Property News - Tracey Chandler - Buyers Agent Sydney

One-bedroom Apartments Coming Into Prominence

June 15, 2015

Michael Yardney talks about a perspective shift in the mindset of Australian home owners in an article for the website Property Update. He says that the Australian dream of home ownership does not seek support in the suburban McMansions anymore. There has been a definite change in the paradigm and the focus today is more…
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Fresh Stocks May Push Vacancy Rates Higher

June 12, 2015

In an article for the website Property Update, Louis Christopher sheds light on the increasing vacancy rate in the residential sector all across Australia. The nation registered a 2.3% vacancy rate in the month of April, which is 0.2% more than the rate posted in the month of February. Barring Hobart, where the vacancy rate…
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Mandalay Fetches $40 Million

June 11, 2015

An article on the website Your Investment Property talks about Mandalay, a Point Piper property, which has been bought for $40 million. Spread over 1900 square metres, it has been purchased by a Chinese immigrant last month. Bill Webb, the former tobacco executive, had listed the property for $40 million- $45 million. The $40 million…
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Demographics and Gentrification Trends

June 10, 2015

When you invest in a property, the idea is to prefigure how enticing it will be to the tenants of the prevailing market and if it will satisfy the requirements of hordes of investors and owner-occupiers if you need to sell it over a short term. While there is no denying the trend, it may not…
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Investors Seek Property Market More Than Shares

June 9, 2015

In the public perception, property investment has always trumped investment in shares. Perhaps it is a psychological thing or maybe it can be attributed to the ease with which we can relate to the real estate market. Whatever the case may be, there has been a definite inclination towards “brick and mortar”, so to speak. However, this…
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New Properties May Not be the Best Investment at Hand

June 8, 2015

Property investors often get confused while choosing between a new property and an established one. There is no dearth of advisers giving reasons in favour of either of them. No matter how hard pressed I am to concede otherwise, I will always root for established properties, and I have good reasons to do so.
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