In October last year, the state government in Victoria set down a new Residential Tenancies Act that could have a fairly huge impact on a lot of investors, those investors who have purchased in Victoria. Ben Kingsley from the Property Investors Council of Australia, PICA...
AT A GLANCE Years investing: 13 Current number of properties: 3 Portfolio value: $1.03mA forward thinker, Mathew Thompson knew at the age of 19 that he wanted to start investing in property. “I wanted a solid asset behind me as early as I could afford it,” he explains.With that...
If you are investing or planning to invest in property for your retirement, there are a few things you need to consider. What’s your goal? No matter what your reason for investing in property it’s important you know exactly what your goal is. It could be...
John Lindeman turns an old theory about Spring as a great time to sell on its head and he has the research to back it up. Transcript: Kevin: We hear all the time – don’t we – that spring is the best time to sell a piece of...
Dr Andrew Wilson presents his report on the auction activity over the weekend just gone which saw an increase in the number of auctions conducted, an increase in clearance rates generally but still a more sluggish market than this time last year. Buyers are in...
Australia’s largest body of professional buyer’s agents is warning property buyers not to make their purchasing decisions based on median house price values alone. This has long been a beef of mine and I talk to Rich Harvey about why it is a mistake to...
Property market forecasting is extremely difficult with dozens of variables to consider and then most forecasters who publish annual forecasts get it wrong a majority of times. Just because the analyst is an economist, or a bank, doesn’t make their forecasts more reliable, in fact,...
It’s only natural that an investor will want to purchase a property that is popular with the vast majority of renters. So it does follow that these ‘family’ type properties will attract more consistent and possibly even higher rents. We catch up with Tim Lawless...
The biggest fear for every seller is that they will undersell their property. On the reverse, every buyer is afraid that they might pay too much for a property. In a market like this – the chances of paying too much are high. Many people...