As the Financial Services Royal Commission rolls on, it seems like every day in the news we hear another dramatic tale of hardship caused by a bank's misbehaviour. However, while many people are angry (and rightly so) about the reports, when considering the likely practical impact...
Sarah Megginson joins Kevin to talk about what you can expect to see inside the latest issue of Your Investment Property magazine. Twenty years of strong capital growth is a track record worth exploring, so this month Your Investment Property magazine has uncovered 143 Australian suburbs that have out-performed...
Every buyer wants to get a property below what it is worth. Some agents pitch that as the opportunity offered by a quiet listing or a pre-market offering. Is it real? How do you find those opportunities? Paul Wilcox and Robert Skeen say it is. Transcript: Kevin: You’ve...
How tough is it really for first time buyers? Super low interest rates, generous grants and developer incentives, help from the bank of Mum and Dad funded by well off Baby Boomers and so on. Miriam Sandkuhler says it is tough and she explains how...
Concern continues to grow amongst developers, agents and property owners about the ever increasing cost of marketing properties for sale. The online space is dominated by two main players who, between them, have been successful at developing business models to continually drive marketing costs to...
Challenges remain for sellers due to higher listing numbers that present more choices for buyers. Overall though, as Dr Andrew Wilson explains, there are good indicators about what we can expect from Spring. Dr Andrew Wilson, Chief Economist from My Housing Market presents his weekend...
One agent says she is sick and tired of having to answer for agents who pitch ‘off market’ properties with a misleading ‘price quote’ and a set sale date. Cate Bakos says she has to spend a lot of time educating buyers about the difference...
We know that there is no one market anywhere. Every city, suburb and street in the world operates differently. That is also the case with construction. Developers are known to be ahead of the market. Dr Andrew Wilson has produced a series of graphs exclusively...
Where to find double digit growth If you thought that Australian property markets were all doom and gloom, think again. Double-digit price growth was produced for one in every eight locations across Australia over the last 12 months. The median house price increased by 10 per...