Ultra-low interest rates have created a unique environment where buying a house in many areas is cheaper than paying rent on one In many areas, rent money is dead money, and renters with secure jobs are better off buying a house than continue paying someone else’s mortgage. When it comes to houses, that is a…
Articles by Doron Peleg
is the CEO/Founder of RiseWise Property Review. He has more than 20 years’ experience in risk management including, Co-Founder of Peleg, Kessel & Co, an assurance and advisory accounting firm & Executive Manager at Westpac Banking Corporation in Sydney. www.riskwiseproperty.com.au/
With insolvencies at an all-time high, and the continued risk of constructing high-rise unit blocks, it is essential developers focus on the ‘missing’ middle ring, employ a sustainable business model and address imbalances in the property market. This has never been more important, as figures show building approvals, especially in Sydney, are on the increase….
A buoyant property market does not necessarily equate to good rental returns especially when considering overall return, according to RiskWise Property Research. When Sydney and Melbourne markets were booming with extremely high prices, rental returns as a percentage of the property value were likely to be even lower. For example, if you get $500 per…
While property markets across Australia, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne, are recovering well, the recent bushfires have had a material impact on a large number of areas and the likelihood of the reintroduction of macroprudential measures is increasing. In addition, the implications of the fires and the coronavirus on the economy are yet to be…
Gosford has taken out the No.1 spot in RiskWise’s 2020 list of Top 10 Danger Zones. The NSW suburb topped the list due to a number of factors including the recent bushfire risk, oversupply of units (at more than 72 per cent of existing stock) and that units unsuitable for families were not in high…
Houses in southeast Queensland are enjoying higher demand and improved capital growth as buyer confidence rises. According to the latest RiskWise Property Research Risks & Opportunities Report, housing finance in Queensland is showing signs of improvement with an increase of 16.9 per cent since February 2019 after a reduction of 7.7 per cent relative to…
The Northern Territory’s poor economy continues to play a part in its subdued property market with 15.6 per cent price reductions for houses in the past five years and a massive 29.4 per cent for units. According to the latest RiskWise Property Research Risks & Opportunities Report, much of the negative capital growth in recent…
Dwelling prices have reached the bottom in Adelaide as buyer confidence rises alongside auction clearance rates. According to the latest RiskWise Property Research Risks & Opportunities Report, housing finance in South Australia is showing signs of improvement with an increase of 8.6 per cent since February 2019 after a reduction of 6.6 per cent relative…
Those Free Property Reports: Take a Reality Check With What You’re Getting and What Are The Missing Ingredients. Many investors tend to be overconfident, immodest, underestimate the level of knowledge and information that they need in order to minimize their risk. They tend to heavily rely on free property investment reports without understanding what they…
They say house prices will only go up but new research by RiskWise shows that many SA4s throughout Australia carry values BELOW what they were worth more than 10 years ago. It was an urban legend that property prices doubled their values every seven years. That has been the conventional wisdom, but our research clearly…