The Australian Women's Weekly

Family fortunes

We’ve all heard of the Big Four banks, but did you know that the fifth largest lender in Australia is the humble Bank of Mum and Dad?

More than a quarter of first home buyers in Australia made the leap to home ownership with help from their parents, according to

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