Anthony Aoun

Dear All,  Instead of waiting, increasing your holding costs, or compromising on price, consider pairing your sale with AffordAssist. AffordAssist may help sellers achieve a quicker and fairer sale. With AffordAssist, eligible buyers may be able to: Purchase with as little as 5% upfront Defer 10% of the purchase price* The remaining balance is a […]

Dear All,  In most areas of life, we avoid friction. The reasons vary: trauma, convenience, conformity, cultural expectations, fear of confrontation, deferring views, seeking consensus, staying competitive, staying comfortable, or simply remaining within a familiar lane and avoiding what feels “new”, different, or non-standard. In home loans and residential real estate, this mindset often translates

Dear All,  Across many communities, collective savings groups have long helped families achieve important financial goals. Built on trust, discipline, and mutual support, these groups allow members to contribute regularly into a shared pool of funds that can then help one family at a time secure a housing deposit. Community savings groups are also known

Dear All,  The true cost of a home isn’t just the purchase price. It’s the interest paid over decades of repayments. And that’s where structure matters more than most people realise.   The impact of borrowing less Most housing conversations focus on interest rates. In a traditional home loan, every borrowed dollar accrues interest from

Dear All,  Business Development Manager – B2B (National) AffordAssist is on a mission: to make homeownership more accessible through social enterprise. Our innovative interest-free deferred deposit solution helps buyers bridge the gap—borrow smarter, build equity sooner, and buy sooner. AffordAssist stands as one of the most innovative housing-affordability solutions developed in the past 60 years.

Dear All, For generations, we were taught through stories that included a simple financial lesson, passed down with good intention: work hard, save diligently, build the full deposit. Then, and only then, purchase a home. That lesson made sense and continues to make sense — perhaps even more so today. Because saving forms part of

Dear All,  A common refrain has emerged:“If you want to buy your first home, you need the Bank of Mum and Dad.” It’s a phrase that’s become normalised — repeated in lending conversations, reinforced by community expectations, and often assumed within the home-buying process. Beneath its familiarity lies a deeper issue — one that can

Dear All,  Housing affordability is often framed as a policy challenge or a market problem.Despite well-meaning initiatives, homeownership is becoming increasingly difficult — and for many, almost impossible. Over the past decades, at its core, it has become something more: a systemic community issue. When more families can access stable housing earlier, the benefits extend far

Dear All,  Buyers are often told that saving a deposit is just “part of the process.” But imagine another way to get a home loan “5‑10‑85 Home Loan” —buyers contribute just 5% upfront, defer 10% interest‑free, and secure a standard home loan at 85% LVR. What you have now in savings may be enough: No loopholes. Just

Dear All,  The path to owning a home isn’t just about getting approved.It’s about structuring the loan the right way. And the difference between the right structure and the wrong one can add up to tens of thousands of dollars in interest, years off the mortgage, and significantly faster equity growth. Industry-leading mortgage brokers, accountants, and financial