If you believed all of the media headlines, young people across the whole of Australia will never own property. According to media reports, housing affordability is the worst it’s ever been, so us “youngsters” should just give up and stay living at mum and dad’s – forever. Sorry, dad. Australia...
With first home buyers representing around 13% of new lending, there are some specific issues to be considered when it comes to the affordability debate. Firstly, the capital cities of Sydney and Melbourne are home to more than 8.4 million people and are therefore large centres...
Sydney may have recorded strong capital growth over the past five years but its long-term performance pales in comparison to smaller capital cities. Now that is interesting news and I ask Peter Koulizos from PIPA to explain. Transcript: Kevin: You would definitely be excused for thinking that the...
We will be joined in the show today by a buyer’s agent who has just been crowned as Your Investment Property’s number one buyer’s agent in the country. Cate Bakos from Melbourne talks to us about her all woman team and how she got her...
Much of the media over the weekend was consumed with ‘doom and gloom’ reporting of a falling market, especially in Sydney, but that was proven to be unfounded. Both Sydney and Melbourne auction clearance rates were above the previous weekend on the back of an...
This week we look at why depreciation allowances are higher on units. This can be very helpful if you are planning to make an investment purchase or to add to your existing property portfolio. Brad Beer – our depreciation expert – gives us the good...
Picking what a property market is going to do is not an easy task. It requires a tremendous amount of information and an understanding of how all the factors work together. According to Simon Pressley from Propertyology, it is a huge mistake to say that...
So many people believe it’s just unaffordable to buy property in Australia. Well Simon Pressley from Propertyology has just released a report detailing 39 locations around Australia where the median house price is below $400,000. Surely, that is affordable. Transcript: Kevin: So many people tell me that it’s...
While Australian property investors have enjoyed significantly low interest rates for several years now, their happy run might soon be over. With the Reserve Bank keeping rates on hold over recent months, experts are increasingly pointing to likely rate hikes in the near future. Specifically, there...