Browse Forums Building A New House Re: First Home Buyers and Loans 6Mar 18, 2012 8:25 pm Your broker will usually organise the FHOG for you, i.e. give you the paperwork and lodge it for you and forward the payment to the builder. I would be cautious about using a broker associated with a builder, no hard evidence to back this up just a personal feeling on the matter. To avoid the issue with valuations there really is no way of avoiding it, but I guess if you are aware of how to gauge property value you can ensure you are not paying more for a house than it can be worth. Apparently at this moment a lot of lenders are tending to value at the lower end of the range a potential house could fetch. Just be aware and you will be fine... So it looks like we finally have some movement on site! Definitely later than expected, but I'll take any progress at this point. I'll drop by over the weekend to get… 5 27693 We already paid for somfy motors for the blinds. The quote above was purely for “pre-wiring” so the blinds company can install the motors and blinds. That’s why we… 5 16263 11 41615 |