Retail spending is on the rise because of the Corona Virus. According to finder.com.au shoppers spent an extra $13.5 billion in the last month because of panic-buying. COVID-19 panic-buying is cost Australians an average $848 extra last month, or a combined estimated $13.5 billion according to Finder. No real surprise here when you see the…
When you take out a loan to purchase a property, whether for investing or to live in, the process is littered by lots of little decisions along the way. Choosing a fixed or variable interest rate for your loan is often one of the more meaningful finance-related decisions you’ll consider, as the right mortgage choice…
Didn’t make our National Property Market Seminar in Brisbane last week? Even if you did manage to make it on the day, with a packed house at the Brisbane Exhibition centre, here is a recap… There was valuable information from Michael Yardney around building your asset base, along with your mindset. Ken Raiss also shared…
The banks are increasingly taking their foot off the brake on home lending, particularly for ‘riskier’ loans, according to APRA’s recently released quarterly banking figures. The banking regulator’s data shows new residential home loans to borrowers with a high debt-to-income ratio increased by 22.3 per cent between the September and December 2019 quarters. Low deposit…
Infrastructure – it’s not a very sexy word, is it? But the things is, building things to make our lives and our economies, better will be even more vital in the years ahead. That’s because our population is growing so fast that our cities are becoming increasingly congested – and no one likes being stuck…
There’s a black hole in the Brisbane property market. The Inner Brisbane apartment market has received considerable negative attention during the past three to four years, with talk of oversupply and discounting being common. According to valuers m3Property over 25% of all new apartments in Brisbane’s CBD remain unsold and in the hand of the…
There are so many things we can learn from professional athletes. Most professionals have lived in a cocoon like world where they practice and work on improving themselves day in day out. When they eventually retire or come out of that cocoon, I believe they have a huge advantage to the rest of us. Over…
It’s highly likely that you’ve heard about the concept of rent-vesting, but do you know what it actually takes to succeed with this strategy? As an investing idea, this one is as old as the hills – some property investors have been using this strategy for years (if not decades) to get ahead in the…
Have you ever considered that professional sports people are at a huge advantage when they retire and turn their interest to the real world? There are many lessons, I believe we can learn from them as investors and as business people… 15 to be precise! If you missed my first article (part 1), you may…
The whole point of investing in property is to create lasting financial security. So why does it often seem like you have to spend a lot of money in order to make any as a landlord? Investing in real estate is a costly business but there are plenty of strategies you can use to maximise…
