Tracey’s Property News

  • Investors Shoot Up, First Home Buyers Fizzle Out

    Home loan commitments to owner-occupiers have reached its monthly peak, calculated since October 2009.  Both refinance and non-refinance commitments are trending much higher over monthly and year to year indices. A disturbing trend, however, is the marginalisation of the First Home Buyers (FHBs).

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  • Moving Homes Need Not Be Painful

    Moving home is not always a pleasurable experience. A prospective buyer’s first responsibility is to sell his home and while doing so prepare his family for the move ahead. Those homes which have kids find the exercise of moving an emotionally enervating one. This said, there is certainly a way to make the whole experience…

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  • Capital City Housing Market Continue to Grow

    In a video-assisted article that covers RP Data’s Mid Month Market Update for April, Tim Lawless confirms that though there is nothing really bullish about the property market at this point in time, the signals are not discouraging either.

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  • How To Identify A Bad Property Manager

    Here are some tell-tale signs of poor property managers… you don’t want this to happen to you if you need someone to manage your investment properties.

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  • Strengthening Your Property Portfolio

    It is one thing to invest in a property and feel like a “Warren Buffet in the making” and quite another thing to have a successful property portfolio. Only 1% of the total investors hold more than 6 properties in Australia. Let’s figure out what proves to be the bane of the remaining 99%.

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  • Priorities of Any Landlord

    Landlords dream of high rental yield and a positive cash flow for their properties. While there is nothing wrong with having a landlord’s appetite, it is important not to err along the way and keep focus on the priorities. We have seen ample instances of landlords failing to do the right things. Let me take…

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