‘Real Estate’ Archives
The cream »
Many think that the most desirable apartments in a high-rise are on the top levels. Most apartments are originally priced to reflect this (mis)conception. Supported by our work on buyer preference and analysis of resale prices, we challenge this line of thought and put forward the need to value and price high-rise apartments differently. Too [...]
We don’t have expensive housing in Australia – we »
Let’s face it, we don’t have expensive housing in Australia, we have expensive land. The average cost of residential land overtook the median cost of constructing a dwelling, across all Australian capitals, about five years ago. The difference between the two is now considerable and growing. Volume builders in Queensland [...]
Is the China Boom Rumour or Fact for Aussie Stocks? »
by Kris Sayce on 4 July 2011 “Doubts are mounting about the health of China’s property market, Beijing’s ability to control inflation and the true extent of government debt. Last week, the central government disclosed that local governments owed debts equal to a quarter of gross domestic product. It’s hard to imagine a large [...]
Property Finally Crashes In Australia »
Is New Zealand rowing the same boat? We’ve told you many times house prices are gonna go south. If you hadn’t taken notice by now, you never will. But that’s OK. We can’t help everyone. We’ve warned home-owners and home-buyers for the last two years that the Australian housing market was at the tipping point. We were [...]
Case Studies »
I thought I would start posting some real life case studies here from plans I am creating. Obviously all no information will be provided that could identify a client. I will provide interesting facts which may cause folks to stop and think, things like the calculation of how much tax the client would pay between now and when they retire if [...]
The Day After »
It's the day after the budget and already the doom and gloom merchants are talking about the great property crash due to depreciation being removed from property investment. Obviously this is a great topic to focus on because there is a whole lot of misunderstanding, myths and untruths about the property investment market and it is easy to [...]
Rents Will Rise »
Many people are asking what will happen if the proposed tax reforms are introduced and investment property does not get as many tax benefits as before. My simple, quick and dirty answer has always been. Rents Will Rise. The following information pulled from From the Housing NZ (Auditor General)website will provide you with a bit more of an [...]
I’m Saving For A Home »
Today I was asked a great question on one of the forums I write on. It is a question that was asked via a private message so names have been removed to protect the innocent :) Dear Terry I am 21 and I'm just looking into saving up for my first house deposit. I'm thinking about either managed funds or term deposits. I've been looking [...]
A Hot Weekend And A Hot Market »
The weekend was one of those beautiful Bay of Plenty weekends you get at the start of summer and certainly one that makes me thankful that I live near the beach. As I was driving to Royal Palm Beach yesterday afternoon to drop my beautiful little boy home to his mum after a fantastic weekend I noticed that there are a lot more for sale [...]
Real Estate Investment Does Not Have To Be Difficult »
Recently I read an article by a well known property expert recently who stated that you should not be investing in Real Estate unless it had a 10% Net Yield. (Forget about anything at the Mount then) Another very well known author stated that you should only invest in anything for the yield and if you expect anything else you are not an [...]
