Why investors should pay a lower rate than home loan borrowers
EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Investors pay a higher mortgage rate than home loan borrowers. However, this was not always the case – and there is now a solid argument to suggest that investors should pay less. In reality, the repayment statistics for investors are better than the same numbers for homeowners – but investors get no reward for their better performance.
Cameron Kusher, Executive Director – Economics, at REA Group joins Wealth Editor James Kirby’s guest in this episode.
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