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I hosted a seminar in August 2018 where I presented an investment case for (investment-grade) houses in Brisbane in the $800,000 to $1m price range. It was my thesis that they represented excellent value and had a high probability of delivering above-average returns in the medium term. An investment-grade house that sold for circa $800,000 in late…
Sophisticated investors understand their portfolios are the equivalent of income-producing businesses and wealth creation vehicles. What I mean is they don’t adopt a set and forget attitude, and then naively hope that it all works out in their financial favour… someday! Rather, just like business owners, they make sure they have the necessary insurances in…
Negotiation is more of an art than a science. Skillful negotiation doesn’t come naturally to most of us – it’s something that needs to be learned, practiced, and perfected over time. It’s often said that it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert at anything, which means that most buyers and sellers, who only transact…
Having helped hundreds of property investors finance their acquisitions, I have been able to gain a great perspective as an “outsider” with regard to how property investors go about making their investments. There are some common things that the vast majority of investors do not do, which I think negatively impacts their chances of success….
Property investors – the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has put you on notice. They say you should beware of common tax traps that can delay refunds or lead to an audit costing you time and money. In 2019-20, over 1.8 million Australians owned rental properties and claimed $38 billion in deductions. Assistant Commissioner Tim Loh…
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Despite a sequence of thirteen State or Territory lockdowns so far this year, property prices have been largely unscathed. And even though the rate of house price growth is slowing, property values increased in all states in July with all our capital cities in line for strong double-digit property price growth this year. But Australia’s…
Why invest in property? There are lots of ways to make money and some people would argue that real estate investing isn’t really that easy.
But if you follow a proven formula it’s simple
The total value of new loans fell in June for the first time this year, according to new ABS Lending Indicators data. There were $32.05 billion of new home loan commitments in June, down 1.6 per cent month-on-month, the biggest monthly drop since May 2020, according to seasonally adjusted data from the ABS While the…
Australia’s property prices have increased much higher than what the market would have seen if the Covid-19 pandemic didn’t exist. House prices in most capital cities were expected to enter a cyclical upswing at the start of 2020, a new KPMG Economics report shows, but the global pandemic has supercharged that growth far beyond what…
Australian housing values increased a further 1.6% in July, according to CoreLogic’s national home value index. The latest rise takes housing values 14.1% higher over the first seven months of the year and 16.1% higher over the past twelve months. The market is strong but losing steam, the 16.1% lift in national housing values over…
