With our housing markets have experienced a period of strong capital growth and with rents on the rise, there are more people interested in getting into property investment. However if history repeats itself, and it most likely will, while some will develop financial freedom through property. Close to 50% of investors who buy a property…
Articles by Robert Chandra
Robert Chandra is a Property Strategist at Metropole and has an intrinsic understanding of property markets backed by many years of real estate experience. This coupled with several degrees gives him a holistic perspective with which he can diagnose clients’ circumstances and goals and formulate strategies to bridge the gap.
Achieving financial freedom is a goal for most people. Unfortunately, the reality is that not many people will achieve it. So what is financial freedom? There are lots of definitions but I like the one from T Harv Eker ” Financial freedom is simple: it is the ability to live the lifestyle you desire without…
In the first month after the end of the NSW and Victoria lockdowns, Australia’s unemployment rate remains unchanged at 9.2% in November according to figures released by Roy Morgan. The latest Roy Morgan employment series data shows 1.33 million Australians were unemployed in November, up 10,000 in October (9.2% of the workforce), and 1.21 million…
The top 10 richest people on the planet have a combined net worth of $1.4 trillion. For some context, that’s roughly the same size as Australia’s GDP. Unfortunately there are no Australians in this list, but who are these ultra-wealthy individuals, and what’s the source of their wealth? Here’s a look at the top 10 richest people…
The dream of owning your own “castle” has changed a little, with many first homebuyers today buying an investment property first instead. Australians increasingly want to live close to work and where the action is, which is why most people like to live close to the capital city centres, but with prices rising across most…
I’ve said it before: it’s always been difficult to buy your first property. No matter whether it was the 1960s, 1990s or now, scrimping and saving for that deposit takes discipline and dedication. Now I admit that with property prices around Australia at new peak levels, saving the necessary funds to buy a property has…
Queensland had the highest volume of property sale settlements in the September 20211 quarter according to PEXA – the electronic property settlement platform. In fact, Queensland was the only state to achieve positive quarter-on-quarter volume growth according to Pexa’s Property and Mortgage Insights report The impact of the extended lockdowns in NSW and Victoria was…
Whether you’re a property buyer or investor, proximity to certain school zones should be a major consideration when buying your next home. A well-rated school can do wonders for property value, and recent data shows that school catchment zones can actually have a significant influence over how quickly property prices grow. In fact, Domain Group’s latest 2021 School…
How has Covid changed the way you are working? We know more and more Aussies are working flexible hours and more are now working from home. Recently LinkedIn’s Canadian Workforce Report confirmed that remote work may be here to stay, and could even be the norm in a few industries. I’d be surprised if the…
Has Covid made you think of moving home? Well..as millions of Australian workers stretch into their fourth month of working-from-home, many have a relocation on their minds, according to new research by Finder. A nationally representative survey of 678 Australian workers revealed that 33% – equivalent to 4.3 million adults – would move homes if…