Author: Kevin Turner

11 Sep Top 5 Melbourne growth suburbs – Rich Harvey

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After a stormy couple of years, the sunshine appears to be breaking through for Melbourne’s property market once again. While much of Melbourne is set to benefit from renewed confidence and a return of buyer demand, there are a handful of pockets where all of...

10 Sep A positive take on negative gearing – Paul Newell

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Negative gearing - a term you hear a lot in investor circles, but what exactly does it mean? This clever, and now widely used, investment strategy could make a huge difference to your yearly tax returns and future gains but many investors are not aware...

09 Sep VIDEO – Clearance rate improves

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Lower numbers drive demand Rolling clearance approaches a 3 year high All capitals up on last year In the last seven days there were 1529 properties taken to auction across the combined capital cities. While this represented a slight fall in numbers from the previous...

09 Sep Kids in apartments – Grant Mifsud

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The growing number of families with children living in apartment complexes face challenges not only with the lack of family friendly communal spaces in some buildings but with adapting to the strata community by-laws governing resident activity. Grant Mifsud takes a look at the challenges...

08 Sep Commercial property myths – Andrew Crossley

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Many every-day investors are put off commercial property because they believe it’s too complex. But, with careful research and planning, it needn’t be. Andrew Crossley will dispel a few of those myths that could be holding you up....

07 Sep Kids and by-laws + Melbourne growth suburbs + Commercials myths

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Highlights from this week: Commercial property myths – Andrew Crossley Kids in apartments – Grant Mifsud A positive take on negative gearing – Paul Newell Top 5 Melbourne growth suburbs – Rich Harvey Insurance in disaster zones – Richard Deakin ...

06 Sep Auctions trend lower

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Numbers fall W.O.W. and Y.O.Y. Clearance holds at 70% Smaller markets are patchy Last week Last week, there were 1,615 capital city homes auctioned, increasing from the week prior. The higher activity saw the final auction clearance right ease to 70%. Year on year volumes continue...

06 Sep Where Gen Z hangs out + Banking on blind loyalty + America’s most expensive property listing and more!

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This week’s guest on Property News Update is Margaret Lomas, author of 20 Must Ask Questions for Every Property Investor and 7 other best-selling property books. She joins Kevin Turner to discuss interesting stories from the property industry like: Don’t bank on blind loyalty. The...

05 Sep Building numbers stabilise 20% below peak – Tim Reardon

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If economic activity improves, the credit squeeze dissipates, home prices stabilise and the recent stimulus measures take hold, the supply of new building work into the pipeline will soon reach its low point. But how low and how soon? We ask Tim Reardon from the...