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Australia is home to some of the hottest real estate available. And the global coronavirus pandemic and consequential economic recession is doing nothing to dampen spirits, and prices, in some of our most expensive areas. Instead Australia’s prestige property market is flourishing, with some suburbs even recording significant price growth in the past year. Data…
One of the significant changes to occur in Australian cities over the past 50 years, which has pushed up inner and middle-ring suburb property values, is gentrification. Interestingly this wasn’t caused by deliberate planning policy, but resulted from a set of demographic changes that occurred in most major capital cities around the world, and especially in the inner-ring of city suburbs. Gentrifiers were…
Currently many investors are wondering if it’s the right time in the cycle to buy property. They’re sensing the changed mood as we work our way through the Coronavirus issues. While some see this as an ideal time to make a countercyclical purchase where they can buy an investment grade property considerably cheaper than they…
The majority of Australian baby boomers don’t have enough superannuation for a comfortable retirement and that’s a worry! So how much do you need in your super to retire comfortably? It may not surprise you that a research paper released by REST Industry Super showed that 74% of baby boomers have no idea how much money…
What will Melbourne look like in the future? Melbourne hails as the world’s most liveable city – in fact it’s won that accolade for 7 years in a row. And Melbourne’s population has been growing at around 2% per annum. This means our population will grow by around 10% in the next 5 years!…
Are you considering buying an off the plan investment property? Please think again and turn the other way! There are just too many risks involved in this sector of the market. Now I know some investors are thinking, I’ll put a small amount down as a deposit today and settle in a few years time…
Just because you’ve taken the leap from homeowner to property investor, doesn’t mean your financial fortune is assured. In fact, it doesn’t even mean that you will start making a profit in the short term, or that you are on your way to owning a sizeable portfolio. The reality is around 20% of those who…
When it comes time to make big financial decisions, research consistently shows that women more frequently hold the purse strings than men. While this is a positive finding, as women tend to make smart, thoughtful, informed financial decisions, it also has the potential to drop an anchor in your investment portfolio’s growth. If you’ve ever…
Today I would like to share a memory from when I was still a novice investor. One of my early mentors taught me that the four most dangerous words a property investor could say was… “This time it’s different.” Unfortunately I ignored his advice in my early days of investing to my detriment, as I…
After all these years in property I’m still surprised at how investors decide which property to buy, but it doesn’t surprise me why so many don’t get past their first or second property. You see… many buy for emotional reasons and while others think they’re investing in property, for some they’re really speculating. By definition,…
