reality is no one knows exactly what's going to happen when it's going to happen. I guess there are some fundamentals that we do know. It's just the timing that we need to confirm. So, you know, for example, we do know that interest rates will eventually go up. In terms of the timing, there's a bit of question around that and some Some economists are predicting that's going to be a little bit earlier than we originally expected. Every capital city in Australia has experienced incredible growth over the last 12 months and Adelaide, where we're from, has... seen over 21% growth in the last 12 months.
And that sort of growth is fantastic, but it's unsustainable to continue at that level moving forward. A lot of the economists are predicting that, yes, there will still be continued growth in 2022, but will that growth slow down and at what rate and when will we reach our new normal level, the new stabilisation? So I think most people are sort of on the same page in terms of the fact that the growth is going to slow, but we are just going to reach a new normal level, particularly in Adelaide. That's definitely the expectation.
And having a look at the borrowing capacity, how should people go about increasing their borrowing capacity to purchase more property in this market?
Yeah, absolutely. It's a great question, Craig, because really, if you're wanting to buy property or wanting to increase your investment portfolio and invest in property and you're wanting to take some equity out to do some renovations or go on a holiday once borders actually open. uh your borrowing capacity is essential to understand so the first one is servicing so effectively what servicing is it's about your capacity to repay the loan repayments and meet your obligations under the contract so what the banks look for here is they want to see what your income and expenses are first and foremost And then they're also looking at things like your assets and liabilities. So really what they're trying to determine is, can you actually afford the loan repayments for the loan that you're applying for?
With this servicing, they actually apply some buffer rates. So sometimes we have clients that come and see us and they're comfortably meeting their loan repayments. But when the banks look at them for a refinance or for increasing the amount of debt that they have,
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