Property Investment Topics

07 May How to buy a property before auction – Cate Bakos

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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...

06 May Housing affordability – Danni Addison

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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...

03 May Knockdowns increase – Greville Pabst

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Greville Pabst from WBP Group has noticed an increase in the number of properties being knocked over for reconstruction. We ask him why the increase, what to be aware of before starting and how, if you are doing it, to add value. Transcript: Kevin: Apparently, according to...

02 May Lessons from the GFC – Margaret Lomas

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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...

01 May Failing to get finance before auction – Dene Tucker and Matthew Andrews

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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...

30 Apr Housing affordability – Matthew Bateman

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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...

29 Apr Brisbane units in oversupply – Angie Zigomanis

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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...

26 Apr More questions to ask an agent – Kevin Turner

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In the second part of the answer to Tim’s question about avoiding getting the wrong agent to sell his property, I look at what happens if you are not happy and want to cancel the listing agreement - how to respond to low offers - ...

25 Apr Speculation vs Investment – Luke Harris

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There’s a lot of speculation around property investing, in particular when we start to chase things like hot spots. According to property mentor Luke Harris there is a big difference between speculating short term and investing for the long term. Transcript: Kevin: In a previous conversation I...