In our personality profile this week we get up close and personal with Pete Wargent. Pete reveals some of the great lessons he has learnt along the way. Millions of baby boomers will be a driving force of Australia’s property market over the next 20 years and many will head to the affordability of regional Australia. Today we identify 40 regional locations likely to … Continue reading Is Negative Gearing safe now? + 40 regional locations set to boom

In our feature interview this week, we catch up with Margaret Lomas and peel back the layers to find out her personal views on property investment.  You will hear Margaret talk candidly about the mistakes she has made, her best and worst investment and why she is so passionate about helping others. Ken Raiss from Chan & Naylor answers a couple of your questions about … Continue reading What could be holding you back + Your right not to sell is under challenge

Housing is the single biggest asset class in Australia, worth an estimated $6.5 trillion across 9.6 million dwellings.  CoreLogic RP Data released its national Profile of the Australian Residential Property Investor and we catch up with Cameron Kusher as he picks out the highlights. There are six key questions you can ask to help you identify a modern day Spruiker. Hear about all 6 questions … Continue reading Little known co-ownership benefit + How to detect a spruiker

  Fifty percent of those who buy an investment property sell up in the first 5 years. Put another way – most Australians who get into property investment never achieve the financial freedom they aspire to, and worse still many property investors lose a heap of money and lost opportunities along the way. Michael Yardney shares some thoughts on how not to fall into that category. … Continue reading Why half of all investors sell up in under 5 years + Abolish stamp duty

Because of the Negative Gearing myths most of us are hearing, we set about sorting the fact from the fiction with the help of Jamie Alcock, Associate Professor of Finance at the university of Sydney. Michael Yardney tells us about a little known fact that will deal another shock for Australian property markets. Andrew Mirams answers a question from Jie about affordability and serviceability and … Continue reading Negative Gearing fact and fiction + Affordability vs serviceability

John Symond from Aussie Home Loans takes a big stick to all politicians over the debate on negative gearing. Lots of questions coming in about what the banks are doing, where rates are headed and how much I can borrow.  Andrew Mirams from Intuitive Finance looks at the difference between serviceability and affordability There’s a lot of uncertainty surrounding our property markets at present, much … Continue reading Serviceability vs affordability + Should you hold off until after the election?