Every investor in Australia is pondering the best place to park their property dollars right now, so this month Your Investment Property has done the hard yards to gather research on all the major markets. Which cities are growing, which suburbs are stalling, and how can you...
Greg Dickason from Core Logic details 10 ways to improve the price you get when you come to sell your property. Transcript: Kevin: Greg Dickason joins me. Greg, of course, from Core Logic, a regular on the show. Hi Greg, thanks again for your time. Greg: Hey, Kevin. Good to...
I recently received an e-mail from Kathy, an investor who purchased an investment property, which settled after a 30-day cooling off period. While that is not normal, that was not the point of the question. Kathy’s question relates to a protracted negotiation that impacted depreciation...
We look into the question about buying before auction. No doubt many buyers would prefer not to put themselves under the competition of auction day. Cate Bakos from the Real Estate Buyer’s Agents Association of Australia points out that there are three different ways to...
Danni Addison is the Victorian CEO for the Urban Development Institute of Australia. She takes a look at housing affordability, if we have a problem, what it takes to get into home ownership and what we should be considering if we’re looking at making housing...
Highlights from this week: Complications over exchange time frames The way not to get your offer accepted How brokers work with banks Why housing in Australia is not unaffordable How a ‘boardroom auction’ works Where many buyers go wrong in research The role investors...
Greville Pabst from WBP Group has noticed an increase in the number of properties being knocked over for reconstruction. We ask him why the increase, what to be aware of before starting and how, if you are doing it, to add value. Transcript: Kevin: Apparently, according to...
We ask Margaret Lomas from Destiny if there are any investing strategies that do well in boom and bust. Transcript: Kevin: Are there any investment strategies that do well in “boom and bust”? What a great question. I’m going to ask that question of Margaret Lomas from Destiny...
18 per cent of property buyers in Australia fail to get pre-approved finance before trying to buy at auction. While Dene Tucker from RE/MAX says the majority of buyers have their pre-approval in order, any percentage of non-pre-approved buyers is a concern. We talk to...