Property Investment Negotiation

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Is this another way to find out what’s ahead for property values?

Michael Yardney
Latest, Michael Yardney blog, Michael Yardney's Commentary, Property Investment Negotiation
August 13, 2018

We all want to know what’s ahead for house prices, don’t we? The ANZ has been working on some new models for predicting house prices and have recently introduced the ANZ Housing Search Index constructed using Google searches. They see this as a leading gauge for dwelling prices in Australia – one that looks forward as opposed…

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What’s the best way to engage an agent to sell your property?

Rob Balanda
Home Buying and Selling, Latest, Property Investment, Property Investment Negotiation
July 21, 2018

All too often property owners sign up an agent and engage them to sell their property as either their sole agent or exclusive agent without really appreciating the difference between the two. Some investors too think that they should only ever sign a sole agency just in case they sell the property themselves and can…

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10 things economic property investors should understand

Here’s a quick summary of the Australian economy (well the one that really matters). Let’s call it 10 Things Economic. 1. Working longer hours for less pay per hour. 2. Stuff all wage growth, which is unlikely to change – digital stuff, automation, the internet of things, baton change to service industries and importantly low/declining productivity. 3. Many already underemployed, with…

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The 7 Rules of Power Negotiation

Negotiating is a part of living; we do it all the time. When you walk down a crowded street you negotiate the path you take. A couple negotiates their relationship before and during marriage. Although you may not realise what’s happening, for example you take out the garbage tonight and I will do the dishes….

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Mortgage Repayments – 10 Sure Ways to Get Ahead and Stay Ahead

Andrew Mirams
Latest, Property Finance, Property Investment Negotiation
October 28, 2017

Mortgage Repayments One you have bought a property, whether as a home or an investment, you will be required to make mortgage repayments to cover the cost of the home loan. These repayments can either be interest-only, which is what investors generally use, or principal and interest, which is a set amount designed to pay…

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Australia’s fastest selling suburbs – where are they?

Cameron Kusher
Home Buying and Selling, Latest, Property Investment, Property Investment Negotiation
April 30, 2017

Low interest rates coupled with higher levels of demand for housing has seen property sales in some areas take off faster than in others. The CoreLogic Property Pulse looks at the 10 suburbs in each state with the shortest median selling time for houses and units over the 12 months to January 2017 Given mortgage…

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Housing Market and Economic Update | Chart Pack November 2016

Michael Yardney
Latest, Property Investment, Property Investment Negotiation, Where to buy investment property
November 15, 2016

It’s time for our monthly check on how the property markets are performing around Australia, and looking back over the year they have generally surprised on the upside. Here’s what Corelogic’s latest stats and graphs show: Combined capital city home values increased by 0.5% in October with values rising in all capital cities except for Adelaide…

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ACT August Market Update | Your Investment Property Magazine

Your Investment Property Magazine
Latest, Property Investment Negotiation, Where to buy investment property
August 11, 2016

Political uncertainty destabilises the Canberra property market. The federal election has been and gone, but has it had an effect on the housing market in the ACT? The federal election was held at the beginning of July, and as is often the case, the local property market in Canberra stagnated during the election period. While…

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Stamp Duty should be abolished

Kevin Turner
Latest, Property Investment Negotiation, Property investment tax
June 30, 2016

Stamp duty is one of those conversations that comes up all the time when we talk about affordability, and the different regimes for stamp duty around Australia are really quite amazing when you do look into it. Recently, the president of the Real Estate Institute in New South Wales, John Cunningham, made the statement that he…

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Will house prices ‘collapse’ if negative gearing is changed?

The results of changing negative gearing are not as straight-forward as the government suggests writes… Gavin Wood, RMIT University There is much confusion about the effects of Labor’s tax proposals with respect to investors in rental housing. They propose to grandfather existing arrangements. But investors in the future can only negatively gear newly constructed housing,…