Is finance cooling our housing markets?
When you look at auction clearance rates across Australia, speak to builders and real estate agents, it’s clear that the market generally has softened.
Of course, finance is the key fundamental that under…
Land banking — the property development strategy of the pros
How many times have you driven past a property and said to yourself, “If only I had bought that property when it was for sale five years ago?”
Who wouldn’t have bought more properties 10 years ago if they knew th…
Should you invest in Victoria’s satellite cities?
On the crazy scale, Melbourne house price growth has been a few pegs behind Sydney these past couple of years.
Still, values in the Victorian capital rose a whopping 13.2 per cent in 2017.
If you’ve been looking…
7 big insurance risks when renovating
There are big profits to be made when renovating.
But, it’s not always smooth sailing for those trying to manufacture a profit through a property refresh.
The lure of strong capital gains and higher rents for re…
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 …
Sydney – is it spiralling or settling?
You know that smell just before a big downpour?
It’s a familiar scent that fills the air and instantly hints that you should bring the washing in.
Or how you get a scratchy sensation in the back of your throat, a ni…
Will the stock market volatility cause house prices to fall?
How will the current volatility in the stock market cause our property markets to crash?
You’d have to be living under a rock not to have heard that the global stock markets have recently experienced some of their …
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…