Episode 27 ⋅ 2nd November 2021

Once I'm On The Property Ladder, How Do I Take the Next Step?

Society tells us that getting on the property ladder for the first time is the hardest thing you can do, but no one ever talks about what it's like after that. If you've tackled the first step of buying a home, what does it look like from there? In this episode we discuss all the options.

Overview: 

Society tells us that getting on the property ladder for the first time is the hardest thing you can do, but no one ever talks about what it's like after that.

We hear success stories in the media about owning 5 houses, but what if that's not what we want? Or if we do, how do we actually get there?

To complicate it even more, changes in our life stages often come with the pressure to change our living situation – getting married and buying a house, starting a family and up-sizing your property. 

If you've tackled the first step of buying a home, what does it look like from there? In this episode we discuss all the options.

Specifically, we cover:

  • How building equity works
  • The difference between total equity and useable equity 
  • Using your home to leverage into an investment property 
  • Figuring out how much you could borrow for a further property purchase
  • Things to know about LVRs
  • What debt to income ratios are and why they're important to know
  • The costs involved in upsizing your home 
  • Keeping up with the Joneses
  • What to do when things look hard 
  • Recent NZ tax changes and what they mean for property owners
  • How to decide between renovating, paying down debt, investing in shares or buying another property 
  • How to buy back into a crazy property market 
  • Using your home equity to leverage into the share market
 
…And there's lots more goodness in there, so get listening now. 
 
Guests

Featuring on today's podcast are your hosts, Cat and Christine.

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