18/06/2026
If the “Bank of Mum and Dad” were a real bank, it would be one of the biggest mortgage lenders in the country.
Not a figure of speech.
The Productivity Commission estimates that if parents helping their adult kids buy property were treated as a single lender, it would rank somewhere between the 5th and 9th largest in Australia.
Tens of billions of dollars a year.
And here’s the part that gets missed: most of that help happens on a handshake. No structure, no plan, no thought to what it means for the parents’ own future.
Wanting to help your kids into a home is one of the most natural instincts there is.
Doing it well — so it lifts them up without putting your own security at risk - takes planning and the right guidance.
That’s exactly what we’re running a free session on next month.
Link below 👇
https://connect.financialengineers.com.au/sp/ab91a90d65d
What would you want to know before helping an adult child buy their first place?