I’ve said it time and again that the residential property investment is a long-term proposition. The property market takes about seven to 10 years to move through a full cycle – from low capital growth/high rental yield, to high growth/low yield and back again. Choose Wisely Despite this, many property investors choose locations and property…
STOP PRESS! “$21,000 Cash In Hand Before 31 January 2012″. Until today there was just 17 days remaining to secure the Qld Government’s $10,000 Building Boost Grant. This morning we heard that the State Government has agreed to extend it until the end of April (anyone would think there was an election announcement about to…
Declining home ownership rates mean a quarter of Australians won’t own a home by the time they retire, research from an industry super fund suggests. Superannuation will become the biggest investment for Australians if the nation’s historically high rates of home ownership erode further, REST Industry Super says. Home ownership rates have been stable at…
THOUSANDS of Queenslanders are languishing on public housing waiting lists while the State Government faces an uphill battle to build hundreds of promised new homes. The summer of disasters has put even more pressure on the system, with hundreds of flood victims joining a queue of almost 30,000 waiting for a roof over their heads….
A surge in demand for rental properties is expected in coming months, with some rents expected to rise by as much as $100 per week on homes available for lease. Thousands of flood-affected homeowners are beginning the search for short-term accommodation as real estate agents are predicted to be inundated with inquiries about rental properties….
Jessica Elder | December 20th, 2010 THE city’s tourism industry will begin 2011 in its best shape for almost three years with 2.8 million tourists expected to visit the Gold Coast during the Christmas-New Year holiday period. The Gold Coast’s “comeback” figures, revealed last week, showed the city had broken the 10 million visitor mark…
