Today's success story features a young man who together with his Dad did a 1 into 4 lot subdivision which involved a minor renovation of an existing house and creating 3 additional lots. Transcript: Kevin: Our success story this week deals with Brendan Brown. Brendan works as...
Any drop in interest rates is promoted widely as “good news” for the housing market and whilst a drop in rates may on the surface bode well for mortgage holders wanting to pay down debt, the bleak reality remains, that for savers, many of whom...
According to the latest OECD report – the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development – the gap between rich and poor keeps widening across the world. That’s not necessarily the case in Australia. Today we look at why the rich are getting richer with Michael Yardney, from...
Real Estate Talk's Kevin Turner interviews lawyer Tim O'Dwyer about how to spot a property scam before it's too late....
In today's show Brad Beer, from BMT Tax Depreciation, answers your question about property depreciation and capital gains tax. Transcript: Kevin: As a follow-on from an interview that I did with Brad Beer from BMT Tax Depreciation a couple of weeks ago, David wrote to us and said,...
Driving around, you’ll see signs on lampposts and street signs that say, “We will buy your house for cash. We’ll pay the full price, and we’ll buy it now.” What’s behind those? It’s a rent-to-buy scheme, and today we talk about it with Peter Carter, from...
In his recent column in Switzer, John McGrath wrapped up the 2014-2015 financial year. Here's what he had to say: It’s been another spectacular year of growth in Sydney with property price gains of 16.2% for FY15 – slightly higher than the 15.4% increase of FY14. Most of us...
In today's show we hear a great story of a young person’s journey to property ownership. There is a lot of talk about how difficult it is for your people to get a foot on the property ladder. Nicole Haddow might just have the answer. Transcript: Kevin: I...
In today's show Greville Pabst, from WBP Property Group, joins us to say that he is not concerned about the potential for an oversupply of units in Australia. He argues that we need to grow up and realise that we are “world cities” and the dynamic...