Stumping up a Sydney deposit
Here’s a number for you — 10,950.
Ten thousand, nine hundred and fifty.
That’s how many days a first-time property buyer will have to scrimp and save for a 20 per cent deposit for a place in Sydney.
Not the purchas…
First-time investing in New South Wales — is it worth it?
The first time you do anything can be challenging — riding a bike, learning to drive or speaking in front of a crowd.
It’s new, unfamiliar and requires a certain element of previous knowledge.
Sometimes you can …
What will drive Brisbane’s property price higher?
Brisbane property investors are proving more loyal than a third-generation Lions supporter.
Since 2010, Brisbane has been your favourite pub band — full of potential, not lacking enthusiasm, but frustratingly unable …
Is the worst over for Brisbane’s unit market?
If the unit market in Brisbane was a movie, last year’s performance would’ve made anything Quentin Tarantino can serve up look like a Disney classic.
An explosion of new stock caused a dramatic oversupply that caused…
5 lessons I never learned at school… but should have
A top-notch education is a wonderful thing, but you’ll fall short of becoming a well-rounded grown up if you don’t realise lifelong learning lives beyond the classroom walls.
I’ve received all the great s…
How does a 23 year old get into the property market?
If you believed all of the media headlines, young people across the whole of Australia will never own property.
According to media reports, housing affordability is the worst it’s ever been, so us “youngsters” shou…
First-time buyers back in the game
A year ago, many first-time property buyers were stuck on the sidelines mainly because of strong market conditions in Sydney and Melbourne.
Not only did they have to glumly watch as prices rose faster than they cou…
What is boardvesting
There’ve been plenty of stories lately about rentvesting, but what is boardvesting?
Just as it sounds, boardvesting involves people – younger ones most likely – remaining at home with their parents so they can save…