Dr. Shane Oliver, chief economist of AMP Capital looks at Budget 2012, its impact on interest rates, the Australian dollar, the economy and gives his outlook for the year ahead. [Read more...]
Economist Shane Oliver explains what the budget means for the economy
May 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Richer people are happier reports the United Nations Conference on Happiness
May 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
What are the secrets from the happiest people on Earth?
Some make sense: Be wealthy, married, and have a job. From there, though, it gets more complicated according to an article on Yahoo.
Which is Australia’s most liveable city? Here’s how Australia’s voted.
May 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
THE Property Council of Australia has released the results of its nationwide My City: The People’s Verdict survey, conducted late last year.
Australians were asked to judge their city’s performance in 17 areas, including design, safety, education, housing and government.
Here’s how our capital cities fared this year, ranked from one to 10. [Read more...]
3 property investment swear words
May 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Three swear words in this blog – interest rates, bloody oath and WTF. You couldn’t get a better property investment read.
It’s three minutes well spent! [Read more...]
Saturday Summary – some weekend property investment reading
May 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Each Saturday morning I like to share with you some of the interesting articles I’ve read during the week. This week there is a big emphasis on the interest rate cuts and the property price results for the first quarter of the year.
I’ve put them here all in the one place for your easy weekend reading and to make it easier for you to improve your property investment knowledge.
Enjoy your weekend….and please forward to your friends by clicking a social link button on the left. [Read more...]
Westpac Economic Update – some interesting news for our property investment markets
May 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
What’s in store for our property investment markets?
In this video Westpac Chief Economist Bill Evans comments on the week’s market events with a look at the interest rate cut, housing market and Australian dollar, plus looking ahead to the employment report and next Tuesday’s Budget.
There’s some interesting news here for property investors
What’s going to happen to house prices now that interest rates are falling?
May 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
You’d have to be living under a rock not to now the Reserve Bank (RBA) cut rates by 0.5% this week. And most economists think there is likely to be another one or two more rate cut later in the year.
So what does this mean to the value of your home and for you and me as property investors? I’ll answer this by doing a Q&A… [Read more...]
How would you like to buy your own town?
May 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The recent auction of Buford, Wyoming, attracted curious visitors from around the world – and by the end of it an unnamed Vietnamese bidder was the proud new owner of their very own town, according to a report at news.com.au
Buford’s properties and businesses were put up for sale by its sole resident and self-proclaimed mayor Don Sammons, who after 20 years in town decided it was time to move on.
Mr Sammons, a Vietnam War veteran, said he was quite emotional to find out someone from Vietnam had bought his little town on Wyoming’s high plains. [Read more...]
The Economist: Oops, Aussie house price growth has not been that high!!
May 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Recently economist Chris Joye highlighted a chart published by The Economist which challenges their suggestion that Australian property is overvalued and likely to crash. [Read more...]
Why in the world is there a property boom in Cuba?
April 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
There are some things we just take for granted. Like the ability to buy and sell a car or a home.
Sure we sometimes complain that properties are expensive, but we just expect to be able to buy or sell something we own.
However…it’s not that way everywhere in the world. [Read more...]
