There are several cross-currents running through the Australian rental market at present. My inbox is filling up with ‘please explain’ rental-focused emails. Some are confused as to why vacancy rates are falling in many places, yet population growth has dropped, sometimes markedly. Others don’t see how rents can be rising when unemployment and under-employment remain …
Some experts are claiming that our property markets are heading for a boom, while others are warning that we could soon be in a price bubble about to bust. There’s a huge difference between property booms and price bubbles. Bubbles invariably bust and when they do, housing prices end up much lower than where they …
Bubble, boom or bust – what lies ahead for our property markets? Read More »
The proportion of young adults or ‘kidults’ living at home in their 20s is on the rise, new data from The Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) shows. Two in five (43%) young adults aged 20-24 were still living at home in 2016, up from 36% in 1981. It’s not only those in their early …
It is generally an accepted investment principal that diversification can reduce your risk and improve investment returns. The common vernacular is, spread your eggs amongst various baskets. I would agree with this principle, so long as it doesn’t result in deterioration of investment asset quality. Sometimes property investors should not diversify. That’s because the quality …
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The Block was a hugely popular TV show last year. Last year after three gruelling months of sleeplessness and renovations paid off for the couples competing in last years series of The Block, who on the face of it seemed to sell their apartments for a profit. Not surprisingly it encouraged a new generation of …
Are you thinking of selling a property? There is no doubt our property markets are picking up, but it still may not be as easy to sell your property today as it was a few years when the media was awash with reports of hot auction success stories. At that stage of the cycle tales …
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Golf was an utter obsession for me as a teenager, the blistered hands testament to the fact that my mates and I would think nothing of playing 36 or even 54 holes in a day through the school hols. So here are 5 golfing lessons I learned that could help you as a property investor … …
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It’s a bold statement, but it’s true. For some of you who are reading this right now, 2021 is absolutely the worst possible time you could consider buying a property. In fact for these people, moving forward with a real estate purchase this year would have the potential to cripple them financially, not just now …
Evicting your tenants is usually a last resort – it’s the last stop on the train, because it’s difficult, time-consuming and more than a little unpleasant. In a nutshell, it comes with legal and financial stresses that most landlords would rather do without – however, sometimes it’s a necessity. Of course you’ll take advice from …
6 Ways to tell if it’s time to evict your tenants Read More »
One good financial decision will have positive consequences. But five good decisions in a row will be life changing. It will create a lot more than five times the positive outcomes than one good decision will. That’s because good decisions are a compounding asset. Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have …
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