Today, with Self-managed Super fund becoming the backbone of the $1.8 trillion Australian Super industry, there is no dearth of people borrowing against their SMSF to buy properties. So is it a good sign you may ask? There is not much harm in doing so unless you are going overboard….
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What Makes for a Desirable Property Location?
It is not hard to be besotted with the idea of buying in a fancy suburb. Television shows promote them and the word-of-mouth, intriguingly, is usually in their favour. However, it is significant to remember that prices in such suburbs have long since shot northwards and you won’t be buying any cheaper than at peak levels.
What is Keeping Property Prices High?
In an article for the website Property Update, Michael Yardney talks about 7 things that have kept property prices high in Australia.
Check Rental Yield For Fancy Suburbs
Writing a piece for the website Your Investment Property, John Hilton talks about investment-worthy suburbs and why capital growth is not bound to come with a growth in rental value.
Should I Buy First or Sell First?
Property buyers always seem to face this dilemma (unless of course they are savvy investors who know the grind): whether they should sell their current home before they buy or should they buy first and sell their current place on a later day?
Why Big Sized Properties Won’t Help Investors
What can we put down our fetish towards the really large houses to? It is something we choose to ignore till the time we are fed with glaring statistics. Let me propose a few. Over the last decade, the size of an average Australian home has shot up by 10%. Today, it stands at 214 square metres which is at least three times more than the square acreage of an average British home. What do we have to say to these stats?
