If you’re a first-time home-buyer or property investor, you might not have come across the term ‘conveyancing’ before. Likewise, terms such as unconditional, settlement, and ‘cooling-off’ period are also terms you may not be overly familiar with. And even if you’re a seasoned property investor, you would have employed a conveyancer or solicitor to assist…
Did you know that investing interstate is something that few Australians do? I can understand the reluctance. For most people, handing over several hundred thousand dollars for an investment property is a psychological challenge in itself. No matter how much research you do, there is always the concern that the property you invest in won’t…
Australia’s pandemic property boom looks like it has come to an end, with new figures showing house and unit prices either stagnated or fell for the first time since the June quarter of 2020. And the price shift, amid jitters over rising interest rates, has affected some types of properties more than others. 2-bedroom houses…
When it comes to buying an investment property or your next home, it’s important that you’re aware of everything listed in the contract of sale and how it might affect you. It might sound like a tropical holiday cocktail, but a sunset clause packs much more punch than a summery beverage – it is a…
One way of getting more finance as a property investor is to get a higher valuation on your properties. So how do you go about this? How does a valuer evaluate your property – what do they like to see, what adds value, and what makes them nervous? These are some of the questions I’m…
Are you planning to buy an investment property in 2021? Or maybe you’re hoping to buy a new home? Well, you’ll be in good company because 55.2% of the respondents of a recent survey believe now is a good time to invest in residential real estate. This is significantly fewer than the 74% keen to…
How have the coronavirus lockdowns affected you? Has the pandemic changed your strategy or approach to property investing? Are you considering moving to live in a different location because of COVID-19? These are only some of the Covid-19 related questions we recently asked 1,700 Australian property investors and would-be investors in our annual Property Investment…
The way we live in Australia has changed. We’re trading backyards for balconies and courtyards and this has resulted in around one in five Australians living in an apartment today – up from one in seven in the 1990’s. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics of the 10 million dwellings in Australia, around 10%…
The fear of missing out is one of our most powerful survival instincts, but in our modern societies often leads to seemingly irrational behaviour. Remember those crazy supermarket scenes early last year as people stampeded and fought each other to buy a few rolls of toilet paper? More recently it’s been happening in the property…
Our property markets have been surging this year with double-digit growth in sight for all our capital cities. And now that more Australians feel secure about our economy in general, and their jobs in particular, this will only place more impetus under our markets. I recently heard someone suggest our housing markets are on a…