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House purchase without lending pre-approval

Rosie and her wife Huan said that they placed an unconditional bid on a property after their financial adviser told them they did not need pre-approval from a lender before making a bid. We found that the adviser had not told them this.

The truth matters

Manaia’s financial adviser told him to misrepresent the purpose of the loan, so that a lender would lend the money needed to pay the deposit on a new home purchase. When settlement time came, Manaia was unable to complete the purchase.

Unaffordable loan top ups

Antonio and Olivia topped up their home loan repeatedly when nearing retirement. They were not aware of the consequences of their top ups.