As this year draws to a close, the million dollar question is where are interest rates headed in 2017?
Before we look ahead to next year, however, we need to take a look back over the past two years to understand w…
What do you look for when choosing a suburb to live in?
When it comes to choosing where to live, Australians rate housing cost, peace and quiet, and the suburb’s crime rate as their top considerations, according to…
In every industry, there are good operators and not-so-good ones, but you can decipher which one is which if you know what to look out for.
The home loan sector has changed dramatically over the past 20 years with …
As a property commentator and investor, I keep a close eye on Consumer Confidence as it is one of the leading indicators of our property markets.
By a leading indicator I mean it shows what’s ahead of us, a…
The Australian home loan market is a vastly different place than it was a few decades ago. Today, there are a number of home loan products on the market designed to suit a range of financial circumstances.
One of t…
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…
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…
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…
