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…
The recent bushfires will have a major short-term impact on property prices, however, much of the impact will depend on the state of the market in the suburb prior to the bushfires as well as how badly they were affected. RiskWise Property Research has identified three ‘severity’ categories with greatly varied impacts on property prices…
A strong economy in the ACT has helped deliver solid capital growth for houses in recent years with moderate price increases and a good medium to long-term outlook expected. According to the latest RiskWise Property Research Risks & Opportunities Report, the economic growth rate of 4 per cent eclipsed the rest of the country and…
While houses in Tasmania have enjoyed exceptional price growth in recent years, there has been a marked drop in this increase which is highly likely to continue. According to the latest RiskWise Property Research Risks & Opportunities Report, and as projected in previous reports, the Tasmanian market has been experiencing decelerated price growth over the…
Whether prestige or blue-collar areas, there are some suburbs where owners just don’t want to let go of their prized possessions. Many of them are run-of-the-mill family homes in suburbia while others are palatial estates in grand surrounds, but the one thing they have in common are holding periods well over 20 years. During the…
An imbalance in supply of family homes to population growth is a major contributing factor to housing affordability challenges in Sydney and Melbourne. A 30 per cent reduction in dwelling commencements and dwelling approvals was predicted by RiskWise Property Research one year ago, with significant impact on both the broader economy and, particularly, GDP growth. …
The stars have aligned for property investors in Sydney and Melbourne who now have a rare opportunity to time the market. With those two capital cities projected to reach new property price peaks by the end of 2020, now was the time for investors to act. A combination of ultra-low interest rates for a sustained…
While the past few months have seen APRA loosen its restrictions on lending somewhat, an improvement in the property market, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne, is likely to see a rise in investors. And this might be all the banking regulator, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), needs to return to stricter conditions for lenders. APRA…
With the property markets in Sydney and Melbourne projected to reach new peaks by the end of 2020, it’s back to ‘square one’ for housing affordability. There is also likely to be a new tipping point as well as potential for the reintroduction of macroprudential measures by APRA. According to RiskWise’s latest Risks & Opportunities…
