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The Brisbane Housing market has been treading water over first three months of the year, with dwelling values absolutely flat over the March quarter. Core Logic has released their newest housing market update for April 2018. The sedate conditions have been evident for the better part of ten years, with dwelling values rising at the…
The difference between repairs and improvements can be confusing for property invetsors. I mean… what is a repair? When does a repair become an improvement? And how do you know what’s tax deductible and what isn’t? Fortunately the Australian Tax Office sheds some light on these questions. What is a repair? A repair replaces a…
Parents often ask me how they can help their children into property. Some even contemplate giving one of their existing properties to their children. For those more financially free, giving a property while they are still alive so they can see the joy it creates can be very heart-warming. But there are a number of…
In good news for property investors, rents are on the way up throughout Victoria. The latest Corelogic Rental Review showed that: Melbourne rental rates increased by 1.2% over the first quarter of 2018 while outside of Melbourne, rents grew by 0.5% over the same period. Over the past 12 months, Melbourne rents have climbed 3.5% higher compared…
Another steady week for auctions across the combined capital cities. A total of 1,746 homes were taken to market, returning a success rate of 63.1 per cent increasing from last week’s final clearance rate which saw the lowest weighted average result so far this year at 61.7 per cent (1,915 auctions). Melbourne saw a total of…
Is there a product pushing culture in the financial services industry? The current sessions of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry are likely to uncover what most property investors have long suspected – that there is a product pushing sales culture within the financial planning industry which encourages…
Do apartments make good investments? Well…some do and some don’t. But as we change the way we’re living, the right apartment will make a good long term investment and in this article I’m going to present a lot of data from the most recent Census to help you decide what makes a good “investment grade”…
Albert Einstein is arguably the most famous physicist of all time. But he wasn’t just a brilliant physicist, however. As you’ll see from some of the following quotes, he was also a remarkably wise and had incredible insights on society. 1. “Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” 2….
First home buyers are on the move again as attractive incentives become available in NSW & Vic. Housing finance data from The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on first home buyer activity has generally shown that this segment of the market has been tracking at below average levels over recent years. However, with each state…
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The rich share a certain mindset that helps them build wealth. And if you want to become a rich you’ll need to learn to think and act like the rich. You’ll need to develop Rich Habits. In fact that’s the basis of my best selling book Rich Habits Poor Habits that I wrote with Tom…
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