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There are more interesting articles, commentaries and analyst reports on the Web every week than anyone could read in a month. Each Saturday morning I like to share some of the ones I’ve read during the week. The weekend will be over before you know it, so enjoy some weekend reading. ANZ pushes back its RBA…
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Have you ever considered a joint property venture to help you get into property or get yourself to the next level? Many people are having difficulty getting into property or getting to the next level, and some people are considering joint property ventures as a way to get involved in property development. In today’s episode,…
A whole bunch of folks are on the wire, and if their housing payments go up they are going to struggle, writes… Richard Holden, UNSW In a week that was fairly light on data releases, let’s return to Australia’s perennial favourite topic – house prices. Painful though it may be for existing property owners who…
Too many Australians are still struggling with their finances. A recent survey of more than 2,000 people by comparison site Canstar found that one third of respondents weren’t comfortable with their financial position. That’s a lot of people! The good news is there are plenty of things you can do right now to improve your financial…
House prices are likely to fall further according to the ANZ Bank and stall any interest rate movement by the RBA, but this won’t derail Australia’s economic outlook. A recent report to ANZ’s institutional, professional or wholesale clients suggested that the weakness in Australia’s housing market has persisted longer than they expected. The bank has revised its…
Some of our property markets were soaring for the last few years, well they were in Sydney and Melbourne, but now prices are coming back to earth. And while some commentators felt our 2 big property markets would stabilise by the middle of the year, it now seems that our housing prices will keep falling for the…
What would Warren Buffett say about how I approach my property investing? And why do I even care? Well… Buffett who is 84 years old is consistently ranked amongst the world’s richest people, is arguably the most successful investor of the 20th century and has an estimated net worth of $74 Billion. This means, he’s…
I’ve found that for most property investors to change their level of wealth, they must change. Rather than disagree, please humour me for a moment and read on… Sometimes we love change and sometimes we hate it. In fact some of us love to change and others fear it. Why is change difficult for many…
Although “overall”property prices recently fell for the first time over any 12-month period since 2012, leading economist Shane Oliver believes a property crash is unlikely. Over the years there has been talk that the Australian housing market is a giant speculative bubble propelled by tax breaks for greedy property investors, low interest rates fuelling speculation…
Australian employment increased over 350,000 over the last year. Jobs confidence and employment security leads consumer confidence and that’s good for our economy and of course for our property markets. Employment increased by a seasonally adjusted 15,900 to a new high of 12,522,300 in May. Property analyst Pete Wargent commented: That still wasn’t enough to…
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