Posts Tagged ‘property investment’
Spotlight on: Greater Springfield, Brisbane – part 1
Greater Springfield is one of Australia’s most ambitious master-planned cities. Located just east of Ipswich, and within a half hour drive of Brisbane’s CBD, the area covers a total of 2,860 hectares – almost six times the size of Sydney’s Parramatta.
With two rail stations, and direct, … Read More
Why you should invest in Newcastle – part 2
Located 160km north of Sydney’s CBD, the harbour city of Newcastle has so far escaped the astronomical prices that Sydney’s real estate market has become famous for.
However, with $6.5 billion in NSW Government funding set to reinvent this once industrial port city, Newcastle is on … Read More
Rentvesting: a growing trend for real estate owners
Like millions of Australians, Emilia Rossi is a tenant.
But unlike most of those tenants, Ms Rossi also owns four investment properties across three states.
She is among a growing breed of real estate investors who chose not to own their own home. Known as “rentvesting”, … Read More
Who is the Australian property market’s typical investor?
Contrary to the image a property investor might conjure up – a wealthy full-time property speculator – most residential investors in Australia don’t actually rely on it as their primary source of income.
In reality, Australia’s residential investment market is dominated by people who, having bought their … Read More
How the recent Census data will effect VIC Property Owners
Census Data has indicated that the property market in Victoria over the last decade is not at its best for affordability, especially for first home buyers. Despite the decade of price rises, recently over the past year, the median prices of houses in Victoria have lowered by 7.4 … Read More
How the recent Census data will effect NSW Property Owners
The First Home Owner Grant Scheme was first developed in July 2000, with the intention to offset the impact of the introduction of the GST and therefore assist first home owners to secure and purchase a new or existing home. With the recent census data coming to light, … Read More
How the recent Census data will effect QLD Property Owners
Compared to neighbor states such as Melbourne and Sydney, Queensland is a viable option for buyers, with the median house price from March 2017 being $544,000 for a property that is in the metropolitan area within 20km of the city, it seems to pose an attractive deal…. Read More
How to make untapped equity work for you
Equity is the difference between what you own and what you owe on a property. For instance, if your property is worth $1 million and you owe $300,000, then you have equity of $700,000. As investors or property owners make their way through their mortgage repayments, the advantages of equity … Read More