NAB Residential Property Index turns slightly positive
The NAB Quarterly Australian Residential Property Survey in the December quarter has turned slightly positive as the pace of national house price decline slows and rental growth accelerates. We summarise key findings and provide full report.
Property Versus Shares: No Contest
You might think from the title of this article that I’m going to take advantage of the recent share market volatility to kick a good investment when it’s down. As much as it’s tempting, I’m not going to make you read through another set of graphs arguing the comparison between property and shares. In reality, [...]
Thousands of Australians Missing Out on ‘Second Home Owners Grant’
Thousands of potential property owners are missing out on a Government ‘Second Home Owners Grant’ worth up to 15 times the First Home Owners Grant because the media have ignored it, and the Government has failed to promote it. Property expert and author Ruby Janssen estimates an incentive she has dubbed the ‘Second Home Owners [...]
Newspaper Gets It Wrong on NRAS
The other day I read an article in The Age which I found quite interesting. The premise of the article was that the banks have conspiratorially created a ‘blacklist’ of buildings and that as a rule banks across the board refuse to finance all NRAS properties, which is entirely incorrect. By its own admission its [...]
"Be Greedy When Others Are Fearful"
Warren Buffet once said “Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful,” and now is exactly the right time to be listening to the advice of the world’s third wealthiest man. Perhaps we should be thanking the US government and S&P for the treasury bond rating downgrade, because they’ve contributed to [...]
How Positive Cashflow NRAS Properties Increase Discretionary Income
Each time a client asks us to assist them with finance we prepare an affordability calculation as part of our loan proposals. Interestingly, when people are buying NRAS properties, more often than not our calculations show people have more discretionary income after they buy the property than before. We show you here two typical examples of these calculations.
Rent Hike to Drive Demand for NRAS Property
Rental price increases of up to 7% are anticipated for Australia’s residential property market and are likely to increase demand for National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) properties from both tenants and investors.
NRAS Information Webinar – Part 6
NRAS Information Webinar: Final Episode! Find out about NRAS finance options, purchasing through self managed super funds and exiting the NRAS scheme.
NRAS Information Webinar – Part 5
Onyx NRAS Information Webinar Part 5/6: Learn how to research and reserve your NRAS property online at nrasproperty.onyx.net.au
NRAS Information Webinar – Part 4
NRAS Information Webinar Part 4 – What is NRAS Affordable Housing? How can you buy an NRAS property? How do you manage an NRAS property?
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