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Posted in Investment Strategies on 15th February 2012 by Michael Matusik
Let’s have some good news. Yes, there is some out there. It isn’t making the headlines, but it is out there nevertheless. Here are seven positive points to help you make it…
Posted in Investment Strategies on 28th November 2011 by Michael Matusik
To my surprise, very few investors (and sadly fewer property gate-keepers) know about NRAS. And if they know something about it, they are dismissive of it. And mostly – I feel…
Posted in Investment Strategies on 13th July 2011 by Terry Ryder
The desire to create a strong financial future is the key motivation for Australians planning to buy an investment property for the first time, according to a survey by mortgage broker Mortgage…
Posted in Investment Strategies on 21st May 2011 by Terry Ryder
By Michael Matusik of Matusik Property Insights. This article is reproduced with the permission of Matusik PropertyInsights.In early 2009 we authored a paper arguing – against popular belief at…
Posted in Investment Strategies on 7th December 2010 by Terry Ryder
The popularity of fixed-rate home loans rose in every state during November to hit 11% of approvals nationally, according to mortgage broker Mortgage Choice. This 29-month high was a…
Posted in Investment Strategies on 15th November 2010 by Terry Ryder
Mortgage brokers have been “inundated” with inquiries from borrowers about refinancing their mortgages following the recent interest rate announcements of the major banks. …
Posted in Investment Strategies on 7th June 2010 by Terry Ryder
Households with mortgages have been advised to take advantage of the pause in interest rate rises and pay down their debts. This follows analysis by financial comparison website RateCity of…
Posted in Investment Strategies on 25th May 2010 by Terry Ryder
A poll indicates 59% of home hunters would pay more for an environmentally-friendly property. According to the PRDnationwide poll, 30% of respondents would pay up to $10,000 more to buy…
Posted in Investment Strategies on 13th April 2010 by Terry Ryder
Regional centres have been the standout performers on housing price growth in Queensland over the past five years. Data from the Real Estate Institute of Queensland shows that regional…
Posted in Investment Strategies on 18th February 2010 by Terry Ryder
Home owners who spend on renovations are not recouping the costs in additional re-sale values, according to a survey of PRDnationwide. Most PRDnationwide agents polled said that…
Posted in Investment Strategies on 1st October 2009 by Terry Ryder
An opportunity to break a fixed home loan has arrived for some Australians who locked in a high rate last year, according to financial comparison website RateCity. Even with break fees, many…
Posted in Investment Strategies on 11th July 2009 by Terry Ryder
A growing number of people are taking advantage of the continued low interest rates by locking in fixed-rate home loans, according to financial comparison firm RateCity. Research carried…
Posted in Investment Strategies on 5th April 2009 by Terry Ryder
Eight years ago I published a real estate book titled “Buyer Beware”, in which chapter 3 discussed the folly of the building industry pumping out four- and five-bedroom McMansions when…
Posted in Investment Strategies on 5th April 2009 by Terry Ryder
Renovation costs in Australia are expected to drop 5% to 15% in the next six months, according to the quarterly cost guide from Archicentre, the building advisory service of the Australian…
Posted in Investment Strategies on 23rd March 2009 by Terry Ryder
Property investors need to look beyond the current economic pessimism to historical data that confirms the cyclical nature of the property market and its capacity to bounce back, according to the…
Posted in Investment Strategies on 2nd January 2009 by Terry Ryder
Australian property investors greatly under-estimate the capital gains record of outlying suburbs, judging by the results of an online poll by hotspotting.com.au. At the same time,…
Top 10 Queensland Hotspots Queensland remains the property market of choice for many …
The National Top 10 Best Buys 2012 Each of the reports in the hotspotting.com.au stable of …
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Top 10 Victoria Hotspots Melbourne and Victoria is arguably Australia’s most …
The No-Go Zones (10 Worst Location Choices in Aust.) The hotspotting.com.au website is based on the notion …
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The driving force of economic growth in the next five years will be new resources projects. Projects with a combined cost of $400 billion are in the pipeline, most of them still to start construction.…
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NSW: Inner western suburbs of Sydney There has been considerable change in this inner western suburb of Sydney and the pace of change is quickening, as the gentrification process sweeps through this f…
New vacancy figures indicate Sydney’s vacancy rate is the highest since August 2006 – but remains below 2% and is expected to tighten from March onwards. The Real Estate Institute of NSW …
Lenders will be relying on “customer inertia” if they decide to raise their interest rates regardless of the Reserve Bank’s decisions, according to financial comparison website RateC…
It sounds like a good thing. Six of the top 10 building and population hotspots in Australia are in the Melbourne metropolitan area, with two more just outside the top 10. But what it describes is th…
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