Tracey’s Property News

  • Sydney Registers Steady Vacancy Rate

    For two months now, the vacancy rate in Sydney has been less than 2%. In April, the availability rate was 1.9%. It is notable that the availability rate in Inner Sydney came down from 1.9% to 1.7% in April. While Middle Sydney affirmed the trend, coming down from 2.3% to 2.1%, Outer Sydney bucked the…

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  • Is the Sydney Growth Rate Going to Decline?

    An article on The Adviser talks about the anticipated decline in fortunes of the Sydney market. Overcrowding and curtailed investor attention can result in a dip in the market growth to levels equivalent to 1/5th of the present growth level. To put it in figures, house price growth, which is running close to 17%, may…

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  • Apartment Units Finding Favour From Investors

    In an article for the website Your Investment Property, Phil McCarroll asserts that the growing hiatus between the median prices for detached dwellings and apartments could see the latter becoming a more attractive option for investors. It is notable that the differential in some of the top suburbs in Australia is getting really high.

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  • 3 Property Investments Not Meant for Low-Income Groups

    Interest rates have come down significantly and those investors who have been in the game for a long time will vouch for how things had been a decade ago. In fact, fixed-rate loans they booked a decade or so ago still cost them a relative fortune in mortgage repayments when they compare them to certain…

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  • 5 Reasons Why investors Love Real Estate

    With age comes maturity and the need to engage in pursuits that clear the road to the future. Smart players diversify their portfolio so that they can 1) reap the benefits of a well-spread investment plan and 2) withstand market fluctuations that erode a particular investment niche (shares or bonds or properties for example). There…

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  • Pearls of Wisdom for Real Estate Investors

    Ken Raiss writes an educative piece for the website Property Update where he talks about nine essential points to remember when one ventures into real estate.

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