Posted in Investor Alerts on 17th November 2011 by Terry Ryder
Vacancies in Sydney’s rental market remain tight, according to the latest rental data from the Real Estate Institute of NSW. The overall vacancy rate for Sydney in October was unchanged at…
Posted in Investor Alerts on 10th November 2011 by Terry Ryder
Home buyers are being disadvantaged by the increasing use of “blind auctions” by selling agents. The national association of buyers agents says the process puts buyers are risk of paying…
Posted in Investor Alerts on 24th August 2011 by Terry Ryder
Lenders who expect official interest rates to fall are offering customers fixed-rate home loans significantly below variable rates, says mortgage broker Loan Market. Some lenders are offering fixed…
Posted in Investor Alerts on 16th August 2011 by Terry Ryder
Residential property presents a buyers’ market and a winner for smart investors. It sounds like a pitch from real estate agents but this message comes from Archicentre, the building advisory…
Posted in Investor Alerts on 11th August 2011 by Terry Ryder
As fixed interest rates for home loans continue to decrease, more borrowers are seeking to secure a fixed term for their mortgage. Data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics…
Posted in Investor Alerts on 28th July 2011 by Terry Ryder
The 2011-12 edition of the annual No Go Zones report has been published, featuring “The 10 worst location choices by property investors in Australia”. The report is my response to the…
Posted in Investor Alerts on 27th July 2011 by Michael Matusik
We all know it is a buyer’s market, with more properties for sale in most markets than buyers. The amount of property advertised for sale has lifted across all capital cities and most, if…
Posted in Investor Alerts on 20th July 2011 by Michael Matusik
I had to laugh the other day: the Australian Financial Review wrote a very upbeat piece on the high rate of settlement in one of Brisbane’s more recently completed riverfront apartment…
Posted in Investor Alerts on 19th July 2011 by Bob Wilson
Brisbane, Sydney and Perth residential markets are poised for the strongest price growth over the next three years, according to forecaster BIS Shrapnel. A new study by BIS Shrapnel predicts…
Posted in Investor Alerts on 18th July 2011 by Bob Wilson
Despite evidence banks are collecting less in fees, the average Australian household is paying $506 a year in fees which could mostly be avoided.Financial comparison website RateCity says Australian…
Posted in Investor Alerts on 5th July 2011 by Terry Ryder
Incessant media speculation about interest rate rises has prompted growing numbers to fix their interest rates.The popularity of fixed-rate home loans hit its highest level in five months in June,…
Posted in Investor Alerts on 21st June 2011 by Terry Ryder
The difference between aspiration and action in real estate has been highlighted by a new survey by the Grattan Institute. It shows most people want to live in a large house close to city. But, when…
Posted in Investor Alerts on 1st June 2011 by Terry Ryder
After years of planning and much publicity, the CSG-to-LNG industry has started construction in Queensland.The first of four big projects has officially launched work in Gladstone, with Prime…
Posted in Investor Alerts on 27th May 2011 by Terry Ryder
More lenders are targeting the refinancing market, one of the few growth areas in the home lending industry. This follows UBank's UHome Loan variable interest rate cut, resulting in one of the…
Posted in Investor Alerts on 20th May 2011 by Terry Ryder
The engineering & construction sector expects stronger growth this year and next, due to the number of resource and infrastructure projects in the pipeline. It expects private sector work to be…
Posted in Investor Alerts on 14th May 2011 by Terry Ryder
Borrowers are increasingly choosing ongoing discount products on offer, according to mortgage broker Mortgage Choice.During April every state saw a rise in demand for this loan type – which…
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VIC: Inner northern suburbs of Melbourne A group of suburbs in the City of Darebin in the inner north of Melbourne is set to do well in 2010. Suburbs like Preston are undergoing renovation and g…
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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