Property Development

Some great tips on the important things to look for when investing in off-the-plan apartments.

Despite fears negative gearing is unfairly advantageous to wealthy investors, the Property Council has released figures showing most investors negatively gearing earn less than $80,000.

Mortgage Choice CEO John Flavell has told the Australian Financial Review there’s enough funding in the market to keep housing investors going despite lending cutbacks.

Sometimes it can be ideal for investors to move out of their home but keep the old place as an investment. You might be needing to move into a bigger or smaller residence, or may have to move for work reasons.

What is it that buyers are after when buying property? The features they might be looking for can depend on how much they are paying for the property, the size and location of the property and who it is that is buying the property, that is, whether the purchaser is an owner-occupier, investor or developer.

If you’re lucky enough to buy an investment property with tenants already living in it, you’ll benefit from immediate rental income from the date the property settles, also saving you the hassle and costs of finding appropriate tenants and a property manager.

Australia’s federal MPs are about to investigate the impact of Chinese investment in Australia’s property market.

Subdividing land – it sells itself right? Buy a block at one price, subdivide the land and sell the two lots at a hopefully much higher price than you paid for the original block.

As most of us are aware, record-low interest rates have stimulated somewhat of a property boom in Melbourne and Sydney over the last year, and to a lesser extent Brisbane as well.

The finance and property markets are filled with statistics and measures. It’s obviously the way to read the economic state of things and the way to garner ideas on where things might be heading – crucial in planning economic moves.