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Tough Times for Sydney Real Estate Agents

Australian Property Market Update 3rd July, 2018 One of my clients shared a story with me this week of a recent encounter with a Sydney real estate agent in a rather unlikely place – his Uber to the airport. Unable to bring home enough cash selling homes,Read More...

Jason Staggers

July 3rd, 2018

NEWS: Property Investing and Real Estate In Australia Stats & Data

Where Have All the Foreign Golden Property Geese Gone?

It seems now that Melbourne and Sydney property markets are declining, the media has finally woken up to what the rest of the country has been feeling for some time – that the glory days of the property market have now passed.In fact,Read More...

Steve McKnight

June 6th, 2018

Winter Property Market Chill Sets In

Australian Property Market Update 5th June, 2018 Housing Supply and DemandSellers were left out in the cold last week, as only 56.2 percent of auctions across the country found a winning bidder. The combined capital city clearance rate has grown progressively worse over the past month,Read More...

Jason Staggers

June 5th, 2018

NEWS: Property Investing and Real Estate In Australia Stats & Data

How the Royal Commission May Impact Your Borrowing Power

We have seen some significant changes over the past few months in the policies relating to home loan lending, which is having a big impact on how much investors can borrow. The most significant change is related to how lenders are calculating applicantsRead More...

Christopher Berry

June 4th, 2018

How To Finance Investment Property - Articles

What If the Worst Happens?

The Australian Financial Review has reported that Morgan Stanley, an investment bank, is expecting residential property prices to be negatively affected by changing expectations and credit availability, resulting in a percentage value decline in the “high single digits”.It raises the question of ‘whatRead More...

Steve McKnight

May 2nd, 2018

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The Question Property Speculators Should Be Asking

Australian Property Market Update 1st May, 2018 Where is the property market headed? What does that mean for a buy-and-hold for capital growth strategy?Before you can properly answer those questions, there’s a more fundamental question you should be considering.But first, here’s a microeconomic update on auctionRead More...

Jason Staggers

May 1st, 2018

Economics NEWS: Property Investing and Real Estate In Australia Stats & Data

Are Units As Safe As Houses?

Not long ago, when the Great Australian Dream was to own a house, units were sometimes considered as second-class accommodation options; the preferred domain of the ‘downsizer’, or for those who could only afford a watered-down version of the ‘full’ dream.Times have wellRead More...

Steve McKnight

April 12th, 2018

How To Find Good Real Estate Investment Deals - Articles

“It’s All Good” or “Oh @%&#, We’re Screwed!”

Australian Property Market Update 10th April, 2018 Key Highlights:As fewer capital city buyers step up to bid on homes at auction, pressure is mounting on sellers to lower price expectations.Prices are falling in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, while Brisbane and Perth are standing strong with modest growth.Expensive,Read More...

Jason Staggers

April 11th, 2018

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Here Come the Headwinds

Australian Property Market Update March 1, 2018 Key Highlights:Auction supply spiked to well above 3000 for the first time this calendar year.Only Melbourne managed to clear more than 70 percent of auctions this week.Home prices have fallen over 1 percent for the quarter across theRead More...

Jason Staggers

March 1st, 2018

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Buy The Cream, Not The Crap

Last weekend I delivered my first, last and only 1-day Perth seminar to a packed room of savvy property investors.During the morning session, I provided a comprehensive snapshot of the WA property market using six ‘market snapshot optics’ so as to conclude whetherRead More...

Steve McKnight

March 1st, 2018

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