Maneuvers of the market forces have produced what may be termed as the best time to invest in property. Experts feel that only the boom times prior to the meltdown was as conducive for investment in real estate. An article on the Real Estate Business suggests that the present environment is aiding investors and brokers alike.
There have been rate cuts throughout 2012 and four of them amounting to 125 basis points each have brought down cash rates to 3 percent. This then naturally becomes a very lucrative time for buying homes. Just add the high rental yield factor and you have a feast out there, suggests the article.
Housing prices are gathering momentum and to top it all, people are also looking to partake from their Self Managed Superannuation funds for property investments. Overall a perfect backdrop for euphoric times ahead! You can read the full article here.
Do you think that the proposed Superannuation reforms will be crucial to property investment? I invite your opinions.
Society is changing and houses have become really pricey. Together, these facts have helped reverse the long-term Australian mindset of living alone. Matt Wade for The Sydney Morning Herald writes that the number of people living alone in Sydney had escalated in a big way between 2006 and 2011 but it has come down remarkably ever since. Except for the age group 55-74, the trend is ever so manifest all across Sydney.
Sydney and Melbourne both threw up very high success rates for the weekend auction clearance. While Sydney’s rate stood at 78.1%, Melbourne held itself in good stead with a figure of 71%. Jonathan Chancellor for the Property Observer writes that the Prestige Market has picked up considerable momentum when compared to the same time last year. Sydney’s auction clearance rate was rallying somewhere near the 60 % mark while Melbourne cut a sorry figure of 57% same time last year.
In his latest article, Cameron Kusher, senior research analyst at RP Data, states that home values of mid-range suburbs across Australia’s capital cities have increased this year.
When you’re excited to purchase a strata-titled property, you always make mistakes out of excitement. Aidan Devine, from Your Investment Property, highlights the five most common mistakes that investors make during their purchase. According to Devine, most investors forget the check the financial books of the company and records of repairs done in the past. It is vital to check the financial status of the company and the records of repairs to ensure that you won’t have any unexpected problems regarding these two in the future.
