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Don’t buy property from spruikers »
The two best ways to destroy a property investment plan is buy in the wrong place or pay too much. If you do both in one investment, you’re almost guaranteed a horror experience. The worst emails I get are from people who are approaching retirement and have an investment property that’s costing them money every week and is worth [...]
Why apartments might be a better investment »
For generations backyards, barbecues and big houses have been the norm for Australian home owners. But what of future generations? Some demographers suggest we are so much in love with the idea of having big spaces to raise a family that it’s impossible for us to change, despite the fact that Australia will likely have to absorb 2.3 [...]
Decline in new home building follows drop in »
The latest statistics from the ABS show that Australia’s resident population reached 22.62 million last year, increasing by 320,800 people over the last twelve months. This represents an annual growth rate of 1.4%, the lowest since 2006 and lower than the annual average growth rate of 1.8% over the five years to June 2011. This is [...]
23 million in just 4 »
The latest statistics from the Bureau show that Australia’s resident population reached 22.62 million last year, increasing by 320,800 people over the last twelve months. This represents an annual growth rate of 1.4%, the lowest since 2006 and lower than the annual average growth rate of 1.8% over the five years to June 2011. This [...]
Rental demand soars in Perth »
Investors are expected to return to the Perth market, with a local agency reporting intense interest from potential tenants in one particular property last week. “I received a report this week from one of our senior property managers on a property that was opened for inspection with 20-plus people viewing the property in 15 minutes,” [...]
This 14-Year-Old Girl Just Bought A House In Florida »
Chana Joffe-Walt/NPR Willow Tufano, landlord. Meet Willow Tufano, age 14: Lady Gaga fan, animal lover, landlord. In 2005, when Willow was 7, the housing market was booming. Home prices in some Florida neighborhoods nearly doubled from one month [...]