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It was a tale of 2 cities with regards to auction results this weekend, as it has been for the last few weeks. Sydney delivered a solid preliminary auction clearance rates of 61.5%, a little lower than last week. But unfortunately vendors who had planned to sell their properties in Melbourne this weekend had the…
Trying to get your head around Capital Gains Tax (CGT) can sometimes be like attempting to learn a new language. You think you’re doing alright with it and then someone from that country starts talking to you thinking you’re a local and you end up quite confused and no doubt a little embarrassed. Of course,…
One of the biggest mistakes that property investors can make is relying on the wrong experts. One expert is urging you to invest in central Queensland, another says buy in Melbourne, still another tells you that Port Hedland is about to boom again, while another urges you that Perth is set to go gang busters…
In property investing circles it’s often said that you make the money on the deal when you buy. Most people think this means that if you buy a property “under market value”, then it’s considered that you made a profit on to the way into the deal, keeping you one step ahead of the game. Now…
Not every Australian housing market has performed the same way since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest CoreLogic Home Value Index results revealed that since March, Melbourne property values fell 3.5%. Meanwhile, the ACT dwelling market reached a record high. From June to July, the rate of decline eased across Perth from -1.1%…
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It’s ironic that Melbourne, which has won the mantle of the world’s “most liveable city” more times than any other city in the last decade, has now gone into Stage 4 lockdown. And while this will clearly impact the Victoria property market there will also be implications for the Australian economy and our housing markets….
Victoria’s tightening lockdown could knock at least $12bn off the Victorian and national economy and delay the return to positive Australian GDP growth to the December quarter. The federal budget deficit this year ultimately pushed up to $235bn (from the Government’s recent projection of $184.5bn). This is the topic of a recent Oliver’s Insight where Dr Shane…
There are three ways to generate passive income; start a business, invest or speculate. The key word in that sentence is passive. Passive means you can generate economic benefits without the requirement of your personal exertion. Since it doesn’t require personal exertion, it frees up your time to spend it on activities or with the people…
Anyone in lending will tell you that assessments for home loans and investment loans have tightened since Covid, however the scrutiny around living expense assessments has noticeably softened. Lenders seem more concerned about the continuity of a borrower’s income and this is likely to remain the case now that the “shiraz and wagyu” dispute between…
Do you know that 15 common myths that are killing the wealth potential of the average Australian property investor? Last month I explained how despite us living in a land of plenty, the sad reality is that the majority of Australians will never achieve financial freedom. Yet, on the other hand a small group of Australian property investors are…
