An increasing number of Australian home owners are becoming property investors. In some scenarios, it is by turning their primary place of residence into an income producing investment property. There are several reasons why a home owner may turn their primary place of residence into an...
Housing in high-crime areas across Australia are outperforming the property market, according to RiskWise Property Research. The research house discovered high-crime areas, despite expectations, were trumping their safer neighbouring suburbs when comparing their five-year growth to the city’s median. Vanessa Jones gives us some examples. Transcript: Kevin: The...
Do you have a bidding type? Whether it’s strong and silent, loud and aggressive, or piping up at the last minute with your strongest bid - having a particular bidding style may not always play in your favour according to Steve Jovcevski from Mozo. We...
“I was basically a sponge...
In this week’s episode, Andrew and Kevin take a look at the clearance rates and average sale prices across all capital city markets for the March quarter and then compare those figures with the same period last year. An interesting insight into where the property...
Miriam Sandkuhler explains the possible outcome of a Federal Government initiative announced recently, that comes into effect on July 1, that offers incentives for retirees wanting to downsize from their principal place of residence. Transcript: Kevin: There was a federal government initiative announced recently to help downsizers, a...
Greg Dickason from Core Logic brings us some startling news that how we are assessed for a loan from a bank is dramatically changing. We are entering the era of ‘open banking’. Transcript: Kevin: Joining me on the show and fresh off a plane from America is Greg...
We find out this week about the suburbs the banks don’t like. As Andrew Mirams points out ‘it is not that they don’t like them it is just that they are hesitant to lend on property in those areas. So what is it that turns...
Featured in the current edition of Your Investment Property is the success story of Rob Flux who has built his property portfolio two times over, after a divorce left him starting again in his late 30s. He’s since transformed his wealth with a clear combined...