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  • Superannuation Concessional Cap Raised By $10,000

    The salary you sacrifice will reap super dividends for you and more quickly so if you are nearing 60 or already over it, reports Noel Whittaker for “The Observer”. The superannuation concessional cap has been raised from $25,000 a year to $35,000 a year. So what does it mean in practice? You know that your…

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  • What To Do If You Fail A Property Settlement Date

    Rob Balanda for the Property Update advises how buyers should act if a real estate deal fails being closed on its intended date of settlement. In cases when you do not show up on the property settlement date, sellers get one-up on the buyers and often quote a higher price (let us say $100,000 more…

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  • Population Growth Has Triggered Housing Demand

    Tim Lawless for the investment strategy blog “Property Update” reports that housing demand has hit the highest mark in the last 3 years. This has lot to do with annual population growth hovering near 1.75% for the last quarter of 2012. Population growth has piggybacked on overseas migration and natural increase (number of deaths subtracted…

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  • 8 Tips To Boost Your Chances Of Success

    We are all good people but certainly not without our grey areas. When these “grey areas” overpower us we become less productive, one way or the other. Jeff Haden for the magazine Inc. tells us about the 8 must-avoid mistakes for achieving greater productivity.

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  • Chinese Tourists Look Beyond Regional Hotspots in Australia

    A weakening Australian dollar has made it easier for foreigners to avail our tourist spots. Michael Yardney for the Property Update reports that the signals from global tourism had become frail in the light of a buoyant Aussie dollar. However, the tourists are coming back in big numbers, now that the Aussie dollar is coming…

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  • Mid-market segment to benefit most in remainder of 2013

    Sydney’s middling properties, ranging from $500,000 to $1.5 million, could benefit most in the year 2013. Larry Schlesinger for the Property Observer says that they could rise as much as 10% in prices, outperforming the First Home Buyer segment and the Prestige Market. Sydney property market should overall exhibit a growth of close to 5%.…

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