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 …
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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The Sunshine State capital is appearing on myriad lists of where might make an excellent property investment location of late. However, Brisbane and Southeast Queensland more generally have been on the investment radar for a number of years. Indeed, Brisbane was named the number one capital city with the best investment prospects in the PIPA Annual Investor Sentiment Survey for the past five years. We have been …
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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 buy-in price …
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For the past few years, Brisbane has been on the radar of buyers’ agents and investors from elsewhere around the nation. Long before the Sunshine State capital was named as the host city for the 2032 Olympic Games, there did seem to be some sort of mythical property investment halo hanging over it. The thing was, some investors …
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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The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) recently announced that it would slow down its bond buying efforts given the national economy is in better shape than was previously predicted. That said, the current lockdown in Sydney may yet slow down their slow down efforts, depending on how protracted that ends up being. However, the central bank is also …
Bespoke is a term that has become more common over recent years. In essence, it means something that is made for a particular customer or user and, in the beginning, was often used when someone had clothing, especially suits, made especially for them. Back then, “bespoke” probably had connotations that implied that such an activity was only available for the moneyed few. However, the term has …
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