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I’ve seen a number of quite alarming headlines recently that there’s going to be a wave of mortgage defaults in September/ October once the relief measures like Jobkeeper and loan repayment deferrals end simultaneously. Here’s an alternative point of view… Firstly, readers can take comfort that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the banking…
Now that lockdown restrictions have been loosened more and more vendors are putting their property to auction. In the good old days a Sunday wasn’t complete without checking the weekend clearance rates, especially for property pundits in Melbourne and Sydney. That’s because the auction results are a timely gauge of conditions of what’s going on…
Following a 0.4% decline in May, the CoreLogic Home Value Index recorded a second consecutive month of falls, with the national index down 0.7% in June. Each of the five largest capital cities recorded a decline in home values over the month, ranging from a drop of 1.1% in Melbourne and Perth to 0.2% in…
Just like successful property investors share common traits, the most successful people in business work differently. Inc.com had a peek into what they do–and why it works and found they also share a number of habits. Here’s what they found… 1. They don’t create back-up plans Back-up plans can help you sleep easier at night….
Interested in knowing how others became successful? Then why not ask successful people what they’d wished they’d been told when they were younger. That’s exactly what I did with these seven successful property professionals and here’s what they said. Kate Forbes — National Director Metropole Property Strategists 1. Invest in yourself first Your best investment by…
Lot’s of property news and data over the last week. As we come to the end of another month, it is likely that we will see prices slight price falls over the month of June. All five major Australian capital cities saw prices soften last week by between 0.2 – 0.3%. The five capital city…
If you sell a dud investment property, you may have to pay capital gain tax (CGT), selling costs and then stamp duty again when you reinvest… it can be a very expensive exercise! And if you have owned the property for a while, it is probably putting money in your pocket each month (i.e. more…
When you make your offer on a property there are a few things to keep in mind to give you the upper hand in the negotiation Here are 16 tactics that should help you. 1. Substantiate Your Offer Provide an explanation for your offer. For example, your first offer might be based on the lowest…
What’s ahead for our property markets for the second half of 2020 and next year? That’s a question people are asking now that our real estate markets have been hit by the triple threat of: The Coronavirus crisis A recession Social unrest The good news is despite these issues, the outlook for Australia’s property…
The stringent government response to COVID-19 has undoubtedly placed the property market cycle at the cusp of another downswing. So far, property value declines have been fairly mild. Nationally, the May home value index results show that the dwelling market declined just 0.4% over the month, and preliminary indicators for June are showing the rate…
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