It’s the age-old argument: do you invest for capital growth or cash flow?
While most investors understand the benefits of capital growth properties, some feel they need the cash flow to stay in the game.
The p…
Saving the deposit for your first property is one of the hardest parts of getting into the market. In fact, it’s always been that way.
But, with property prices in Sydney and parts of Melbourne now much higher than…
With any property investment or ownership strategy at some stage homeowners and investors will need to consider how and when they will pay off their mortgage.
During the accumulation phase of a property investment …
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 yo…
There are a number of aspects of buying a property that seem unfamiliar the first time around.
There are terms such as unconditional, settlement and conveyancing, which for many first homebuyers are new.
Conveya…
As the property investment sector matures in Australia, more and more investors are looking to small development as a way to improve their overall financial position.
There are a number of ways that investors can c…
More than two-thirds (67.2%) of owner-occupied mortgages are now held by households with two incomes, presenting some problems if one decides to either drop out of the workforce or becomes unemployed.
Overall some …
The numbers of first homebuyers in the market are at historic lows, according to official data, but those numbers may not paint the full picture.
In fact, according to the Australia Bureau of Statistics (AB…
