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“I’m Afraid Your Tenant Has Died…”

By Sharon Fox-Slater on 20 Aug 2014 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

Death and taxes are among life’s certainties. While landlords are generally well-informed on the tax implications of their investments, few consider the potential impact of a tenant passing away. When the worst happens, it is important to act with compassion and sensitivity while also minimising the financial fall-out ...

What Makes An Effective ‘For Lease’ Listing, And Why Landlords Should Browse Them

By Sharon Fox-Slater on 25 Jul 2014 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

Like everyone else, tenants value their time – and personally inspecting rental properties is time-consuming. That means listings need to give them all the information they need to decide if the property is suitable before they hop in the car to take a look. And yet many listings fall short, to the disadvantage of the owners ...

Practical Tips on Compounding

By Pete Wargent on 10 Jul 2014 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

Most of us have heard about the concept of compound growth, the snowballing effect caused by growth upon growth. The anecdotes associated with this term tend to be mildly interesting but not particularly useful in a practical sense. What does it mean when it comes to an investment portfolio? ...

The Importance of Consumer Confidence to the Housing and Mortgage Markets

By CoreLogic RP Data on 2 Jul 2014 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

With the media focused on ‘doom and gloom’ for the property market over the past few weeks, Craig Mackenzie, who heads up RP Data’s corporate services division, takes us through the key drivers in the market. He explains that history and statistics tells us that there are two key drivers to the housing and related mortgage finance markets ...

Low Interest Rates to Continue to Underpin the Residential Markets – For Now

By Bis Shrapnel on 26 Jun 2014 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

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 ...

NSW is the Star Economy

By Pete Wargent on 25 Jun 2014 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

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 ...