Heard about the 8 per cent term deposit offer from Westpac? Or the Bank of Cyprus offer of 7.85 per cent term deposit for five years? Are you wondering if you should put your money into bank’s term deposits or invest them into property? Well, it depends on. Inflation should continue at a rate of 2.5 …
House price crash? I was hopelessly wrong on house prices!
One of the most outspoken sceptics of Australian property prices lost a bet that home prices would fall 40 percent from peak to trough in 2009. While the truth is that last year, capital city house prices rose by 12.1 per cent, hitting a new high, as demand from first-home buyers sparked a revival at …
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What rental expenses that I cannot claim for tax deductions?
Rental expenses for which you are not able to claim deductions include: * acquisition and disposal costs of the property * expenses not actually incurred by you, such as water or electricity charges borne by your tenants * expenses that are not related to the rental of a property, such as expenses connected to your …
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Property investors will drive home loan growth in 2010
A comparision of home loan search trend and investment property search trend on Google Insights shows that since 2004 the number of home loan related searches increased from year to year and it peaked in late 2008 and early 2009 when the government boosted the first home buyer grants. Since the grant was reduced home …
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Google shows in 2009 more and more Australians are interested in buying investment property
A research done using Google Insights shows that in 2009 the “investment property” search volume trended up for the first time since 2004. Here is the chart since 2004 and the prejection for 2010 (click on the chart to see the full size image). As you can see that since 2004 the search volume of …
Find out why you cannot afford a property!
Research by The Sunday Telegraph has revealed for the first time how skilled immigrants – predominantly from Britain, India and China – are forcing house prices to some of the highest levels in the world when compared with average incomes. Almost 115,000 permanent skilled visas were issued last year, compared with just over 40,000 in …
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Are people crazy in buying properties?
Last Saturday (09/01/2010) I went to inspect a 1920’s brick property in West Ryde, Sydney. I arrived about 10 minutes earlier. To my surprise, there were already 5 couples there. Anyway, lots of work need to be done before you can move in. The agent told me the target price is high 700K which I …