Recently I got invited to contribute to a podcast series created by Uno Home Loans – www.unohomeloans.com.au The first 2 episodes talk about the struggles my clients had in trying to purchase their family home in Sydney’s Inner West. Take a few moments to listen to the entire series as the podcasts share some “real” […]
What is the ALP proposing? Labor is proposing to scrap negative gearing on any investments in established property that are made after a yet-to-be-determined date. Existing property investments will be grandfathered. Negative gearing on new-build properties will still be permitted. If you do invest in established property after the yet-to-be-determined date, you will be able […]
I have come to the view, from handling a significant part of the enquiry we get as Buyer’s Agents, that people do not know “where” to buy next. Putting Sydney & Melbourne aside for the moment, what are the Capital City options? Brisbane – jobs? If you were an international business wanting to set up […]
An interesting series of events noticed from the front line over the past few weeks. I am noticing (and so are the selling agents), reasonable numbers attending the auctions and some either registering or not registering to “wait & see” what happens. It is also apparent in a few cases that the expectation was 5x […]
Intending investors are, in our experience, concerned with Capital Growth as their number 1 priority (naturally enough). Making capital gains, could be argued, is perhaps the ONLY reason to invest. No-one in their right mind buys property to get positive cash flow of $20pw. If that is what you want, there are easier options than […]
Summer is in full swing and the go to items in a property purchase for this time of the year is air con & or a pool. What most home buyers tend to forget when completing further due diligence is the age of these items. If the home you are buying is 20 years old […]
The buying frenzy party in Sydney is over. All good things must come to an end. If you owned some property in Sydney before this last boom, chances are that due to the capital growth in the past 5 years, you became a property millionaire (if you weren’t one already). Figures we saw this week […]
The stats don’t lie. Auction clearance rates are down. There is more stock coming on to the market and days on market are stretching. Not exactly Doomsday, but certainly undergoing a correction with balance being restored to the Sydney housing market. I believe there will be at least only single digit growth and possibly double […]
It seems that every time you watch the news, the media are talking down the Sydney Property Market. There is no mistake that conditions and urgency are cooling off to say 6 months ago but don’t be disillusioned by the fact that the better properties on say better streets/areas are achieving strong results. The actual […]
I think the phrase “Spring hasn’t sprung!” summarises what has been happening in the real estate market. What do I mean by that? Normally there are a lot of new listings coming onto the market at the start of Spring in September, but this year that’s not been the case. Selling agents everywhere are reporting […]
