With the housing market weakening over the past few years, most capital cities have experienced dwelling value falls with a more significant correction experienced in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Darwin.
If history tells us anything, it’s that Sydney’s property market has had peaks and troughs before, with the latest price downturn a sign that our nation’s biggest capital city isn’t ‘safe as houses’, according to research by respected property market research firm Propertyology.
Over the past month, we have seen a shift in cash rate predictions for 2019 from economists. Some see it holding throughout the year, some anticipate one 0.25 percentage points (pp) cut and major bank Westpac is now projecting two 0.25pp cuts to reach 1.00 per cent by year-end.
With the likelihood of a Labor government on the horizon come May, potential investors should be taking action now.
The online age has brought a raft of benefits to investors. Nowadays, you can access a monumental pool of information. An incredible array of statistics and details that illustrate the state of markets.
Title insurance is a specialised insurance policy which protects against possible risks that can threaten the legal ownership of purchased property or affect a person’s right to occupy and use their land and therefore cause financial loss.
Family guarantee home loans are nothing new. They’ve been around for over a decade as a way for parents, grandparents or siblings to help a family member get into the property market earlier than they otherwise would have.
We have all been consumed with the Royal Commission findings and doom and gloom reports of property prices declining. In deciphering the facts from the fake news –are there still opportunities for growth in Australian residential property and where are the best locations to invest your hard-earned dollars in?
In the years gone by, successful real estate agents were usually the ones who consistently worked the hardest while also creating and nurturing networks and relationships.
Conditions are the best they've been in a decade!
Being an active property investor involves making decisions about everything from asset selection and finance, through to tenant types and repair priorities.
As we look ahead to the upcoming prospect of a change in government, there are a lot of us who would rather just sit back and wait for the smoke to clear before heading into another property investment.
Research conducted of the Perth inner-city suburb Northbridge for the past five years demonstrates this suburb should be on investors’ short-lists.
We are often contacted by young investors who struggle with gaining traction in the property market.
Implementing the misguided recommendation from the Hayne Royal Commission to remove trail commissions for mortgage brokers will set the Australian home loan market back 30 years and simply empower the major banks at the expense of consumers, says Finsure Group Managing Director John Kolenda.