Brokers Lead Banks In Customer Satisfaction

Apr 22, 2010 | Finance

According to the latest Bankwest/MFAA Home Index, customer satisfaction with mortgage brokers has climbed 5 per cent since this time last year, from seven out of 10 to 7.5 – widening their lead over the banks. Some new clients have told me of their experiences with...

Top Ten Tips – Tax Returns On Rental/Investment Properties

Dec 14, 2009 | Tax Tips

Here is a list of the 10 most common mistakes that investors make when preparing tax returns for rental properties from a partner at BDO Kendalls. TIP l: Repair or improvement? There is a fundamental difference between a repair and an improvement – the former is...

Property Prices In Australia

Dec 3, 2009 | Property Market

Small businesses in dispute with the ATO over their tax debt will get “a fairer go” under new rules proposed in the federal budget. Meanwhile, one-year extensions have been granted for the full asset write-off and loss carry-back schemes. Let’s break it all down....

The Australian Property Market Wager

Nov 17, 2009 | Property Market

Followers of the financial press will by now have heard that doomsday economist Steve Keen has lost his high-profile bet with Macquarie Group economist, Rory Robertson. Keen rose to national attention in 2008 after predicting that housing prices in Australia were on...

Some Property Is Just Harder To Finance!

Nov 16, 2009 | Finance

You may have heard, lenders have made it harder for some people to get finance. A big part of this is due to a loss of appetite for property they class more risky, especially at lending levels where the loan is more than 80% of the property value (full doc). So if you...