When you’re on the hunt for a new property, there are so many things to consider – location, amenities, is there room for a man cave? What you might not have thought about, particularly if you don’t yet have school-aged kids, is the impact state school zoning can have on property prices. School zones refer…
Home prices have surged in recent years, mortgage rates have climbed, and household incomes haven’t kept pace. As a result, housing affordability has plummeted to its worst level in at least three decades. Despite a dire shortage of homes, the delivery of much-needed new homes has faced significant obstacles. Labour shortages, disrupted supply chains, and…
There’s nothing quite like buying your first home is there? I remember quite clearly when I became a property owner even though it was a long time ago now! I was proud of what I had achieved, however, in hindsight, I was buying with emotion rather than strategy. The thing is buying a home, rather…
Unit values in more than a dozen Sydney and Melbourne suburbs are on the verge of hitting fresh peaks. This comes as the pace of price increases gathers speed amid low supply and intensifying buyer competition, according to CoreLogic data. Last month, nearly two out of five suburbs nationwide reached new highs in unit values….
Buying a property can be nerve-wracking, especially for first-timers. Besides taking on the biggest financial commitment in your life, there’s the actual mechanics of buying the property. Most of the time in life, if we want to buy something, we just buy it, don’t we? We don’t really need to negotiate on price (well, except…
When selling our home we all want the best price possible, while the buyer is usually after the best deal they can get. However, in the end, most houses sell for what I would call fair market value — the price a willing buyer will pay, and a keen seller will accept, given that neither…
When it comes to investing in property for the first time, you may feel like you’re in over your head. Lacking disposable income and investment know-how, your chances of surviving the property market as you compete with cashed-up investors may seem slim. However, here’s 3 reasons I would suggest you consider investing from a young…
When it comes time to make big financial decisions, research consistently shows that women more frequently hold the purse strings than men. While this is a positive finding, as women tend to make intelligent, thoughtful, informed financial decisions, it also has the potential to drop an anchor in your investment portfolio’s growth. If you’ve ever…
The Real Estate Institute of NSW (REINSW) has uncovered another underhanded plan by the NSW Government to charge property owners more, aiming to offset increasingly “unaffordable” insurance costs. Buried within the Budget’s explanatory notes is a reference to the NSW Revenue Legislation Amendment Bill 2024. This bill outlines the NSW Government’s strategy to shift the…
Housing affordability for home buyers has finally turned a corner with the March quarter of 2024 showing improvement for the first time in three years, according to the latest data from the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA). But it’s really a tale of two cities. REIA President, Leanne Pilkington, highlighted that while housing affordability…
