Off market listings can be a bit like rainbows, everyone is chasing them and they think there is a pot of gold at the end of every single one. Alas, like rainbows, they can often just be a mirage that are so attractive to buyers that they think it is the nirvana of property buying. […]
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It may come as no surprise to anyone that I’m an advocate of Australian residential property as an investment asset class. As a long-term investor, a Qualified Property Investment Advisor (QPIA), and a licenced Buyers Agent, it’s pretty clear that I hold a bias towards property, isn’t it? Don’t get my wrong, I see
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While there has been an increase in the number of buyers’ agents over the past decade, there remains a small cohort who are the most reputable and experienced. These agents are the ones who have years of experience consistently helping clients achieve quality outcomes Plus, their skills and attributes mean they are members of peak
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The news cycle certainly appears to be fixated on a plethora of economic indicators and forecasts making a “market crash” seemingly imminent. The big banks are presenting their views on what lies ahead for property prices, which are being taken very seriously – even though they were spectacularly wrong at the start of the pandemic.
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Do you know the last time that our rental vacancy rate was one per cent? Well, it was way back in 2006, according to new data. According to SQM Research, it’s been 16 years since there were so few residential properties vacant across Australia, plus the current number of vacancies represents only half the number
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Rising interest rates are a sign that the economy is in better shape than it was before and therefore are a good sign rather than bad, but you won’t read that in the media at the moment. That’s because there appears to be plenty of scare mongering happening in traditional and social media about the
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The use of buyers’ agents has blossomed over the years in Australia, but it’s still regarded as a relatively small part of the real estate sector compared to other countries. You could say buyers’ agents have become an on”-trend vocation” in these parts but there are good ones and there are not-so-good ones out there.
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One of the most common questions that I am asked by would-be investors is whether they should purchase one higher priced property or two more affordable ones? The answer is, well, it depends entirely on you! What I mean by that is that your budget as well as your risk profile and goals will ultimately determine whether you should buy one or
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Over the past two years, the price gap between houses and units in Sydney has been widening significantly. Indeed, in some locations the chasm between house and unit prices has expanded by hundreds of thousands of dollars over that period of time. What this means in reality for investors is that in some of our city’s most desirable locations, the
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I recently had a former first home buyer client from a couple of years ago contact me regarding the potential purchase of their first investment property. This was always the plan for these clients, and we had this in mind when purchasing their home back then. I love it when a plan comes together because their home now has enough equity for them
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