Buying a property

08 Aug

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You’d be excused for thinking that the property market in Australia is all doom and gloom. We’re hearing about reductions in price, the Sydney market falling and so on, but you’re going to be really surprised to hear a report that we’ll be talking about...

06 Aug

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The Sydney rental market has recorded the highest vacancy rate in at least 13 years according to Louis Christopher from SQM Research.   He says the Sydney rental market is just about at the tipping point and he explains what that means for owners and investors. Transcript: Kevin:  The...

05 Aug

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Easing house price pressures are proving some affordability relief for home buyers according to the HIA. Joining us to talk about this, HIA economist Diwa Hopkins.   Diwa says the most affordable capital right now was the least affordable only a few years ago.  So what...

02 Aug

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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...

31 Jul

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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...

30 Jul

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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...

23 Jul

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Property prices and their general inaccessibility are ongoing issues for many Australians. As such, millennials are turning to alternative methods to gain their first step onto the property ladder. One emerging trend enabling their dream  is property co-ownership with friends and family. In fact, 31%...

22 Jul

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With words like "avalanche", "plunge" and "brutal" being used by the media to describe the falling trajectory of property prices and the related credit that banks have sought to strip from buyers at an alarming rate, Josh Masters says suggesting households "avoid panicking" is like...

17 Jul

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It’s the decision that has almost all vendors conflicted: whether to sell via auction or private treaty. New research has revealed 90 per cent of real estate agents believe selling under the hammer secures the highest sale price for a property – but just 41...