
Why Property is looking good
Money in the bank on 12-month term deposit earns about 1.8% Forecast inflation is about 1.5% The RBA’s official cash rate is 1.5% Australia’s 10

Money in the bank on 12-month term deposit earns about 1.8% Forecast inflation is about 1.5% The RBA’s official cash rate is 1.5% Australia’s 10

Now the official interest rate has been cut to 1.5%, the argument for a tenant to buy rather than rent has never been more compelling. Let’s take

“Would you lease your apartment through a short stay group like Airbnb?” “Yes – No – Maybe…” “Well are you OK for everyone else in

After inspecting hundreds of apartments and dealing with aparmtent buyers and sellers for 25 years here are my 7 Laws of apartment buying. The laws

It’s the big question many apartment owners are wrestling with right now… “With many new apartments being built, should I sell mine?” There are also

You know that feeling like screaming into the wind. Experts for years have been advising any government that will listen that stamp duty is a

Surely there must be a better property tax solution. Previous sentiment of “no change”, is stating to thaw. It is interesting to see the arguments

There were several good news stories for Melbourne’s apartment market this week although you had to strip back the media penchant for a bad news bent to

You may have seen this article in The Age suggesting nearly 20% of investor owned homes in Melbourne are vacant. I just can’t let this go

The purchase of “off the plan” apartments continues to carry favour with domestic and foreign investors and for good reason. A recent SQM Research report

While there is much coverage about the seemingly endless and meteoric rise in real estate values, it may be a shock to some people to

Two leading market indicators on the apartment market are vacancy rates and settlement failure. These will usually both start to rise before new sales slow.
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