Why Invest in Property?
Investing in property is a great way to boost your retirement savings and secure your financial future. But there are a lot of other great reasons to consider property investment as well, from the financial to the practical, to the simple fact that many people find it fun! In this first article in a new [...]
Benefits of SMSF Borrowing to Buy Property
In our discussions with clients and as reported in recent research (Russell Investments: Initimate with Self-managed superannuation, The Second annual study of self-managed superannuation funds, 2012) the move to self-managed superannuation appears to be driven at least in part by a perceived lack of performance of institution superannuation and an associated desire for greater personal [...]
Dueling Housing Market Data Kings – RP Data vs Residex
We put housing market data kings Tim Lawless from RP Data and John Edwards from Residex head to head in this blog by giving you recent videos they have produced on the state of the market and where its heading in 2013. See if you can pick the common ground and the areas of difference [...]
Major Infrastructure Projects to Put on Your Property Investment Radar
If you put one of Australia’s largest infrastructure projects, a new international airport and a new CBD precinct in the middle of a regional city of 300,000 people what do you think would happen to the property market? While you ponder this, imagine that this city is located on the coast with surf beaches, national [...]
Exclusive Fortitude Valley NRAS Opportunity
Get out your diary – you can’t miss this one. Just at a time when the property market is on the way up comes an investment opportunity that ticks all the boxes… and I mean ticks ALL the boxes. You’re invited to join us at an exclusive first-to-market launch of NRAS Apartments in Brisbane’s lifestyle [...]
5 Reasons Why Now is the Time to Invest in Property
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to cut rates by .25% last week, combined with anticipated further cuts in November, has sent property commentators into a spin of predictions as to whether the property market has bottomed out and is on the rebound. There are indications that the rate cut has improved investor confidence and [...]
Why is Australia Facing an Under Supply of New Housing?
The Housing Industry Association (HIA) yesterday announced that August saw the lowest number of new home sales in 15 years. The HIA, which is Australia’s leading residential building industry body, released data which showed that home sales across Australia declined 5.3% in August. This was made up of a 5.8% decline in the detached housing market [...]
RBA rate cut good news for property investors, sets solid course for the years ahead
The Reserve Bank’s announcement of a rate cut of 25 basis points came as welcome news to property investors yesterday. The RBA’s rate is now sitting at 3.25%, its lowest since October 2009. This should have an immediate impact on home owners and property investors, who will see an average $50 drop in weekly loan [...]
NRAS SlideShare Presentation Now Available
Following the popular welcome our regular NRAS Seminars are receiving, we’ve decided to make the slide presentation available online for interested investors. You can view the full presentation here or at SlideShare. What is NRAS? The Full Story on NRAS Property To learn more about NRAS, sign up for one of our regular NRAS Seminars [...]
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.
