Looking for a bit of financial advice for people my age?
First things first, thank you to anyone who takes the time to give a little advice!
So I’m 29, I bought a house with a friend during Covid when I was roughly 25, used our kiwisavers (super), where I put in $26k deposit plus the $10k grant from the government. We sold it 2 years later making $110k each after the house loan was then paid off. Because of circumstances I wasn’t able to then buy another house. I managed to pay off my student loan, and few other debts and then move to Australia about 1.5 years ago. I currently have $80k which I have left in a term deposit for about 2 years on 6.1% interest rate which ends the end of February. My idea has been to leave it in the term deposit until I can buy a house over here, where I’m going to take it out and leave it in my saver which is 5% P.A so I can access it when that time comes.
Now I have about $5k in an ETF, $10k as my emergency fund and $2k as a saver which I will keep adding to for my over seas travel this year.
I am wondering what everyone thinks I should be doing from now on? Buying a house currently does not seem like a good idea in this market, and it seems like that is getting further and further away.
What would you guys do? Being almost 30, I have a partner and looking at having kids in the next few years, but I want to get ahead and be okay for the future by being as strict and financially responsible as possible now.
Again thank you everyone in advance for any advice!
Posted Jan 27, 2025, 8:17 AM UTC