South Australia has many property forecasts predicting a dire market over the next few years, but there is enough in the project pipeline to suggest it isn’t over until the big mining companies sing From a property investment point of view, Adelaide and South Australia as a whole have numerous factors working against them. First [...]
AUSTRALIA’S booming LNG projects have been compared to the Apollo Moon program. In a report about the country’s continued strong dollar, the South China Morning Post said the billions being spent on LNG projects in Australia were much the same in real terms as the amount the United States spent putting a man on the [...]
One reason the simplistic “mining boom is over” rhetoric is causing so much concern is that many people don’t understand what’s driving the resources sector. Essentially all that’s happened is that prices for iron ore and coal have fallen off their peak. In the overall context of the resources revolution, which will extend beyond [...]
Australian mining project investment to peak in 2014
The below article just shows that as investors, we need to understand how investment flows through to the economy and how it effects the property market. It is both Anthony Simon, APS Growth and www.RealEstateInfo.com.au goal to empower you and help you make the best possible investment decisions. By Terry Ryder August 8, 2012 Three [...]
25 Most Expensive Council Areas Nationally For Median Weekly Rents
By Julia Hartman Source: http://discover.realestate.com.au With the financial year having come to a close, Australian Property Investor answers some frequently asked tax questions and offers suggestions on how to reduce your tax bill for next year. This is the – some would say rare – time of the year when accountants become social magnets. It’s [...]
August 1st 2012 Source: http://www.news.com.au A BETTER than expected rise in capital city house prices show home values are holding up well. Australian capital city house prices rose 0.5 per cent in the June quarter, following a 0.1 per cent fall in the March quarter, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said today. Economists had [...]
Queensland Gets Its Mojo Back
By Larry Schlesinger Source: propertyobserver.com.au Wednesday, 08 August 2012 Westpac chief economist Bill Evans has continued to revise expectations of the next RBA cash rate cut but is sticking with his forecast of at least one more reduction in 2012. But he is rapidly running out of monetary policy meetings for this to happen, [...]
Those who own investment properties, or are looking to buy, have been encouraged to act quickly if they wish to maximise their tax, according to Australia’s largest independently‐ owned mortgage broker. Understanding what can and cannot be claimed as expenses over the short and long term can, ultimately, make a big difference to your investment [...]
WHEN Kelly Rae-Hansen wanted to submit an application to rent a property at one of Gladstone’s biggest real estate agents, she couldn’t believe what she was told. In order to submit an application for a rental house, she had to place a deposit matching one week’s rent. “If I had put a $600 deposit [...]
The 25 basis points cut takes the central bank’s official rate to 3. 5 per cent. It follows a dismal week of data from the US, Europe and China which has painted a picture of a sharply declining global economy. It also comes as Australian shares tumbled 2 per cent yesterday, wiping $26 billion [...]
During the last month we have been researching a town we believe will have great growth in house value and also rental returns. One of Australia’s most respected Hotspotting experts,Terry Ryder, in-fact has this location in his National Top 10 Hotspots. Anthony Simon from RealEstateInfo.com and APS Growth Pty Ltd has just returned from location [...]
