Investors love the idea of capital growth. This said they are not averse to the concept of high rental yield either. In fact, things boil down to how a particular investor is planning his portfolio. Negative and positive gearing both have their merit after all? I will be none the poorer by elaborating on this subject….hasn’t gearing caught public attention for a long while?
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Strategies To Brighten Your Borrowing prospects
Lending institutions are there for a purpose. It is their duty (and their business interest too) to forward us loans. However, it is not their responsibility to tell us what loan arrangement may suit us best. Thus is it important to conduct one’s homework and be as inquisitive as possible when dealing with banks and other lending institutions. Let me try and focus on a few areas which buyers will do well to be informed about.
Have Mortgage Commitments? Beware Of Possible Interest Rate Hike
I can’t say I am unhappy with the prevailing interest rates. I will have to be out of my mind to crib. However, I think I know the market enough not to be overjoyed either. For long, I have been thinking about a cash rate reversal (for me, the hike might come sooner than expected). Michael Yardney, in an ever so engaging article on the Property Update, talks about a possible hike as early as 2014.
Mortgage Rates Lying Safe At Their Historical Average
The ever-sustainable debate continues- Are the ‘bears’ right in being circumspect or the ‘bulls’ correct in being adventurous? Both stick to their principles, the fiscal atmosphere of their times notwithstanding. For instance, both the bulls and bears have remained devout followers of their ideologies despite low mortgage interest rates. The former assume that now is the time to go hook, line and sinker and the latter believe that it is good to play safe as the market may whip up a mortgage crisis anytime.
Record Interest Rate Cuts Fail To Pep Up Borrowings
The further interest rate cut offered by the RBA on the 7th of May has done little to encourage borrowing activity in Australia. Michael Yardney for the Property Update reports that despite luring circumstances, the mortgage market is not as active as it was before the Global Financial Crisis.
