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Miners lift lifestyle markets

Posted in Feature Articles on 16th May 2013 by Terry Ryder

Markets that were previously struggling are being lifted by investment from highly-paid mine workers. Some coastal locations - in Queensland and Western Australia in particular – have…

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Prices up in all cities except Hobart

Posted in Feature Articles on 8th May 2013 by Terry Ryder

Seven of the eight capital cities now have house price levels higher than a year ago, according to the March Quarter house price indexes from the ABS. The weighted average of the eight state and…

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Media lies distort resources picture

Posted in Feature Articles on 3rd May 2013 by Terry Ryder

Journalists display an extraordinary craving for declaring the resources boom dead. And in their desire to write what they presumably think is “a good story”, they’re very casual…

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Melbourne free seminars (with a free report)

Posted in Feature Articles on 24th April 2013 by Terry Ryder

I will be guest speaker at two free Melbourne seminars hosted by Quest Properties next week - on 30 April and 1 May. I will be speaking about the methods I use to identify real estate hotspots, with…

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SunCoast makes the Hotspotting lists

Posted in Feature Articles on 19th April 2013 by Terry Ryder

It’s been a long time coming, but the Sunshine Coast has finally made it to the Hotspotting list of prime suspects. I’ve been a long-time resident of the Sunshine Coast region but have…

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Melbourne free seminars (with a free report)

Posted in Feature Articles on 24th April 2013 by Terry Ryder

I will be guest speaker at two free Melbourne seminars hosted by Quest Properties next week - on 30 April and 1 May. I will be speaking about the methods I use to identify real estate hotspots, with…

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Darwin and Perth lead rental growth

Posted in Feature Articles on 11th April 2013 by Terry Ryder

It’s Perth and Darwin equal first and daylight second, when it comes to growth in house rents in the capital cities. Perth and Darwin have both recorded 22% growth in median house rents in the…

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Investors can prosper from plan changes

Posted in Feature Articles on 6th April 2013 by Terry Ryder

Many property investors scour the country for value-adding opportunities in residential property. While most look for houses ripe for renovation, the serious money can be made from situations that…

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Darwin figures continue to shock and awe

Posted in Feature Articles on 2nd April 2013 by Terry Ryder

In one of my current seminar presentations, I throw up a slide of data about Darwin with the comment: “Here’s what a boom market looks like.” The numbers tumbling out of Darwin and…

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City vacancies steady at 1.9%

Posted in Feature Articles on 21st March 2013 by Terry Ryder

The average residential vacancy rate across the capital cities remained at 1.9% in February. SQM Research says the rate was the same as in January, with little major change in any of the eight…

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Affordability at best levels since 2009

Posted in Feature Articles on 7th March 2013 by Terry Ryder

Housing affordability continues to improve, with the proportion of income needed to meet loan repayments at its lowest level since the December Quarter of 2009. The latest Adelaide Bank/REIA Housing…

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The start of something extraordinary as lenders cut variable rates

Posted in Feature Articles on 22nd February 2013 by Terry Ryder

Three lenders cut some of their variable interest rates in the past week. Unsurprisingly, they did not include the major banks, but financial comparison website RateCity says it is “the start…

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Dubbo poised for further price growth

Posted in Feature Articles on 11th February 2013 by Terry Ryder

Dubbo’s property market is delivering steady sales activity and growth in house prices, according to a PRDnationwide research report. Research analyst Oded Reuveni-Etzioni says the median…

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APM confirms recovery in city prices

Posted in Feature Articles on 2nd February 2013 by Terry Ryder

The latest data from Australian Property Monitors supports the notion of price recovery in our capital cities in the latter part of 2012. All eight cities recorded growth in their median house…

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Resources economy bigger than the moon landing

Posted in Feature Articles on 22nd January 2013 by Michael Matusik

Anyone claiming the Australian resources economy is over had better think again. There are about 90 committed resource projects across Australia – greater than the average number of such…

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Understand rental patterns and make a better investment choice

Posted in Feature Articles on 15th January 2013 by Michael Matusik

There are just over nine million private dwellings across Australia.  At any one time about 85% or 7.8 million of them are occupied on a full-time basis. Of these 7.8 million occupied…

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RBA happy with house price levels

Posted in Feature Articles on 2nd January 2013 by Terry Ryder

Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens does not think Australian house prices are unreasonably high and does not believe they will crash. Not does he agree that we have a price bubble. A transcript of…

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Undersupplied Mackay surprises on the upside

Posted in Feature Articles on 11th December 2012 by Michael Matusik

Mackay is another of Australia’s regional centres that, upon examination, surprises on the upside. Once known simply as the unofficial sugar capital of Australia, this relaxed tropical city…

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Confident Aussies plan to invest: survey

Posted in Feature Articles on 6th December 2012 by Terry Ryder

Many Australians feel confident about buying real estate as investors over the next 1-2 years, which most believing prices will rise or remain stable, according to the Consumer Sentiment Survey by…

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Gladstone has real grunt and still undersupplied

Posted in Feature Articles on 27th November 2012 by Michael Matusik

The town of Gladstone has seen a dramatic transformation from sleepy hollow to major industrial city in just under 20 years. What was once little more than a charming coastal village is beginning to…

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HIA "facts" don't survive scrutiny

Terry Ryder, 10 May 2013

The Housing Industry Association has embarked on a national program of misinformation. In doing so, it is set to confirm its reputation as the least credible and most ineffectual of the bodies claimin…

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