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Saturday Summary – the most interesting property investment articles I’ve read this week.
May 25, 2013
There are more property investment articles, commentaries and analyst reports on the Web every week than anyone could read in a … read more..

[video]: Westpac Market & Economic Update – Bill Evans
May 24, 2013
Westpac Chief Economist Bill Evans comments on this week's Westpac Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment Index release, where … read more..
How to get started in property development
May 21, 2013 By Gavin Taylor 7 Comments
In these changing times, when property investors can no longer count on double digit price growth , many are considering getting started in property development to help them ‘manufacture’ some capital growth. While property development can be very lucrative, many beginning property developers get themselves into trouble because they don’t know what they don’t know. [...]

Saturday Summary – the most interesting property investment articles I’ve read this week.
May 25, 2013 By Michael Yardney Leave a Comment
There are more property investment articles, commentaries and analyst reports on the Web every week than anyone could read in a month. Each Saturday morning I like to share some of the interesting ones I’ve read during the week. Enjoy your weekend…and please forward to your friends by clicking a social link buttons on the [...]

Residential Vacancy Rates Stagnate During February 2013
March 19, 2013 By Michael Yardney Leave a Comment
As a property investor it’s important to know what’s happening to the supply and demand ratio and vacancy rates around Australia Figures released by SQM Research reveal that the level of vacancy rates remained slightly relatively the same on a national level during February 2013, recording a vacancy rate of 1.9% for the second month [...]

Saturday Summary – the most interesting property investment articles I’ve read this week.
May 25, 2013 By Michael Yardney Leave a Comment
There are more property investment articles, commentaries and analyst reports on the Web every week than anyone could read in a month. Each Saturday morning I like to share some of the interesting ones I’ve read during the week. Enjoy your weekend…and please forward to your friends by clicking a social link buttons on the [...]
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Saturday Summary – the most interesting property investment articles I’ve read this week.
May 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment
There are more property investment articles, commentaries and analyst reports on the Web every week than anyone could read in a month. Each Saturday morning I like to share some of the interesting ones I’ve read during the week. Enjoy your weekend…and please forward to your friends by clicking a social link buttons on the [...]
[video]: Westpac Market & Economic Update – Bill Evans
May 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Westpac Chief Economist Bill Evans comments on this week’s Westpac Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment Index release, where consumer confidence has dropped 7%. And that’s not good! He also comments on US Federal Reserve Chairman’s speech to Congress and the movement in the Australian dollar. Plus, looking forward to next week’s release of the Capital Expenditure [...]
End of Week Property Market Update: RPData
May 24, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The Reserve Bank (RBA) released the minutes of their May board meeting earlier this week. At the meeting, the RBA reduced official interest rates by 25 basis points to 2.75%, their lowest level in more than 50 years.
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How to get started in property development
May 21, 2013 · 7 Comments
In these changing times, when property investors can no longer count on double digit price growth , many are considering getting started in property development to help them ‘manufacture’ some capital growth. While property development can be very lucrative, many beginning property developers get themselves into trouble because they don’t know what they don’t know. [...]
First home buyer debt burden: watch your budgets when entering property market!
March 27, 2013 · Leave a Comment
First home buyers are being warned by Australia’s leading financial comparison website RateCity.com.au to take caution when entering the home loan market, or risk mortgage stress.
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Residential Vacancy Rates Stagnate During February 2013
March 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment
As a property investor it’s important to know what’s happening to the supply and demand ratio and vacancy rates around Australia Figures released by SQM Research reveal that the level of vacancy rates remained slightly relatively the same on a national level during February 2013, recording a vacancy rate of 1.9% for the second month [...]
What property investors need to understand about rents and vacancy rates
March 7, 2013 · Leave a Comment
We keep on reading about how low residential vacancies rates are across much of the country. Ditto on how much rents have risen; and the expectation that they will continue rising, and at the same pace, well into the future. But several sub-measures of the rental market suggest that rental growth is already slowing down. [...]
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Saturday Summary – the most interesting property investment articles I’ve read this week.
May 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment
There are more property investment articles, commentaries and analyst reports on the Web every week than anyone could read in a month. Each Saturday morning I like to share some of the interesting ones I’ve read during the week. Enjoy your weekend…and please forward to your friends by clicking a social link buttons on the [...]
Why property investing is like tumbling dice…
May 23, 2013 · Leave a Comment
There is a dark and subversive 1971 novel named “The Dice Man”, in the plot of which a psychologist decides to begin making his life’s decisions based upon the roll of a dice, leading him into all manner of unseemly scrapes and awkward situations. The novel became something of a cult classic – and it’s [...]










