November 19, 2008
- Want to Buy a Timeshare?
Tired of the doom and gloom of the world share markets and property? Don’t want to know that as of yesterday Australia’s share market was worth exactly 50% of what it was last year? (…)
November 17, 2008
- REA Group: Bright Prospects for Online Advertising
On-line real estate classified market seems resilient in the face of turmoil elsewhere in the property market. (…)
November 14, 2008
- Australian CBD Property: A Mixed Bag
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The biggest investment listing of 2008 in Brisbane has been withdrawn from the market. (…)
November 12, 2008
- NSW Hikes Land Tax - Idiots!
So the news is all bad for NSW property - well particularly for the more expensive property say $1.8million and over. (…)
November 10, 2008
- Auction Clearance Rates: Going, Going, Down
Auction clearance rates are still well-down despite a glimmer of hope in some of the east coast cities. (…)
November 7, 2008
- Brisbane’s Tower Developments in Melt Down
The financial meltdown has dissolved over $4 billion worth of central Brisbane’s proposed developments. The only question is, is this an unmitigated bad thing? (…)
November 5, 2008
- Will Australian Property Stand Up to the Economic Storm?
The storm clouds are getting darker for the world’s and Australia’s economy. (…)
November 3, 2008
- Interest in New Homes on the Up
It looks like the Federal government’s increase of the first home owner’s grant for purchasers of new homes or home and land packages is translating to increased interest at land sales offices and display homes. (…)
October 31, 2008
- Creative Marketing in a Down Market
A strange thing is happening at Yanchep in northern Perth. There are a bunch of people camping at a developers sub-division. And they are not being moved on as squatters either! (…)
October 29, 2008
- Trends in Urban Planning
As a property investor I always like to keep an eye on what the urban planners are up to. (…)
- Buyers in stronger position to bargain over property prices
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However one chooses to look at the current financial situation, there are winners and losers. (…)
October 27, 2008
- Auction Clearance Rates Continue to Dive
Despite reductions in mortgage interest rates and the big increase in the first-home buyer’s grant, the business of auctioning houses still seems to be in trouble. (…)
October 22, 2008
- Are Bank’s Fair Weather Friends?
So what’s the experience like if you need to re-finance a loan or raise new money in the current economic storm in Australia or New Zealand? (…)
October 20, 2008
- First Home Owner’s Grant is an Illusion
Australia has a wonderful bonus for anyone who emigrates to Australia, not only are the beaches as good as they looked on “Bondi Rescue” but if you decide to buy you own piece of Australia the government will give you money! (…)
October 17, 2008
- Finally: Rent Relief For Tenants?
Tenants across Australia may have been through the worst of the rental crises and rising rents, for the moment anyway. (…)
October 15, 2008
- Property Growth Tipped to Continue in Adelaide
South Australia is riding a mining investment surge, which is increasing employment and driving record levels of overseas migration. (…)
October 13, 2008
- Going, Going, Not Gone?
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OK so there has been a slight share market correction. (…)
October 12, 2008
- Property Developer clashes with Owners
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BREAKFAST POINT is a tidy, waterfront village of more than 2000 cute, Martha Stewart-style homes near Cabarita. (…)
October 10, 2008
- Property Hotspot: Canberra?
Well while the sky is falling on share markets around the world: property in a town run by the government is probably not a bad thing! (…)
October 8, 2008
- Port Hedland: Resort Village Coming for the Workers
Port Hedland isn’t the sort of spot you’d choose for your next holiday. Its remote, hot for 1/2 the year, cold for the rest and dusty. (…)
