Thank you all for your comments and feedback. I DO realise this is standard marketing practice but usually through letterboxes. We just didn’t expect to receive them personally addressed to our Melbourne address! They must be desperate for listings! We did used to get the council land rates posted here but this has been handled by our Property…[Read more]

What is the advantage of going for an 80% + 20% equity loan option as opposed to 100% from the same lender? Is it not possible to borrow 100% using overseas property as collateral? I presume it would limit the number of lenders who would consider the option.

Also, as we have never owned property in Australia, would we still be eligible for the…[Read more]