The lowest interest rates we have experienced in a long time could be encouraging some first time investors to stick their toe in the water. If that is you - Richard Crabb from Aspire Advisor Network has the seven essential factors to consider before you...
The growing popularity of the short-term rental market demands that we get more qualified information about how it works. There is so much publicity with examples of bad behaviour in the sector but unfortunately the balance of good examples – and there are many –...
“The First Home Buyer share of owner occupier housing loans increased again during June 2018 and is now at its highest since late 2012,” stated HIA Senior Economist, Shane Garrett. Today’s ABS housing finance figures for June 2018 indicate that First Home Buyers accounted for 18.1...
Alongside co-creator Tim Fung, Jonathan Lui has watched his Airtasker app take off. Now he’s back at work – this time focusing on the property market with the app Soho. AT A GLANCE Purchase of first property: 2009 Favourite investment: His startups, Airtasker and Soho Milestone: Airtasker has processed $90m in task...
If something sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. Many opportunities are speculative. If you are simply throwing money at something and hoping to get a result, you are speculating. Successful investors know when and when not to speculate according to Property...
SMSF trustees are showing a growing interest in commercial property as a long-term investment that offers security, yield, and capital gain. Jonathon Street, CEO of specialist commercial property lender, Thinktank talks about the benefits and who is being attracted to it. Transcript: Kevin: There’s a growing interest in...
Find out which markets are the tightest rental markets in the country in the latest vacancy report released from My Housing Market. The report details the level of vacancies in all the capitals for units and houses as well as a comparison with last month and last...
While Melbourne might have achieved the top sale on the weekend wait until you see inside Brisbane’s top sale and what is more amazing is the price achieved. Dr Andrew Wilson, Chief Economist from My Housing Market presents his weekend review exclusively for Real Estate...
Kevin is joined by Paul Wilson and Sarah Megginson to talk about the innovative investment concept ‘Armchair Development’. Sarah is – of course – the Editor of Your Investment Property Magazine and Paul is the Founder of We Find Houses Group – a national company...