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 11, 2014 | Property Market, Purchasing Property
WANT to pick the suburb where you have the best chance of making a profit? Well get in your car and start driving because they are all outside the CBDs of our capital cities. The latest hotspotting report on Australia’s top ten suburbs to buy in for future...
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...
Sep 20, 2013 | Purchasing Property
In Sydney around 30% of advertised auctions were sold before the auctioneer did any work. In a strong market many buyers fear the auction process because competition drives prices out of their reach. Auction clearance rates are high so there is no doubt we will...