Overly Ambitious.
Real estate is an Australian obsession, whether you're renting, buying, selling, investing, speculating, upsizing, downsizing, or staying put, Australians simply cannot get enough of property. Australians spend an average of 2.5 hours a week preoccupied by the property market, according to new research by HSBC. We spend more time looking at property than we do …
Continue reading "Looking for a property? This may be why you can’t seem to find the one."
The property market is gaining momentum on the back of better borrowing conditions and consumer sentiment. Consecutive rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and APRA's relaxation on home loan rules effective immediately, meaning it will now be easier for home buyers to take out a mortgage. The last month of auction results …
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For the seller History suggests that when an interest rate cut occurs property values go up. Borrowers generally find it easier to access finance at lower interest rates, meaning there are more buyers, more competition, as a result property values are pushed up. A research discussion paper released by the RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) …
Year on year you hear people talk about preparing their house to go to market in spring, but what about winter? Do all the buyers and sellers go into hibernation and prepare for the busy spring/summer sale season? Fact is, the serious buyers are always looking to buy, regardless of how cold and dreary it …
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After months of searching online, driving to every open house on a Saturday, Sunday and rushing to that mid-week open after work, you finally come across a property that ticks all the boxes, you want to make an offer, but you don’t want to overpay, so where do you start? Having dealt with hundreds of …
So far I’ve eaten poorly, missed the gym, not gone to bed at a reasonable hour, and already watched too much Netflix and it’s only day 2. I guess some would say my start to 2018 has been a total failure, I might as well chalk this one up as a loss, but don’t worry …
Continue reading “2018! New Year, New Me! or something like that.”