May 16, 2014 | Property Investing, Property Market
April was a slower selling month in the majority of capital cities, according to the latest Australian Property Monitors days on market data. There was a slight quickening of pace in Canberra. Sydney vendors still took 52 days, but the pace of sales eased in...
Apr 23, 2014 | Finance, Oversea's, Property Investing
Mum and Dad property investors could be hit by the next raft of clampdowns on mortgage lending from the Reserve Bank. Anyone with five or more rental properties is likely to be treated as a commercial real estate investor by banks, and would have to pay commercial...
Mar 11, 2014 | Property Investing, Purchasing Property
North Queensland markets are rising but investors should know about the high cost of insurance, if they can get cover. Following cyclone and floods in recent years, many North Qld areas are seen as “disaster zones” by insurers. Premiums have reportedly risen 110% in...
Mar 5, 2014 | Property Investing, Purchasing Property
As many property investors know, the city you currently call home isn’t always the best place to invest. You’ve done your research – picked out the potential growth areas, drawn up your budget and growth expectations, and are now preparing to invest interstate. But...
Feb 18, 2014 | Property Investing
If you were planning to make some money from real estate this year, you should be setting your sights much longer than 10 or 12 months. Property is one of the longest-term investments we can buy, and shouldn’t be looked at as anything less than five, preferably 10,...
Jan 29, 2014 | Property Investing, Purchasing Property
Hi Margaret, We are looking to buy an investment property in the next couple of months, preferably a house on the Gold Coast, because we’ve lived there before and it’s affordable. We have a house in Penrith, but Sydney is too expensive for what we’re...
