Jan 12, 2016
Investor housing finance drop picked up by owner occupiers
In another sign that macro-prudential measures are taking effect, the latest ABS Housing Finance data released today shows a further consecutive drop in investment loans, down 8.5 per cent in Septembe
Jan 7, 2016
What do tenants really want in rental homes in 2016?
It is a question every landlord should ask. What features will have prospective tenants clambering to live in your investment property? We ask a few industry folks to share their insights. Hot fea
Dec 21, 2015
Why your shower curtain turns pink
It’s a cruel kind of irony that your shower is one of the dirtiest places in your house. It might be unpleasant, but if you bought a clear shower curtain and it’s now pink, it’s because
Dec 15, 2015
Property development and Good Economics
With urbanisation rapidly increasing, the city plays an ever more integral role in Australian society. It is therefore important that those in charge of shaping our cities do so in a way that is not o
Dec 7, 2015
Want a fixed rate home loan? You'd better read the small print
New fixed-rate mortgages flooding on to the market could slice hundreds of dollars off monthly payments on a typical loan of between $500,000 and $1 million. More than 10 lenders have responded to
Dec 4, 2015
The world's biggest house price bubble
The London housing market has formed the world's biggest house price bubble, according to analysts at UBS… And it warned that London house prices have become more "decoupled" from household earnings t
Dec 1, 2015
Using price as a marketing tool
Stocktake Sales, End of Financial Year Sales, Door-buster Sales” – in an effort to attract customers and by extension more sales, retailers hold and promote the fact that their wares are available for
Nov 26, 2015
Here's how to create a hot spot
The more property-related material one consumes the more times one will hear the term ‘hotspot’. At any point in time, if we were to take stock of every location around the country that every so-calle