The first-home buyer assistance is great but second-chance buyers need help too

The first-home buyer assistance is great but second-chance buyers need help too

Australia has an unfair housing landscape for second-chance buyers as those affected by divorce, illness, job loss, caring face hurdles to support schemes.

Half of potential first-time buyers worry they'll never step foot on the property ladder

Half of potential first-time buyers worry they'll never step foot on the property ladder. A poll of 2,000 adults who don’t own property found 34 per cent of these put it down to low income, but 10 per cent admit they just can’t save due to lack of knowledge about the financial options available to them. And two thirds fear even when they have a healthy deposit in place, they won't be able to meet high mortgage payments. It also emerged 88 per ce…