Entering the property market with a close friend or family member is a dangerous idea, according to a report by legal technology experts GlobalX. It found 45 per cent of lawyers and conveyancers would not recommend purchasing property with family or friends. Peter Maloney tells us...
Highlights from this week: Where the smart money is headed Avoiding the property spruikers How to start again Lawyers warn against investing with family and friends The facts about land tax Transcripts: Why not to buy property with friends and relations - Peter Maloney Kevin: It always seems...
Rent free home hurdles VIDEO applications, an interview with four CEOs and you have to be sustainably minded - but not too sustainably minded. Could this rent-free Melbourne home have the nation’s toughest tenancy application? Check it out! NIMBYs costing Aussies billions So-called ‘nimbyism’...
Understanding the difference between the median sales price and the median value can provide you with useful insights into exactly what is going on in your local property market. The traditional metric is the median sales price. This is the median – or middle – price...
An increasing number of Australian home owners are becoming property investors. In some scenarios, it is by turning their primary place of residence into an income producing investment property. There are several reasons why a home owner may turn their primary place of residence into an...
Housing in high-crime areas across Australia are outperforming the property market, according to RiskWise Property Research. The research house discovered high-crime areas, despite expectations, were trumping their safer neighbouring suburbs when comparing their five-year growth to the city’s median. Vanessa Jones gives us some examples. Transcript: Kevin: The...
Do you have a bidding type? Whether it’s strong and silent, loud and aggressive, or piping up at the last minute with your strongest bid - having a particular bidding style may not always play in your favour according to Steve Jovcevski from Mozo. We...
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In this week’s episode, Andrew and Kevin take a look at the clearance rates and average sale prices across all capital city markets for the March quarter and then compare those figures with the same period last year. An interesting insight into where the property...