Eliza Owen writes an incisive piece for the website Property Update, wherein she asks if infrastructure is the bedrock which supports property values and raises them. Sydney is all set to be flooded with railway tracks spread across its length and breath. Come 2019, light rail will run through Chatswood and Eastern Suburbs.
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Is Population Growth a Good Real Estate Indicator?
For the website Your Investment Property, Nila Sweeney weaves an article around the expert opinion of Jeremy Sheppard, creator of DSRdata.com.au. Sheppard believes that population growth is a property market indicator that misfires more often than not and this is because the indicator is often misinterpreted.
Possible Traps of Refinancing
In an article for the website Property Update, Andrew Mirams talks about the traps associated with refinancing. To define, refinancing is when you pay out the running mortgage with a new loan. There can be a variety of benefits of refinancing, including but not limited to, equity build-up and savings on mortgage payment. This, however, does not ward off the pitfalls, which Mirams discusses at length in his piece.
Should we Specialise or Diversify in the Property Market?
Diversification is a sound investment principle and there are many schools of reasoning which support the idea. Hundreds of case studies accumulated from the past will tell us how diversification in the property market helped rout out fears of decline in capital growth or fall in rental yield. But we do take time to sit back and notice the other extreme.
What Investors Need to Know About Depreciation Claims
In an article for the website Streetnews, Bradley Beer talks about the importance that depreciation claims wield and how the investors may be affected by inefficient claims. While planning investments, investors wish to make an informed decision and depreciation claims become an integral part of such decisions. A fundamental knowledge, to say but the least, is desirable and this includes dimensions like depreciation legislations as well as how and when claims can be made.
Houses or Units – The Debate Continues
In an article for Property Update, George Raptis puts forth his opinion on which would win in a toss-up between houses and units about which one is the best property to invest in. The traditional line of thinking suggests that the “value lies in the land and not the building”. This implies that houses should be favoured over apartment units.