Blog categorized as Property Investment

How To Ensure Your Investment Property Will Earn Good ROI
The residential property investment market in Australia is now worth over $5.5 trillion. However, not all investment properties are created equal, and the property market fluctuates all the time. If you're looking to invest in residential property in Australia, how do you secure the ROI (Return...
10-04-19 05:09 PM - Comment(s)
What You Need To Know About Mortgage Loans In Australia
Given that the average home loan in Australia is $570,249, it's unsurprising that most people need a home loan to finance their property purchases. As such, securing the right property financing arrangement is critical to a successful investment. To help you out, we break down exactly what...
19-12-18 02:00 AM - Comment(s)
How Do You Know If A Location Has Good Property Growth Potential?
If you’re thinking of investing in residential property, Australia represents one of the best markets in the world—as long as you do your research and are as careful as possible when choosing the right area to invest in. Yet, there is much more to pay attention to than simply the physical location i...
14-12-18 01:05 AM - Comment(s)
It’s Not Too Late To Take Control Of Your Finances
Time marches on and those celebrations from the last New Year’s Eve may now be just a dim and distant memory. Unfortunately, the resolutions made during those moments may also have fallen by the wayside as the pressures of everyday life come to the fore. However, some of these resolutions may have b...
28-11-18 09:09 PM - Comment(s)
Choosing The Right Location For Your Investment Property

When investing in property, one of the most important details to look at is the property location. The right location has a host of benefits such as more demand and quicker value growth and capital gains over time. It will also be a key factor in determining resale value and can make the property mo...

31-10-18 05:24 PM - Comment(s)
Crucial Mistakes Property Investors Need To Avoid

Investing in property can be a fantastic way to build wealth over time. Property investors can create a property investment portfolio that continuously generates income, and can also be passed along to their children. This also shows that investing in property can be a great way to have a finan...

24-10-18 07:44 PM - Comment(s)
The New Era Of Interest-Only Loans
Interest-only loans are where you merely pay back the interest of a loan to the lender. So if you borrowed $500,000 and made repayments for five years, your balance would still be $500,000. They are designed predominantly for investors for cash flow and tax deductibility purposes. In March 201...
10-10-18 09:19 PM - Comment(s)
Why Hobart Is A Terrible Place To Invest
Recent reports show that Hobart has had the highest price growth of any capital city in Australia. Sounds like a good investment location right? 

Wrong! The drivers behind this growth are affordability and migration, demonstrating that the price growth is being driven by mainlanders who are look...
10-02-17 11:07 AM - Comment(s)
The Biggest Mistake Investors Make When Looking For Property
When property investors are looking for their next property they often get caught up in ‘the next best hotspot’ or ‘5 best locations for growth’. The problem with this kind of information is the focus is only on growth. This is an important factor but it’s not the only one.

Most investors are sa...
11-10-16 12:19 AM - Comment(s)
Oversupply And What It Means For Investors
This week, 2GB rang me to seek my professional comment on an article that was on the front page of the Australian. Macquarie Bank published a list of Australia’s Top 50 Risky Suburbs and Ben Fordham wanted to clarify for his listeners, what made a ‘risky’ suburb for investment and how that might aff...
02-06-16 08:29 PM - Comment(s)