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  • January Figures Displayed By the Property Market May be Deceptive

    In an article for the website realestate.com.au, Paul Thornhill talks about a great start to the property market in 2014 but also asks us to be wary of the figures, for they may flatter to deceive. Thornhill gives a few reasons why the summer figures are too good to be true.

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  • Modernist Designs Get Their Due

    Modernist symbols like glass and steel can be procured cheaply by manufacturers and the fact that they lend to the needs of uncluttered spaces and purposeful designing makes modernism a much liked concept today. In an article for the website realestate.com.au, Holly Jones talks about how we have come to prefer clean and purposeful furniture…

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  • Pool Fights with Extra Bedroom for Top Honours

    I remember commenting on a Michael Yardney article which talked about the distinct tastes of Sydneysiders and Melburnians when it comes to choosing home features for themselves. Real estate constructors have been served well with the knowledge that “public transport access” and “shops in the vicinity” mattered more to Melburnians whereas ‘traffic’ mattered a lot…

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  • What It Takes To Manicure A Lawn Perfectly

    In an article for the website Smart Property Investment, the troika of Paul Eslick, Justin Eslick and Geoff Doidge (Renovation kings) talk about how a well-laid lawn increases the sale value of a home and makes it easy for appraisers to accord it a higher price tag. Further in the article, they talk about the…

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  • Agents Conspire With Sellers To Inflate Prices

    No game is short of its share of villains and the great game called the property market also has its fair share of real estate agents who ply their trade dubiously. In an article for the website Smart Property Investment, Stefanie Garber talks about how they conspire along with the sellers to inflate prices of…

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  • LMI Insures Lenders, Not Borrowers

    Lender’s Mortgage Insurance (LMI) is there to cushion the lenders and not the borrowers, says Stefanie Garber in an article for the website Smart Property Investment. It is well known that borrowers availing more than 80% succour (of property value) from banks need to get an LMI cover. This cover, however, aims to indemnify the…

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