Real Estate Talk

In recent times we have seen a raft of government stimulus packages like HomeBuilder increasing demand for new build homes which is pushing up prices.  If you’re borrowing money from the banks to fund the build, quite often what you have paid is more than...

This week was set to be the second biggest auction week so far this year however with the announcement of another lockdown in Victoria on Thursday, volumes dropped slightly. There were 2,930 homes taken to auction over the week which is currently the third-highest number...

For many years there has been a perception that an SMSF can’t build or develop a property, but is this really the case, and if you can, how do you do it?  Leading SMSF specialist Darren Kingdon joins Bushy to discuss cleanskin property and lending...

With June 30 right around the corner, it’s important that investors understand how depreciation works for their property.  Depreciation applies to all properties, regardless of their age. Far too many people rule out depreciation on older, second-hand properties when they shouldn’t – and here’s why.  Depreciation works...

Now in the short space of a few months in property around Australia, we’ve gone from gloom and doom to property boom, and it seems that everyone is scared of missing out. In a rising market, it’s easy to think that "all properties are going...

There were 2,845 homes taken to auction across the combined capital cities this week, compared to 2,905 over the previous week and 612 this time last year. A preliminary auction clearance rate of 78.2 per cent has been recorded across the 2,377 results collected so...

As state governments around the country progressively tighten residential tenancy legislation and make it much more onerous for landlords to keep up with the rules and regulations and comply with them, its never been more critical to your property investment success to engage a professional...