Like many Australians, Travis Lambe and his wife, Connie, were interested in property investing as a way to build their wealth while they worked hard to pay off their home and save for retirement. “We had paid down quite a bit of the debt on our...
We ask Margaret Lomas from Destiny if there are any investing strategies that do well in boom and bust. Transcript: Kevin: Are there any investment strategies that do well in “boom and bust”? What a great question. I’m going to ask that question of Margaret Lomas from Destiny...
The South Australian capital has traditionally been the home of slow and steady price growth, riding out the peaks and troughs of the Melbourne and Sydney markets with flatter periods and modest gains. Seemingly immune to the boom and bust conditions experienced elsewhere, the City of...
18 per cent of property buyers in Australia fail to get pre-approved finance before trying to buy at auction. While Dene Tucker from RE/MAX says the majority of buyers have their pre-approval in order, any percentage of non-pre-approved buyers is a concern. We talk to...
26 April 2018: Today’s announcement from APRA to remove the investor loan growth benchmark will see some banks cut investor rates to lure back more investors into the lucrative sector. Banks introduced higher rates for investor loans following the introduction of the cap on investor lending, announced...
Every few weeks Kevin is a guest on The Real Estate Show on Canberra’s Mix 106.3 with Cam and Renee. Here is his latest offering....
Auction markets in Australia are starting to recover after the holiday season. All capital cities markets showed increased numbers and clearance rates with the exception of Sydney on the weekend. Dr Andrew Wilson will analyse the results....
One of the Property Mentors, Matthew Bateman, joins in the affordability debate by looking back and comparing the challenges other generations faced to give current property investors some perspective Transcript: Kevin: A very hotly debated issue all the time is housing affordability. Do we actually have a housing...
According to BIS Oxford Economics, nearly 20 per cent of the apartments in inner Brisbane are sitting empty and more than 50 projects have been shelved or ditched altogether. Angie Zigomanis from BIS Oxford says more than 10,000 new apartments have been abandoned or deferred...