September 5, 2008
- Holiday Homes: Prices Slashed
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The tide has finally turned on the holiday home market in south west WA. (…)
September 3, 2008
- Finally Reserve Bank Cuts Offiicial Bank Rate
It used to be a surprise when Australia’s Reserve Bank changed the official cash rate. (…)
September 1, 2008
- Council Rates: A reasonable tax?
Its that time of the year when many Australian property investors and owners will be receiving their Council rates bill. (…)
August 29, 2008
- Australian Real Estate Websites: Domain.Com.Au
domain.com.au has a high profile in the Australian real estate market which is hardly surprising as its part of the Fairfax Digital Network which owns a number of Australian TV channels and newspapers including The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age (Melbourne). (…)
August 27, 2008
- Can’t Afford Your First Home? Try this Strategy!
The headline caught my eye:
“Built for Two - from first-home buyers to empty-nesters, our small lot special has options for everyone. (…)
August 25, 2008
- Reverse Mortgages: In Retreat in Australia
The reverse-mortgage market is in full retreat in Australia, with the fourth lender this year announcing it is pulling back. (…)
August 22, 2008
- NZ Property Websites: PropertyTalk
Propertytalk used to have the obscure url propertytalk.co.nz but has since gone international as propertytalk.com and expanded its property investment forum to cover the countries to which the Kiwi diaspora migrates to: notably Australia, UK, Asia and North America. (…)
August 20, 2008
- Australian House Design: Verandas
Australian’s traditional houses were made of corrugated iron, roof and sometimes even walls, in the absence of wood, with big veranda all around. (…)
August 18, 2008
- NZ High Rise in Sales Trouble?
Sentinel, is New Zealand’s tallest and newest NZ$137 million luxury high-rise, and there could be some good deals on re-sales for the smart investor. (…)
August 15, 2008
- Australian Property Investment Websites: Somersoft
Jan and Ian Somers entered the Property Investment industry in 1989. (…)
August 13, 2008
- Buying Real Estate in Australia: the Offer Process
When buying a property in Australia or New Zealand the usual agreement is by “private treaty” when the buyer makes a written offer and the seller either accepts, rejects or counter-offers. (…)
August 11, 2008
- First Home Buyers Return to Perth’s Market
First home buyers are returning to the Perth market: which is good for everyone including investors. (…)
August 8, 2008
- Perth Property Prices Dropping
The continuing mining boom and related job opportunities fueling net immigration to Western Australia isn’t stopping the state’s property prices dropping reports the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia. (…)
August 6, 2008
- Kidnam to Sell in East Kimberley’s
Not long after all the publicity of Nicole Kidman filming the, soon to be released, Baz Luhrman film “Australia” in the Kimberleys comes some sad news about another Kidnam. (…)
August 4, 2008
- Luxury Property Prices Falling on the Gold Coast
Q1 is the iconic 80-story skyscraper - impressive even on the Gold Coast, Australia’s home of skyscrapers. Q1 is Australia’s tallest residential tower was completed. (…)
August 1, 2008
- Cheaper to Rent than Buy in New Zealand, Maybe
New Zealand’s house prices and interest rates are at their highest rates for years. (…)
July 30, 2008
- Australia’s Mining Boom and Property
The Minerals Council of Australia is now predicting that the mining sector will need another 87,000 more workers over the next decade. (…)
July 27, 2008
- Trans-Tasman Emigration and House Prices
New Zealand is a country with a population of only 4 million people - about the same size as Sydney - but with its own currency, fiscal policy and property market. (…)
July 24, 2008
- Australia’s Most Expensive Cities
Just released, Mercer’s 2008 Cost of Living Survey makes some interesting reading for those considering a move downunder, that is to Australia or New Zealand. (…)
July 23, 2008
- The Grass is Greener Problem in Australia
The grass is always greener syndrome appears to be alive and well for Australian real estate investors. (…)
