There’s no two ways about it: negotiations can become contentious and complex transactions relatively easily, because there are two major factors at play. Firstly, there’s the emotional aspect. Often, sellers are emotionally attached to their homes and that can lead to all sorts of difficult experiences and tricky situations, if they feel their property is…
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George is a Director of Metropole Property Strategists in Sydney. He shares his 27 years of experience in the property industry as a licensed estate agent and active property investor to help create wealth for his clients.
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Researching a suburb before you buy a property is clearly important. However, keeping up the research after the fact is a task that’s a little harder to maintain. But if you don’t know what’s happening in the neighbourhood, how will you know the best course of action for your property? While clearly investment is about long-term capital…
When you purchase a residential property, whether as an investment or your own home, there are certain standard conditions included in the Contract of Sale. The ‘cooling off period’ is one such clause, which essentially gives you the ability to rescind on the contract without forfeiting your deposit, so long as you provide written notice…
As property investors it’s important to become a student of demographics and understand the type of property that will be in continual strong demand from both owner occupiers and tenants in the future. While Australians have traditionally loved the idea of a house and land in the suburbs – an idyllic retreat to raise a…
It’s the time of the year when forecasts are being made for our property markets in 2017. And just like this time last year, there are those who are suggesting Sydney property market is in for a correction. After all it’s been booming for almost 5 years and must be way above it’s intrinsic value….
It’s an age-old debate amongst property investors but I’m here to settle it once and for all. Out of houses or units, which makes the best property investment, and what will people prefer to live in 10 years down the track? You’ll find lots of different opinions about this subject from investors and advisors, but the…
Are inner city apartments in Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne on your investment radar? If so, you should proceed with caution, as I’m predicting some potentially profit-crunching changes to the apartment market moving forward. It’s all about Supply & Demand As with many property related troubles, it boils down to one of the basic fundamentals of…
How have your investment properties performed over the last few years? If you invested in the right properties in Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane it’s likely that you’d be happy with their performance. However, as a property investment strategist I regularly see investors who’ve bought properties in mining towns who are now “stuck” with no equity,…
Since time immemorial there has been a stereotypical, idealistic perception of how we choose to live in Australia. Think suburban backyard Hills Hoists, dad mowing expansive lawns with the Victa on a Saturday and the 2.5 kids playing cricket with friends on a home made pitch. While this might have been a fairly true to…
The New South Wales Government has said that building new terraces could be the answer to Sydney’s affordability crisis. The release of a draft Medium Density Design Guide by the NSW Government will help make it easier to build well-designed low rise, medium density homes across NSW. Within the next year terraces, townhouses and dual occupancy…