Property investing doesn’t seem like it’d be all that difficult, right? You buy a place, jazz it up, rent it out and enjoy the returns. How could anyone make too much of a mistake? Right? If only it were that easy. In reality, there are actually plenty of different mistakes, missteps and errors that can…
Want to know a secret? When it comes to making money as a property investor, one thing is true: almost everyone can do it. The reality is, anyone who sets their mind to it and has a clear budget, strategy and purpose can be a successful property investor. That said, there are definitely some qualities that the most successful…
The COVID-induced boom for Australia’s regional housing market has burst, with several regional markets that had the strongest value growth through the upswing now among the fastest declining markets. Corelogic’s Regional Market Update, which examines Australia’s 25 largest non-capital city regions, shows house values in six of the most popular lifestyle markets recorded falls of…
How have rising inflation and rising interest rates affected you? Have you had to change your lifestyle, have you sold a property, or are you considering selling because of rising interest rates? And have the current economic conditions changed your strategy or approach to property investing? These are some of the questions we recently asked…
In the midst of the property market upswing, property across the country was selling at lightning speed, with countless reports of property sales happening within hours of being listed for sale. Now that the market has cooled and prices have fallen from their peak, higher lending costs and dampened demand means the time it takes…
Climate change is causing increased drought, hotter temperatures, and more extreme storms and these changes are endangering our environment, lifestyles, our jobs and livelihoods, our crops and therefore food prices, our health, and even our air quality. But did you also realise how much climate change is endangering our property and property investments? New analysis,…
House prices, groceries, petrol, and even flights, Australia’s cost of living has gone through the roof as our economy tries to grapple with surging inflation. Our inflation rate is now over 5% for the first time since 2001 and isn’t showing any signs of slowing. In fact, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Lowe recently appeared…
Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe is getting terrible press, most of it undeserved. “Lowe Blow” and “Take a Hike” were two of the headlines on the front page of one of our newspapers. “We’ve had our Phil” was on the front page of another. His critics – the ones complaining about continual increases in interest…
A lot of Australia’s millennials left the inner cities during the pandemic. In fact millennials aged 30-39 are leaving the inner city behind in search of family-sized housing, while the younger millennials, those aged between 22-29, still need a few years before thinking about kids. But it’s more than that. From June 2020 to June…
Golf was an utter obsession for me as a teenager, the blistered hands’ testament to the fact that my mates and I would think nothing of playing 36 or even 54 holes in a day through the school hols. So here are 5 golfing lessons I learned that could help you as a property investor ……
