Anyone can be a successful investor but it is critical you set your goals and start with the end in mind.
The decision to move - or stay put and renovate - is often made as much with our hearts as with our heads.
The community has rights and those rights can be enhanced by laws that will lower the cost of construction, laws that will reinstate the powers of the ABCC.
It is impossible to tell whether or not there has been additional foreign investment into established property illegally, but what we do know is that $61 billion worth of foreign housing sales was approved by FIRB in the 2015 financial year - and, not only is that number unprecedented, it’s more than triple the foreign investments in domestic housing in the three years prior.
If the apartment market is on its farewell tour, we hope it lasts the same length of time as those of Jimmy Barnes and John Farnham.
The current WA real estate market is behaving quite differently to markets on the East Coast, so for us it was critical to look at the impact tinkering with negative gearing would have locally.
The Electronic Transactions Act which previously exempted real estate transactions has now been amended.
Despite record low interest rates, the first time buyer sector has collapsed.
According to the latest ABS statistics for May, Wide Bay Burnett has been the stand-out region.
Whether coastal or rural, we believe that the regional cities that will be in highest demand by baby-boomer re-locators will offer a combination of quality lifestyle, good health care, and availability of freestanding houses for less than $400,000.
A review of the tax system is necessary immediately.
Investors as well as property owners can now breathe a big sigh of relief knowing that there will now be no changes to negative gearing as a result of the election of the Coalition Government.
The need to re-establish the Australian Building and Construction Commission is very real and we urge the government to find a legislative pathway to deliver this important reform.
Construction is one of the least digitalised sectors across the globe – the only sector worse when it comes to technology is agriculture and hunting.
With the start of a new financial year now upon us, it’s a great time to recap on the results of 2015/16.