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  • The Importance of Hiring a Property Manager

    Managing your own investment property could have its advantages and disadvantages. What a landlord like you should keep in mind, however, is that saving money is not always the best option. Sometimes, it could cost you much more in the unforeseen future. So, here’s a list of advantages if you hire a property manager.

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  • Why Your Property Investments Are Doing Badly

    It’s a fact that investing isn’t easy, especially for those who are afraid of taking risks. If you’re an investor, you might be interested in what Michael Yardney, director of Metrolpole Property Strategists, says about the reasons why your investment is doing badly. Yardney highlights the 10 most common mistakes newbie investors make that regularly…

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  • Population growth should bode well for the Australian housing market

    Australian population is growing at a good rate and it augurs really well for real estate. Macroeconomics suggests that population growth is always a key indicator for the property market. For an year upto September 2012, the population spurted by 1.71%, says Michael Yardney for the Property Update. This is much higher than the 30…

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  • Smoking in the House Reduces Home Value

    If you are a smoker, chances are you might end up significantly reducing the value of your property. I was glancing through a survey report by Pfizer Canada which revealed that smoking inside residential premises can shrink the resale price of homes by up to 29%. Pfizer Canada is a pharmaceutical organization whose products encourage…

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  • Five Unforgettable Investing Lessons

    When times are good, we start exercising selective memory, obliterating anything bad that had happened to us. This may not be a good idea. Michael Yardney for the Property Observer says that we will do well to learn a few things from the last property downturn. Let us talk about the five property investing lessons…

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  • Baby boomers push up demand for apartments

    Baby boomers or those born between 1946 and 1964 are looking at their post-retirement lives today. Well! How does it connect to the property market? Truth be told, it can have a huge impact on the real estate scene and older people might just turn out to be the next big force in the property…

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