Tag: sydney Property Market Archives

  • Why Investing In Sydney Property Is (Still) A Great Idea

    Investing in property in Australia, specifically in Sydney can be quite tricky as the real estate market down under has been doing so well for the past decades. People wonder if it’s a good idea to put their money in properties because after so much growth there has to come a bursting bubble, right? But, with the…

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  • Sydney At Risk Of ‘Housing Bubble,’ Says Report

    The Property Observer featured a recent report from UBS Wealth Management, stating that Sydney is at the risk of a “housing bubble.” “Housing bubble risk zones” are cities in which property prices within that zone have increased by 50 per cent on average since 2011. There’s been a risk of the bubble popping since the…

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  • What Will Sydney Home Prices Be In 2020?

    What Will Sydney Home Prices Be In 2020?

    Most Sydney property investors ask this question: Will property prices go up and, if so, by how much? A recent article by Caroline James at realestate.com.au notes that Sydney, compared to other capital cities, has been the star performer over the past five years. But will it continue to do so? I also noticed a particularly…

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  • Sydney Rental Vacancy Tight But Stable

    Phil McCarroll writes a piece for the website Your Investment Property where he talks about the tightened state of Sydney’s rental market. For the month of March, the vacancy rate has remained where it was in February. The Real Estate Institute of New South Wales’ (REINSW) Vacancy Rate Survey put the rate at 1.7% for…

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  • Perth’s Beer Economy: Illegal And Can Hurt WA

    If you think we are done with the ancient transaction method called Barter, just take a look at what’s happening in Perth. Perthites are swapping beer for goods and services. Facebook’s Perth’s Beer Economy page has 56,000 members and counting. They encourage more and more people to barter beer for goods and services.

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  • Spotting Major Threats That Lie Ahead For The Australian Housing Market

    Over the last few years, Australia’s economic growth hasn’t been anything that’s worth talking about. Australian housing market, however, has made many investors very happy. A year to end-Quarter 3 2015 analysis reveals that house prices shot up by 11.4% across the eight chief capital cities of Australia. This ‘nominal’ rise can be seen as a 9.72%…

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