The debate centred on the “ideal investment property” can go on endlessly. There are many schools of thoughts regarding what makes for a property investment safe haven. Here are 5 components around which there is a consensus in the expert fraternity.
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Decoding Housing Trends Of Future
Pete Wargent, in his inimitable style, produces another thought-provoking piece for the website Property Update. In this article he talks about 4 housing trends which may establish themselves till 2020; few of them easy to soak in while a couple more peculiar than others.
Real Value Growth is Far Different From Nominal One
In an article for the website Property Update, Cameron Kusher writes that in purely ‘nominal’ terms, home values have risen by 9.3% leading up to September 2014. In ‘real’, inflation-adjusted terms, this growth has been 6.8%. Inflation is quite an integral part of the discussion. Let us find out a little about this significant aspect.
Will Value Growth Stagnate From Here?
An article on the website Your Investment Property sheds light on the recent spate of house price growth. The combined capital city values have risen by 1% on last count. The state-by-state trend though suggests something quite different.
Cash Rate To Stay Where It Is
In an article for the website Property Update, Michael Yardney says that the cash rate is going to stay where it is for sometime but an ascension in rates is on the cards next year and this will be followed by a downward cycle, perhaps as soon as 2017.
The experts are divided in their opinion; some of them are convinced that a rate hike is due in the first quarter of 2015 while there are others who think it will stay sessile for another couple of years.
The position of the Australian dollar and unemployment levels do not create much ground for a rate hike just as yet but such conditions which warrant a rate rise will present themselves shortly, feel many experts.
You can read the original article here.
A Shift in Demographic Trends
There are many great ways in which the property market may get affected due to the net interstate migration being witnessed of late. Pete Wargent, in an article for the website Property Update, talks about certain demographic trends.
