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What is coliving? Understand the new boom among digital nomads.
What is coliving and how is it different from staying in a hostel or shared house? Does it have anything…
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More ‘Golden Girls’ than ‘Friends’: Can home sharing be the answer to America’s housing affordability crisis? These housemates think so.
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The rise of friends buying together
Mortgage Mates is a growing trend as seven per cent of all prospective homebuyers now plan to buy with a…
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On the hunt for a Mortgage Mate?
High mortgage rates and persistence inflation has prompted over half of prospective homebuyers to consider a “mortgage mate”, data from…
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Mortgage Mates- buying with friends.
Mortgage mates: The pros and cons to buying house with friends
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Mortgage Mates- the growing trend of buying with friends!
New research has found that a large number of Aussies are considering buying with a friend rather than a romantic…
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FREE CO-OWNERSHIP EVENT, IN PERSON AND ONLINE!
Join us in person for our co-ownership masterclass. Affordable homeownership- how to enter the property market in a fraction of the time. …
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News.com.au podcast
From explainers and breaking news topics to interviews with newsmakers and trendsetters, I’ve Got News For You is the serious…
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The new HouseMate platform enabling co-housing!
Mortgage Mates, the innovative “HouseMate” platform, introduces smart co-housing solutions for everyday folks
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WFO- Mortgage Mates piece
We invite you to flip through the pages and read these engaging, informative and highly practical articles.
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Co-ownership, ending housing insecurity and creating community
Could collaborative living provide an answer to the housing crisis and climate change? Some people think so
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Friendships are impacted by housing and homeownership
How our housing choices make adult friendships more difficult
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Lone parents become Mortgage Mates by co-owning together
It takes a village! Single mothers who couldn’t afford family homes of their own buy a house TOGETHER where they…
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Alternatives to co-ownership. Housing affordability at it’s worst.
Woman tries to ‘share flat’ by renting a tent on her balcony – for £400 a month
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New Zealanders use Tinder to co-own a home!
With the average house price rising to nearly $850,000, some people have come up with a very modern solution –…
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Snug- The Ultimate Moving Guide for Renters!
Moving into a new rental home can be an exciting but daunting process, especially while during COVID. But, it doesn’t…
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How co-ownership is helping singles enter the market.
Finding a partner to climb onto the property ladder doesn’t necessarily mean you have to share your lives, with co-ownership…
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Mortgage Mates co-ownership platform. Matchmaking for homeowners
Described as a matchmaking service for first-time buyers or investors, Mortgage Mates allows users to pool their capital to take…
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Own your home with a mortgage mate
Over the past year, house prices around the world have been rising, thanks to a combination of government stimulus measures,…
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Co-founder Daisy Ashworth accepting into SBE E3 Program
Mortgage Mates on featured on the News!
Mortgage Mates presents at National Housing Conference in Darwin
Mortgage Mates on featured on the News!
Jerene Irwin, co-ownership architect.
This blog post is particularly special for me (Daisy- Founder at Mortgage Mates) because we are sharing the vision of…
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A Mortgage Mates goodbye…
Today it is with lots of mixed emotions that I announce it is my last day with Mortgage Mates. It…
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Co-living for Single Parents- the beauty of ShareAbode!
As many of you know, Mortgage Mates is facilitating the ability to co-own a home by matching two or more…
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From Match to Mate!
From match to home owners! Once you have matched on Mortgage Mates, you might be wondering where to from here. Co-owning…
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How does a co-ownership agreement work?
Sharing the ownership of property between two or more people or entities is called co-ownership. The co-owners can be friends,…
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The benefits of co-ownership.
The benefits of co-owning a home will vary depending on who you are buying with and why you are buying.…
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Considerations of Co-Ownership
Buying a home may be one of the biggest financial (and personal!) decisions of your life. It can set you…
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Our ‘year’ in review, and thank you.
As we patiently edge ever closer to 2021 and what is hopefully a happier, healthier year for many of us…
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The concept of co-living has been around for a number of years, providing often short term, low cost accomodation as…
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Co-investing. How Mortgage Mates investors can have social and financial wins in the housing affordability space.
Mortgage Mates has been created to enable the co-ownership of property for both ‘live in’ options similar to co-living, and…
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How does Mortgage Mates work for you? Part one- ageing in place.
Mortgage Mates has been developed to support individuals priced out of the property market to own their own home. As…
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Why use a buyers agent?
The main reasons for using a buyers agent are to: Save Time 2. Buy the right property 3. Understand the…
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Co-ownership manual extract.
Mortgage Mates is launching our new co-ownership manual today. If you are interested in learning more, below is an extract…
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Now is the perfect time to buy!
Coming through a pandemic, it might seem unlikely that now is the right time to be buying a home. But…
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Mortgage Mates launched in 2019 and since then we have be listening closely to what has worked, what hasn’t and…
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The rollercoaster of 2020…
For those new to Mortgage Mates, we launched our MVP last year to test the idea, seek feedback and learn…
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Small changes in spending can make big impacts when it comes to buying your first home. Whilst thinking about the…
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Thanks Covid-19, now what?
If you were thinking of entering the property market in the next year or two, you may be wondering how…
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Steps to buying a house with your Mortgage Mate.
Buying a house is going to be one of the largest but most exciting things you do ever get to…
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From Co-working to Co-living… why not both?
The idea of co-working has been around for a long time and co-living spaces is now growing and evolving both…
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I already have a Mate, so what about me?
Mortgage Mates specialises in enabling all Australians to be able to own their own home. We believe co-ownership is a…
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The Great Australian Shame? The face of the Australian housing crisis is often seen as an individual, currently without a…
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Earn an income from your home!
Buying a house is probably going to be the most expensive purchase you ever make! But in the world of…
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Co-ownership. The housing style of choice for the Canadian Government.
Since Mortgage Mates launched in 2019 we have been talking about the benefits of co-ownership for the Australian housing market…
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Learning from COVID-19…
The importance of our community… With this year throwing us a lot of hurdles as us as a country –…
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The rise of co-living.
‘Co-ownership? You mean permanent co-living options? That’s AWESOME’. The response from a 24 year-old Londoner looking to enter the property…
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I would never live with a stranger!
Is not an unnatural first reaction when being asked if you would co-own with a stranger. After all, who grows…
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The other half of Mortgage Mates!
Who am I? My name is Jess and I am the other half of Mortgage Mates. I grew up in…
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What is co-ownership?
Co-ownership is a type of ownership which can be applied to housing, businesses or other assets when more than one…
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How does it work?
After deciding you want to own a home (which is a massive decision in itself some times), you may come…
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What would you do for success?
As one of the Co-Founders of Mortgage Mates I am sat on the plane (which had actual WIFI if we…
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What If?
When you start a Startup lots of people have lots of questions. What if it doesn’t work? What if you…
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Co-Founder insights.
As part of Mortgage Mates we believe it is important for you to know who we are,…
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Where did we come from?
Mortgage Mates was an idea that Co-Founder Daisy Ashworth initially had back in 2015, when a friend was left holding…
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What does housing affordability mean? Why does it matter and how do we fit in?
In recent years housing affordability, housing crisis, home ownership and homelessness have become daily statements and rhetorics in news reports,…
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When is a stranger better than a friend?
There are not many times in life that you would prioritise a stranger over family and friends, but we believe…
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Who is Mortgage Mates?
Who are we, what do we do and why are we here? Mortgage Mates is like a dating app for…
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