With the spring selling season coming to an end and Christmas just around the corner, many buyers and sellers are getting ready for a well-deserved break. The traditional belief is that spring is the best time to sell and it’s for that reason we see the largest volume of transactions taking place throughout September, October…
Traditionally, the Christmas and New Year period is the time of year where many of us tend to overspend. While this might be well-meaning, as most people are simply buying gifts for family and friends at Christmas or going on holiday, you need to be sure that it doesn’t blow your budget. If your goal…
A commercial property is simply a premises in which business takes place. Many investors may have never considered investing in commercial property, purely because they may not fully understand it. Most people would set foot in a commercial property almost every single day of their life. From their office building to the local supermarket, service…
Those individuals that work for themselves or run a business can, at times, find it a little trickier to get different types of loans. Lenders like to see regular income and ongoing work to give them some degree of comfort that a borrower will be able to repay the loan. A self-employed borrower will have…
Over the past few years, it’s become more common for parents to help their children purchase a property. As property prices have risen sharply, particularly in places like Sydney and Melbourne, entry into the property market is not as easy as it was a generation ago. More and more parents are helping their children get…
In the current market where property prices are trending higher and there’s a shortage of stock, upgraders and downgraders can find it difficult to get into a new property. For many, the age-old question of whether to buy first or sell first is more prominent than ever with the present housing market favouring sellers. Fortunately,…
One of the biggest mistakes new property buyers make is not understanding how much a property is actually worth. This is common with inexperienced buyers who have trouble purchasing a property at auction. The auction process is not always easy to navigate, which is why it’s important to find out how you can quickly and…
Owning your own property is normally very high up on the list of things people want to achieve in their life. However, depending on your financial goals and what stage of life you’re at, what you hope to achieve with property will likely differ quite considerably. For first home buyers, the biggest question is usually…
Commercial real estate is attractive to investors for several reasons, and it’s normally the high yields on offer in comparison to residential property that are particularly appealing. However, commercial property comes with an added advantage in that the tenant generally pays many of the outgoing costs. This can be a significant amount of money and…