Finance is a critical part of every property investors strategy. Smart investors are keen to learn as much as possible about the best deals, how to secure them, what the banks and financiers are thinking and how best to structure their debt. We carry comment from financiers, brokers and tax experts to help in this area.
Auction volumes a third of last year Highest clearance in 10 weeks Sydney tops the country 7 of the last 8 weeks The combined capital cities returned a preliminary auction clearance rate above 70% this week, which was the highest preliminary result we’ve seen since early March, right before restrictions to onsite auctions and inspections were announced. The improved clearance rate was across a higher … Continue reading Volumes And Clearances Lift
Veronica Morgan catches up with Brendan Coates from the Grattan Institute to get an insight into the possibilities of any removal or relaxation of Stamp Duty. This is Brendan’s specialty and he has some interesting insights that our lawmakers should hear. Continue reading The Death of Stamp Duty
In more ways than one, the twenty-tens was a decade of considerable change and contrasts. It commenced in the shadow of the GFC and with widespread floods around the country. It ended on the dawn of COVID-19 with some of the biggest bushfires in Australian history. Property didn’t escape unscathed either and Simon Pressley joins Kevin Turner to look back over the decade as it … Continue reading Decade in Review
Don’t miss out this week’s highlight on Real Estate Talk: Decade in Review The Death of Stamp Duty We Visit a Stunner in Terrigal The Facts About Online Auctions Smoking in Strata #RealEstateTalk #StampDuty #Terrigal #OnlineAuctions #Strata Continue reading The Facts About Online Auctions and Putting an End to Stamp Duty
Cap cities stable Withdrawals low Sales prior reflect confidence Last week The capital city final auction clearance rate came in at 60.4% last week, surpassing the previous week’s 59.9% as the highest final result we’ve seen since Mid-March. The improved clearance rate was across a lower volume of auctions with 417 held, down on the 480 held over the week prior. Of the 349 results … Continue reading Confidence Begins To Return
An architectural masterpiece designed to maximize the breadth and scope of this elevated site, which goes back to the parkland and next to the Enoggera reservoir. Located in one of the most exclusive ‘SilvaPark’ enclaves of The Gap, with a preferred north-easterly appearance, this striking home represents the very best of the sophisticated ‘Hampton’ life. Custom built to the highest standards of quality accoutrements, including … Continue reading A Contemporary Hampton’s Style Home
The birth of Purple Powered VA (Virtual Assistants) is through the combined efforts of ireviloution, a property management systems company, and ShoreAgents which provides offshore real estate staffing solutions. The goal is to shape virtual assistants through property management training that would cater needs the clientele. On the bottom-line, this would lessen the expenses of hiring local team members and at the same time increasing the … Continue reading Allocating Tasks to Your Purpled Power VA
We spoke to Hannah Carney from Schwarz Real Estate late last year in one of the first episodes of Rockend Rockstars. As the industry adjusts to the challenges of operating in the COVID-19 era, we wanted to re-visit with some of our Rockstars to see how they are coping. In the first of the series, see Hannah talk to us about what she sees as … Continue reading Hannah Carney – How To Handle the Challenges of COVID-19
As the states begin lifting stay-at-home orders, how will prices from the Pre-COVID-19 market compare to those Post-COVID-19 market? More importantly, how can you determine exactly how much prices are changing in your local market? On this week’s show, Bernice and Greg outline what is required to price properties when there are virtually no accurate comparable sales due to COVID-19. Here’s what they will be … Continue reading Pricing Properties To Sell In A Post-COVID-19 Market
The fractional investment platform, DomaCom, has a new model for seniors’ equity release that takes a different approach to the more traditional reverse mortgage. We discuss it with DomaCom’s Warren Gibson and there are some outstanding features it offers. Continue reading A better Alternative For Elderly Homeowners
