21/08/2026
Laura found the apartment she wanted.
Then she found out a lot of lenders wouldn’t touch it.
Studio apartments sit outside standard policy for a lot of lenders - floor size, building type, resale assumptions. None of which had anything to do with whether Laura could afford it.
That’s the part first home buyers rarely get told. The question isn’t only “can I afford this?” It’s “which lender will actually look at this property properly?”
And if nobody asks the second question, the first one never gets a fair answer.
So, we asked it. Laura bought her first home.
What happened next is the part she didn’t expect.
Laura used the equity in that studio to buy a second property, which she’s renovating now.
One property that almost didn’t get financed became the foundation for the next one.
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Laura’s outcome is her own and depends on individual circumstances.