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It is contagious populist ideology more than financial contagion that should scare us right now, writes… Richard Holden, UNSW As American baseball legend Yogi Berra once supposedly quipped, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” Three years ago the crisis was in Greece, now it’s Turkey. Another European summer and another European economic crisis. It’s tempting…
What risks do our property markets face? That’s exactly what we cover in our recently released quarterly Residential Property Risks & Opportunities Report by RiskWise Property Research. Our objective is to provide you with a risk heat map of the residential property market and to provide a comprehensive review of the major risk factors. From…
Last month we saw CoreLogic national index move through the tenth of falling home values. Since peaking in September last year, thev Australian housing market has recorded a cumulative 1.9% fall in value; a relatively mild downturn to date, especially when you consider that values remain 31% higher than they were five years ago. The…
Deciding to enter the real estate market at a young age is a bold decision. To get the most out of your property investments and to lessen the associated risks I’ve been running a series of articles over the last few days based on an interview I had with finder.com.au regarding investing in property at a young age. …
Housing finance data for June 2018 was released earlier this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The data showed a continuation of the slowing of demand for housing finance with the slowdown being largely driven by investors. In June 2018 the total value of housing finance commitments was recorded at $31.2 billion…
Discover the tricks some sellers use when marketing a flawed property and learn the simple detection methods that expose their sneaky cover-ups Before listing a property for sale, it’s not unusual for a seller to give the home a fresh coat of paint, maybe rearrange the furniture, lay down a nice rug and put some…
Researching a suburb before you buy is clearly important. However, keeping up the research after the fact is a task that’s a little harder to maintain. 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 growth,…
Is successful property investing an art or a science? Albert Einstein once said, “COMPOUND INTEREST IS THE EIGHTH wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it… he who doesn’t… pays it.” If we accept the above, then the longer we hold a property investment the more likely we are to make a gain….
Who’s right about the property markets — the optimists or pessimists? The media seems so preoccupied with what’s going wrong in Australia, they’re missing all the things that are going right. The newspapers and online media outlets continually deliver house price collapse headlines because it gets clicks but our property markets are not collapsing and our economy is…
While driving to Burnie airport, we suddenly found ourselves caught in one of those fierce storms that occasionally lash the north-west of Tasmania. The main road was blocked by fallen trees but because our plane was departing in an hour, we decided to try a lesser used road to find a way through. In the…
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