Great story from Australian Property Investor
http://www.apimagazine.com.au/api-online/newsletter/11/03/bad-design-can-lower-value
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Feb
24th
Will a reno always increase equity? – nope not if you get it wrong
Feb
24th
Will a reno always increase equity – nope not if you get it wrong
See this story from Australian Property Investor
http://www.apimagazine.com.au/api-online/newsletter/11/03/bad-design-can-lower-value
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Oct
14th
Sydney Apartments, where are prices headed
Got this from one of my news sources (BusinessSpeculator)
Australia’s largest apartment owner and developer Harry Triguboff explained that the Chinese had been major supporters of the Sydney apartment market after higher interest rates reduced local buying. But the Chinese were no longer big buyers of Sydney apartments. They had retreated because their currency is virtually [...]
Aug
18th
Bankwest Premium August Promotion
Bankwest August Election Promotion on the Premium Home Loan.
· No Application Fee for Premium Home Loan applications
· No aggregate borrowing limit. Minimum loan size $20,000
· The customer MUST have an eligible Bankwest transaction account* (This requirement can be waived if the customer has total home loan borrowings greater than $300,000)
The Premium Home Loan is a [...]
Aug
18th
Suncorp Basic Special
Suncorp Basic Product.
0.25% of interest rate for life of loan, at today is 6.61%
No establishment, monthly or annual fees
Full Doc applicants only, minimum loan of $250,000
No additional interest rate margin above 90% LVR
Must be fully approved by 17th September 2010
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Aug
9th
Queensland Legislation regarding raising rents.
A big warning for investors. New legislation in Queensland is now in place allowing landlords to only raise rents once a year for existing tenants.
I would strongly suggest that with this in place, you sign up your tenants for 6 month leases only to start with. This means that if we have another year where [...]
Aug
4th
Investor Behaviour
A great statement from Terry Ryder that is so true, the strong determined ones will take action at the right times.
One of quirks of investor behaviour is the tendency to take action at the wrong times. Right now it’s clear the property market is coming to the end of its recent growth phase – not [...]
Jul
8th
Superannuation fund enters property lending
Funding options for building societies have broadened with superannuation fund AustralianSuper’s entry into commercial property lending, according to The Australian Financial Review.
AustralianSuper – the country’s largest superannuation fund, with $32 billion under management – has agreed to lend $200 million to a property debt portfolio controlled by Challenger Financial Services Group, and is seeking [...]
Jun
2nd
Building Approval Statistics for Australia – April 2010
ABS Building Approvals – April 2010 Key Points
TOTAL DWELLING UNITS
The trend estimate for total dwellings approved was flat in April 2010 following rises in the previous 14 months.
The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwellings approved fell 14.8% following a rise last month.
PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSES
The trend estimate for private sector houses approved fell [...]
Investment Property Expert comments on Investing
What types of investments are best?
There’s no one single right answer as each different investing strategy has it’s own pros and cons. It will depend on how much money you have,… see more your appetite for risk, how quickly you’re trying to make money and how quickly you want to get there.
For most people that [...]
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