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According to leading property industry analyst and economic forecaster, BIS Shrapnel, the momentum in price growth that recently emerged is expected to continue to support prices in the forthcoming year but to a lesser extent in 2015/16. However, rising construction and the potential for oversupply in many markets will impact on prices ...
I've been arguing for a long time that New South Wales will be Australia's star economy of the coming decade. There are a number of reasons for that, including Sydney becoming a world class financial hub for Asia, and the harbour city becoming a self-sustaining jobs magnet, resulting in population growth and increased economic activity ...
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) recently released statistics relating to claims made by Australian property investors for the 2011-2012 income year which illustrated that a number of owners of rental properties are entitled to a number of deductions when they complete their annual income tax assessment ...
Property investing success requires groundwork before purchasing your first investment property. Want to become a savvy investor? Consider the following: What do you want to buy? Where do you want to buy it? What are your property investing goals? The answer these questions will determine whether or not you are ready to become an investor ...
In a recent survey, real estate database Zillow asked agents where vendors commonly go wrong when preparing their property for sale. While these mistakes can be put down to misinformation and unsolicited advice, they do end up costing vendors valuable time and money ...
The path to property wealth is far from simple – but that doesn’t stop anyone from looking for easy answers in the form of catchy real estate acronyms. We take a look at a few we’ve come across recently, and also examine each of these points in more detail ...