Highlights from this week: Cash flow vs capital growth – a mistake! Low vacancies impact the market $1M property now the norm DIY Investing is DUMB investing Transcript: $1M property markets - Cameron Kusher Kevin: An interesting look in the latest Your Investment Property magazine looking at million-dollar properties....
The Royal Commission into the banking sector is in full swing, and we’re learning lots about how the financial sector works. So, just how bad are the banks, and what are we learning about the relationship between the banks and brokers? Siobhan Hayden is the...
If last year’s budget was described by Dr Wilson as “The Housing Market Budget”, he says this one is not too far behind. He is curious why the Government appears to be silent on many housing issues such as supply but believes it could be an...
Greg Dickason from Core Logic details 10 ways to improve the price you get when you come to sell your property. Transcript: Kevin: Greg Dickason joins me. Greg, of course, from Core Logic, a regular on the show. Hi Greg, thanks again for your time. Greg: Hey, Kevin. Good to...
I recently received an e-mail from Kathy, an investor who purchased an investment property, which settled after a 30-day cooling off period. While that is not normal, that was not the point of the question. Kathy’s question relates to a protracted negotiation that impacted depreciation...
Dr Andrew Wilson, Chief Economist from My Housing Market, presents exclusively for Real Estate Talk and this week he details the surprising result from Sydney Inner West and Lower and Upper North Shore in stark contrast from a very poor result from the West of...
We look into the question about buying before auction. No doubt many buyers would prefer not to put themselves under the competition of auction day. Cate Bakos from the Real Estate Buyer’s Agents Association of Australia points out that there are three different ways to...
Danni Addison is the Victorian CEO for the Urban Development Institute of Australia. She takes a look at housing affordability, if we have a problem, what it takes to get into home ownership and what we should be considering if we’re looking at making housing...
Longest interest rate dry spell The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to keep interest rates steady at 1.5% The RBA hasn’t raised official interest rates since late 2010, while rates have remained stagnant since August 2016 – the longest spell of policy inertia to date. While last year...