2019 is shaping up to be an interesting year with the value of many properties still falling.
While this is the eighth property downturn I’ve experienced in my 40+ years of investing, and I saw it coming and I’…
If the past few years will be remembered for anything, it may be that many Australians felt like mortgage prisoners.
What do I mean by such a seemingly contrary statement?
Well, the confluence of changes…
In quieter market conditions, many homeowners opt to renovate their properties to create equity themselves.
Some people call this “sweat equity” because you usually sweat a lot painting the walls and working in…
Did you know that billions of dollars in dwelling finance commitments were approved in September in Australia?
That’s right, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, tens of thousands of dwellings were…
Like everything that has a financial impact on you – your home and/or investment loans, your personal insurances, your phone contract etc. – property management is no different.
Rental property markets across t…
I wish I could start the year with good news, but it seems that the economic clouds are gathering, and the resultant storm may well be on the horizon.
Why? Well still to this day APRA (Australian Prudential Reg…
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It’s nearly a year since the royal commission in to the banking sector was announced, with the seventh and final round of hearings being held in December, 2018.
No doubt we’ll be peppered with some more example…
The off-the-plan sector has had its share of ups and downs over recent years.
For a while there, in big cities like Sydney and Melbourne at least, it could do no wrong because there was huge pent-up demand from…
Did you know that nearly 10,000 dwellings were financed to first property buyers in August?
The bought about the same number of dwellings the month before that and the month before that, too.
In fact, the percen…
