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Key Points for Capital Gain in Long Term * Buy property in the middle suburbs close to public transport corridors, shops and schools. * Buy low-maintenance, compact dwellings because of the shrinking family unit. Most property investors see the residential property investment is a long-term proposition because the property price takes about 7 to 10 …
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Property investors largely rely on capital growth for their returns and so if the perception is that housing prices have peaked and will remain flat, the sentiment shift could trigger the sale of properties, which will drive down prices. Will this happen? According to the latest Investor Pulse survey conducted by Business Day and Colmar Brunton …
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The Investor Pulse survey, the first for 2011, reveals that 43 per cent of respondents expect property prices to increase by as much as 5 per cent in the year ahead, while 30 per cent expect prices to remain flat for the period. This result is in sharp contrast to a year ago when a …
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* Strong interest in property investing * Lots of foreign investors are interested in buying * Sydney, Sunshine coast, and Tasmania were the hot spots Investment property is still popular and seen as good investment move as suggested by the search volume of the top 100 investment property related keywords on Google Australia. It seems …
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Where Perth rentals may go in 2011? There are both optimistic forecast and cautious opinion. According to Australian Property Monitors, $100 billion of resources projects will go ahead in Perth and this will lead to strong growth in the economy and wages and salaries. This will drive house price growth in Perth and put a …
RP Data said rents in capital cities are expected to increase by around 7 per cent during 2011 compared with the 4.2 percent increase in 2010 while NAB’s residential property survey, which tipped moderate falls in house prices in 2011, said rents would increase 2.8 per cent in the same period, and 4.1 per cent …
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Overall the Sydney house prices are likely to decline by 0-4 percent in 2011 while the rents are likely to increase by more than 7 percent. Here are some Sydney house prices and rents predictions for 2011. (1) Vacancy rates to remain tight for most of the market and that means at least 7-9 per …
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Home prices remained stable in October 2010 but subsequent interest rate rises and a greater supply of housing is likely to see falls in the coming year. According to recent RP Data, for the three months to October 2010, capital city housing values were up in Canberra (2.4 per cent seasonally adjusted), Darwin (1.7 per cent), …
Sydney property prices went up by 30% while Darwin house prices increased by 92% and prices in Melbourne rose 61% in the past 5 years. Hobart had median price increases of 31% in the five years to the end of September 2010, RP Data’s property pulse report showed. Across Australia combined property values increased by …
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Property investors can achieve an average 233% return on investment property in Sydney if they buy in 1993 and hold the property to 2010. Sydney’s median house price rose 233 per cent between the June quarter of 1993 and the June quarter of 2010, from $188,050 to $626,444, according to the latest housing price figures …
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There is no property bubble, but property prices are more than 24% overvalued. According to an article from SmartCompnay, Goldman Sachs’ chief economist Tim Toohey has made an extremely valuable contribution to the Australia property bubble debate. In his recently released comprehensive report, A Study On Australian Housing: Uniquely Positioned Or A Bubble?, he took …
Can I get a LVR 95% home loan (you can download a free Excel LVR calculator)? The answer is yes. In August 2010, the Commonwealth Bank, Westpac and the ANZ relaxed their lending criteria. Westpac lifted its maximum LVR to 92 per cent while the ANZ went further, to a maximum LVR of 95 per cent. …
Do you know the best places in WA to invest in property? Here is a list of WA’s top 10 suburbs and towns where there is potential for good capital growth or better-than-average rental yields. Top 10 Western Australia property hotspots Albany: Lifestyle features, government decisions, urban renewal Broome: Lifestyle features, boom town, government decisions …
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Economic forecaster BIS Shrapnel is expecting house prices to rise between 11 and 22 per cent across the major cities over the next three years. Perth is expected to lead the trend, with house price growth of 22 per cent, in front of growth in Sydney and Adelaide of 20 per cent. House prices in …
House prices in Australia are being tipped to stabilise over the next six to 12 months, after posting very strong growth over the last year. The international estate agent Knight Frank has published its Global House Price Index, which ranks Australia as the fourth-fastest growing property market in the world, behind China, Hong Kong and …