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• First Home Buyers Keener, Houses Win Against Apartments

  October 7, 2013

  I am quite happy with the recent surge in first home buyer (FHB) involvement in the Australian property market. They have laid low for a long time now but in the last three months or so, there has been a 50% increase in their flock. Petra Sprekos for the Real Estate View observes the trend.

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• What’s Happening to Sydney Home Prices?

  October 3, 2013

  Pete Wargent finds RP Data’s Daily Home Value Index ‘entertaining as always” and he believes that the capital cities are showing really promising signs, just the information that RP Data yields. In an article for the Street News, he talks about the Sydney property market in high regard.

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• Sydney auction clearance rates continue to impress

  October 2, 2013

  Sydney’s auction clearance rates continue to impress. The capital city has posted a figure of 86.1% for the third weekend of September. Especially impressive is the figure for the Sydney Inner West- a mammoth 95% clearance rate, reports an article on Your Investment Property. The western suburbs are doing almost as well though the auction…

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• Rise In Population May Outsmart Sydney’s Housing Predictions

  September 23, 2013

  In an article I read on The Advisor, I found that in 20 years to come Sydney may need 100,000 more homes than previously predicted. This vindicates my conviction that 50,000 (stipulated some time ago) was a really conservative figure.

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• Population Growth To Arrest The ‘McMansion’ Syndrome

  September 20, 2013

  Mid-sized, medium to high density dwellings are likely to be ideal investments today. Investing in Mcmansions may not be a sound idea anymore, says George Raptis in an article for the Property Update.

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• Baby Boomers Invading The FHB Market With SMSFs

  September 13, 2013

  The generation closing on retirement (or retired) is making rapid inroads into the First Home Buyer Market. Their self-managed super fund is proving to be of great assistance in this regard. Yeah! I would any day lay a bet on that kind of fund getting the better of paltry resources that first home buyers have…

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