Commentary

  • The Deadly Trio Of Fee, CGT, and Stamp Duty

    Going by an article on the website Smart Property Investment, fee and taxes are prime concerns of home buyers. According to the article, a highly esteemed loan comparison website, finder.com.au, evaluated 7,000 questions on home loans (those which were posted in its forums). The website inferred that maximum concerns were related to fee. Fee included…

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  • Capital City Rental Yields Pay The Price Of Value Growth

    If the value of your home shoots up from $500,000 to $550,000 and the rent you ask for it remains the same, what gets eroded in the process is called rental yield. You know the grind. Cameron Kusher for the property Update suggests that gross rental yields in capital cities are expected to fall further…

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  • Sydney Robustly Placed In This New Property Cycle

    Michael Yardney, while writing an article for the Property Update, talks about a few things we have already heard but the perspective is fresh and the article quite engaging nonetheless. According to him, we have just hit the expansionary stage of the property cycle and this will cause a ripple effect. To explain, property prices…

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  • All You Want To Know About The Sydney Property Market

    In an article for the website Property Update, George Raptis offers a few brilliant insights into how the property cycle will move towards its peak and what may be the immediate and distant implications of the apartment boom.

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  • Sydney Posts 4.3% Housing Value Growth

    If I were to use the racing jargon, I would say that Sydney is simply cantering away from its rivals. Recording a 4.3% growth in median house prices for the September quarter, the harbour city has well and truly raised its tether and also raised the bar for its peers. Toby Johnstone in an article…

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  • Sydney Promises “Frenzy” Of Construction Activity

    A spectacular rate of auction clearances (“at auction” clearances) is just one trend that underpins how well the Sydney property market is doing. Add to this the fact that Sydney has topped the chart for “capital city value growth” and is showing promising figures for median household prices too.  This implies that there will be…

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