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How The New Two Speed Economy Will Affect Property | Pete Wargent
Elevated levels of unemployment in many parts of regional Australia and population inflows into our capital cities are setting the…
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50 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Australia [infographic]
Did you know that you can be fined for releasing a goldfish in a Queensland waterway? Or that Australia has…
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10 Motivational Quotes from Robert Kiyosaki
For many of us this is a public holiday - Australia day, for others it's the beginning of another week.…Latest in Property Development
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Why do renos fail? | Jane Slack-Smith
Recently on Real Estate Talk I interviewed Jane Slack-Smith about the 10 most common renovation mistakes. It always sounds easy…
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The roles of fear and greed in our property investment markets |…
We all know that two of the drivers in investment markets are fear and greed (and I'm not just talking about property).…
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The most important driver of our property cycle | Michael Matusik
My usual property outlook presentation these days covers two main themes – Cycle & Structure. The interplay between these two…
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What makes a Property “expert”
Recently on Real Estate Talk, John Lindeman shared his thoughts on where to get sound property advice. Here is the transcript of that interview: Kevin: I received an e-mail during the week. It says, “There seems to be a lot of titles thrown around when it comes to the real estate game: property agents, buyers’ agents, property analysts…
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10 Personal Finance Tips from the Simpsons [infographic]
Property investment and finance advice from the Simpsons? Not usually, but GoBankingRates.com found some nuggets in those Springfield hills. This infographic saves you the trouble of finding them on your own so that you can change those “dohs” into dough.
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Is Australian Household Debt A Worry?
Are Australian households taking on too much debt? Well…that’s what some commentators are suggesting and that’s one of the excuses they’re giving for our property markets to crash. However in a recent economic update the ANZ Bank have concluded that despite increasing to all-time highs, household debt levels remain ‘comfortable’ given growth in household income,…
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The rental price is right! | Shannon Davis
When it comes to renting out an investment property at the right price, many landlords can be at a loss as to where they should begin. Some believe that their property is quite simply the “bees knees” so it must be worth far more than what it perhaps is. Then there are those investors who…
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Understand how the property clock and demographic changes affects our real estate markets | Pete Wargent
We’re now have over 23.7 million Australians. The Population Clock over at the Australian Bureau of Statistics continues to keep track of the estimated population in perpetuity. The ongoing estimates are based on the following parameters: one birth every 1 minute and 41 seconds, one death every 3 minutes and 32 seconds , a net…
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Money – is it a positive or a negative? | Louise Bedford
How does money influence you? When does money go from being a positive, to a negative force in our lives? When it becomes an obsession, and it’s one of the last things you think about before going to sleep, and the first thing you think of when you wake up. If you judge the integrity…
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The Economic State of Our States | Commsec
How are Australia’s states and territories performing? Each quarter CommSec attempts to find out by analysing eight key indicators: economic growth; retail spending; equipment investment; unemployment; construction work done; population growth; housing finance and dwelling commencements. Commsec recently released its State of the States report which showed that New South Wales remains Australia’s leading economy, It has…
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How much coffee is too much? [video]
Ever wondered how coffee affects your brain? Apparently Kaffa (coffee) was discovered in western Ethiopia when a shepherd who noticed his goats were more active after eating coffee beans. If, like me, you like your coffee, you’ll enjoy this short (1.24 minute) humorous video explaining how it affects you.
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Deflation – What Is It and The Implications For Investors
There’s lots of talk about global deflation lately. Shane Oliver, chief economist for AMP Capital, explains that with falling inflation on the back of falling commodity prices and global spare capacity, deflation is more of a threat globally than a surge in inflation in his market commentary this week Here’s what he said: Introduction While…
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Bernstein’s 8 risks of investment psychology | Pete Wargent
In his excellent 2002 book, the Four Pillars of Investing, William J. Bernstein dissects, somewhat unsurprisingly, the four pillars of investment science, those being: Theory History Business Psychology Those in the fund management industry tend not to be fans of Bernstein’s work, and although he is an American financial theorist, I would hazard that Mr….
