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      <image:title>Blog - The fixed rate ‘cliff’</image:title>
      <image:caption>Most property owners will have recently heard the saying ‘fixed rate cliff’. In 2023 around 23% of all mortgage debt in Australia will come off record low fixed rates, with most of the hurt expected from April. The mortgage repayment increase coming is a really significant one. Let’s take a look at what to expect at both the macro and micro level, and your options to limit the impact.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - How best to prepare in a rising interest rate environment - The RBA recently initiated its fiscal policy measures to control spiralling inflation by increasing the cash rate, the first of a number of expected interest rate increases ahead.</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.highlandsfunding.com.au/blog/treasurer-on-property-measures-and-economic-growth</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog - Treasurer on property measures and economic growth - Treasurer Josh Frydenberg recently discussed the importance of the property market, and the government support schemes, to our economic recovery.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - APRA increases borrowing affordability rate - The Australian Prudential Prudential Regulation Authority announced on Wednesday October 6th that the affordability rate applied by banks when assessing credit will be increased. nd out</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - August Housing Update - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.highlandsfunding.com.au/blog/utilising-the-equity-in-your-property</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog - Utilising the equity in your property - With the property market performing the way it has over the past 12 or so months, many homeowners find themselves in a much stronger equity position with options available for further investment.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - Self employed home loans - Being self employed can make getting a home loan more complex, but it doesn’t necessarily need to impact your chances. A bank will still use the same basics concept of analysing your income and your expenses, to determine if you have the cashflow to service your loan. Essentially all other things remain the same, such as the security and loan structure.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - NSW Stamp Duty Reform Update</image:title>
      <image:caption>The NSW Government has released their latest update to the stamp duty reform proposal. As part of the update they articulate the key drivers of the reform as well as outlining proposed calculations.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - Selling a home? Here are the steps to take - There is more to selling your home than putting up a ‘For Sale’ sign on your front lawn.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Here are the first things you should check off your list to help you get a favourable result from your investment and to ensure the process runs as smoothly as possible.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.highlandsfunding.com.au/blog/the-costs-of-buying-property</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-06-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - The costs of buying property - When taking out a mortgage, many people forget to consider the associated fees and expenses. Here are some of the extra costs that you’ll need to consider when you take out a home loan.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whether these costs are payable depends on your lender, so you should always check or your broker will make you aware of these.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-06-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - May Property Review - During May the property market behaved almost exactly as it has in recent months, with strong growth across all capital and regional areas in Australia. There was little indication of a large slowing in growth as some predicted.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Nationally the Corelogic Hedonic Home Value Index  showed a 2.2% monthly gain, accelerating from the 1.8% for April.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.highlandsfunding.com.au/blog/funding-commercial-energy-infrastructure</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-06-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Funding Commercial Energy Infrastructure - Whilst ‘Green Loans’ - secured and unsecured personal loans - are readily available to retail consumers, funding commercial and industrial energy infrastructure (not just solar panels) is far more complex.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - Invoice finance explained - Invoice finance allows businesses to leverage the value of their invoices (debtors) to have that money paid to them prior to the date the funds are actually due from their customers.</image:title>
      <image:caption>It can be considered an advance on the money owed to them, and can bolster cashflow and allow the business to trade freely by filling the gap in their cash flow cycle that may range from 30 to 180 days.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.highlandsfunding.com.au/blog/april-housing-market-update</loc>
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      <image:title>Blog - April Housing Market Update - April housing market data released by CoreLogic shows that whilst growth has slowed from March highs of 2.8%, there remains plenty of demand with April seeing 1.8% rise in national housing prices.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whilst talk is of a slowing growth rate, if you think about 1.8% for April, that represents a whopping 22% growth over a year if annualised. If we look at the national numbers for the past quarter, they annualise to over 27% annual growth which is inline with the most bullish forecasts.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-06-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Types of business loans - When considering finance options for your business, it’s important to know what’s available to you, and what will optimise what you’re trying to do. That might be developing a property or buying a new vehicle which have vastly different finance requirements.</image:title>
      <image:caption>It’s also vital to have a strong understanding of the level and type of lending your business can support, both from a P&amp;L and balance sheet stand point. Be sure to leverage your business and finance advisors on this point.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-06-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Negative Gearing - Negative gearing. What is it, how does it work and what are the deductible items.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Despite the ongoing media attention and political debate Australia's negative gearing policy remains firmly in place and presents property investors with significant tax saving opportunities.</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2024-06-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Home loans 101 Glossary - If you’re looking to borrow, whether it be the first time or not, the options and jargon can be overwhelming so we’re break it right down for you in one easy to digest glossary of terms.</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.highlandsfunding.com.au/blog/key-trends-in-commercial-property</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-06-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Key trends in commercial property - With so much hype around the residential property market, it’s easy to forget the impact that 2020 had on the commercial property market, particularly commercial office space in our major cities.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whilst impacts were felt in many industrial and warehousing sectors, it’s office space that was most severely impacted and where we see the most interesting changes to dynamics as the new norm of office work settles in.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.highlandsfunding.com.au/blog/march-property-review</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-06-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - March Property Review - March was an incredible month both in terms of the raw growth, and also the geographical spread of what was a record breaking month.</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Corelogic nation housing index rose 2.8% nationally for the month, being the fastest monthly increase in 32 years.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.highlandsfunding.com.au/blog/land-amp-construction-finance-101</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-06-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Land and Construction Finance 101 - For some, home construction can be the best value pathway to home ownership, whilst for others it’s the means to building their dream home.</image:title>
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      <image:title>Blog - Preparing a business loan application - Applying for a business loan is a completely different process to that of a home loan application. To ensure you don’t lose your way, we’ve set out a clear path for you to follow.</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.highlandsfunding.com.au/blog/types-of-asset-finance</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-06-25</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Blog - Types of asset finance - Asset finance is hugely popular and used to fund a wide variety of business and personal assets and equipment. It allows a business to get the equipment they need now, and pay for it over its useful working life.</image:title>
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    <loc>https://www.highlandsfunding.com.au/blog/february-property-review</loc>
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