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High Risk Postcodes Called Out by NAB

National Australia Bank (NAB) just highlighted 83 postcodes across Australia where the credit risk is now too great to justify high-LVR lending. Homebuyers will now have to cough up a 30 percent deposit in 40 “Group A Restricted Postcodes” where NAB says thereRead More...

Jason Staggers

October 1st, 2015

NEWS: Property Investing and Real Estate In Australia

10 Ways to Save Money and Cash Up Fast

I seem to be speaking to more and more investors lately who are looking to cash up. The opinion of some is that property values are topping out and a correction may be on the horizon. If their expectation plays out, with reservesRead More...

Jason Staggers

September 24th, 2015

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Who’s the Fool: A Lesson From John Templeton On Market Cycles

Legendary investor, businessman and poker aficionado John Templeton famously said… “Bull markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, peak on optimism and die on euphoria.” Templeton died in 2008 at the age of 95. Having become one of the wealthiest investors inRead More...

Jason Staggers

September 17th, 2015

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Global Real Estate Investment – An Interview By PropertyInsight.com.my

In September 2015, PropertyInsight.com.my conducted an interview with me regarding real estate investment. I shared my insights from a variety of perspective. Steve McKnight is one of Australia’s foremost experts on real estate investing. A best selling author, Steve began investing inRead More...

Steve McKnight

September 12th, 2015

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What’s An Extra 90 Days Between Friends?

Recently I received an email from Josie who was taking a property to auction and was asked whether to set a 3 or 6 month (with a 10% deposit) settlement period.(For those that don’t know, the settlement period is the time between signingRead More...

Steve McKnight

September 10th, 2015

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How Trouble Overseas Could Impact Australian Real Estate

As we learned in 2007, the Australian property market is not immune to economic shockwaves from overseas. In the midst of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), auction clearance rates across the combined capital cities fell as low as 42 percent. While some marketsRead More...

Jason Staggers

September 3rd, 2015

NEWS: Property Investing and Real Estate In Australia

See Ya Later, Winter!

Results for week ending August 30 Sydney and Melbourne failed to clear the bullish 80% auction clearance rate benchmark in the final week of winter, but results were solid nonetheless. The Stat Melbourne had over 1,000 auction results last weekend; Perth had 15.Read More...

Steve McKnight

September 1st, 2015

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

The 3 Dumbest Things Property Owners Do in a Hot Market

The median house price in Sydney just cracked the $1 million barrier last month. That amounts to a 23 percent increase over the last year alone. Add to this the fact that the previous year’s growth was not far off that level, there’sRead More...

Jason Staggers

August 27th, 2015

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Melbourne Auction Clearance Tanks

Results for week ending August 23 The Spring silly season can’t come soon enough for the nation’s biggest auction market – Melbourne, where the clearance rate was the lowest since February. The Stat Melbourne’s auction clearance rate of 73% represents more auctions andRead More...

Steve McKnight

August 25th, 2015

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

Nicki’s Blessing

Last week I caught a train into town for a high-flying executive meeting about a new managed fund I am thinking about starting up. It was a room full of smart (and expensive) advisers – partners from a law firm and an accountingRead More...

Steve McKnight

August 20th, 2015

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