Friday, 21 November 2008

Home Loan Professional Package And First Home Owners Grant plan

By Guy Baldwin

FHOGS: If you are in the market to buy your first home, you may be eligible for assistance from the NSW Government in the form of a first home buyers grant. This grant has recently been boosted by the Federal Government, making it a very attractive option for first home buyers.

The NSW government has totally financed this First Home Owner Grant Scheme (FHOGS) and managed by the office of State Revenue (OSR). The first home buyers who are ready to buy the first home are approved for a loan of $7000 as these people are helped by the scheme.

The first home owners who are entitled to get the grant despite of their income, the area where they are planning to build or buy the first home. There is no need to pay tax and this grant is not means tested.

In October 2008, the Australian Government proclaimed a First Home Owner Boost which complements the NSW Government, financed First Home Owner Grant Scheme.In regard to the declaration from the Commonwealth:

A boost of $7,000 is given to the first home buyers who are buying the established homes. A grant of $14,000 grant is doubled to first home buyers grant.

The first home buyers who are going to build a new home or buying a newly constructed home will get an extra amount of $14,000. This will totally include to an amount of $21,000 to the first home buyers.

Home Loan Professional Packages: Like Credit rating AAA, AA or A rating you will a superior credit profile. In order to attract people who earns large incomes or the people who are known as low risk borrowers, lenders are offering a special loan deals which are called as Professional packages as a rewards to these customers.

Once restricted to professionals such as lawyers and accountants, these packages are now available to a wide variety of purchasers with sufficient income or aggregate loan size.

A Professional Package normally offers discounts of 0.2 to 0.7 per cent off lenders standard variable interest rate and nearly to 0.25 per cent off fixed interest rates based on the size of the loan

You can save on the rates discounts and also the professional package presents a range of other cut rates on financial records such as credit cards, transaction, margin loans and insurance.

Consider the following pros and cons before you decide on a professional package with your home loan:

Pros of a Professional Package Home Loan are Fully featured account e.g. redraw, split loans, internet and phone banking, Interest rate discounts on the standard variable rate, You may be eligible for other benefits such as fee free transaction accounts and discounts on insurance products and Some Home Loan lenders also offer no establishment fees and no ongoing monthly fees on your loans.

The Disadvantages are an annual fee applies to this product

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