Posts tagged "investing in property"

Are you waiting for a buyer to come along with a big fat cheque?

It’s the delicate balance between supply and demand that drives up and determines property value in the Australian market.

Women are likely to become wealthier over the next five years from owning more Australian property — but don’t expect this to help close the gender pay gap.

Should I buy now or wait for prices to drop further? And which properties are likely to suffer most in a buyers’ market?

Market bubbles, and their subsequent busts, reflect over-reaction. They have nothing to do with balance sheets and everything to do with human behaviour.

You’ve heard the story about the goose that laid the golden eggs, haven’t you?

I believe it was an Aesop fable.

Well, imagine that…

There are plenty of mistakes that novice property investors make. However, there are three property investing mistakes that are more tricky to overcome.

With a federal election expected to be called within the next 12 months, and Labor proposing some controversial reforms to negative geari…

The recently released AFR Rich 200 list gives us some insight into what’s happening to the fortunes of Australia’s richest people, and it seems that life is good for them.

We’re clearly in the next stage of the property cycle, one of moderate growth in some regions and virtually no growth in others. Australia’s property markets are very fragmented, driven by local factors including jobs growth, population growth, consumer confidence and supply and demand. 

The first lesson of property investment is to become financially fluent, says Michael Yardney.

As our cities grow, proximity to public transport is going to become more and more important in determining property price growth.