Price rises across most building items on the back of raw materials and freight costs have seen the average home price ratchet up by a fifth over the past year.
The average new buyer from one year ago is facing an extra $250 a week in repayments. For those above the average, things get very messy.
The acquisition will substantially increase the property advisory firm's national footprint in the valuation space.
SBS Bank has financed its "first-home combo" with its covid-fattened margins and by drawing on the Reserve Bank's cheap funding programme for banks.