by Wendy Chamberlain | Jul 26, 2018 | Suburb Profile
Buying a property in Fairfield can be a daunting and difficult process. For many of us, it is something we only do a few times in our lives. A buyers advocate (also known as a buyers agent or property finder) can be an enormous help to make it easy to buy a home or...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jul 24, 2018 | Buying a Home
In real estate investing, a piece of property can either be positively geared or negatively geared. It is, therefore, best to understand what this means before making your investment strategy. Positive gearing means the income one gains from his or her investment is...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jul 20, 2018 | Suburb Profile
Buying a property in Heidelberg can be a daunting and difficult process. For many of us, it is something we only do a few times in our lives. A buyers advocate (also known as a buyers agent or property finder) can be an enormous help to make it easy to buy a home or...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jul 17, 2018 | Auctions
Melbourne’s auction market was steady over the weekend achieving a clearance rate 56 percent, similar from the previous week. The number of scheduled auctions was down to 484 from 526. The number of reported auctions was also down at 377 while the number of...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jul 17, 2018 | Buying a Home
Many people are aware of their home equity but do not understand very well how it is calculated and its other uses. Basically, equity is the difference between a property’s current market value and the outstanding balance of any debt held against it. It is an asset...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jul 10, 2018 | Buying a Home
Investing in real estate is one effective way of building wealth and establishing a property portfolio moving into the future. There are two basic types – active and passive. Regardless of the type of property investing you are doing, each method requires time,...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jul 8, 2018 | Auctions
Melbourne’s auction clearance rate slipped further on Saturday to a low of 56 percent from the previous week’s 60 percent. The number of scheduled auctions followed the same trend at 526. The number of reported auctions was also down at 392 from last...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jul 5, 2018 | Buying a Home
Buying a house in Melbourne is still a huge challenge for many young people. A new report shows that young Melburnians are more likely to take five years to save for a deposit to buy a home in the cheapest suburbs. The report released by the Domain Group looked into...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jul 5, 2018 | Suburb Profile
Buying a property in Watsonia can be a daunting and difficult process. For many of us, it is something we only do a few times in our lives. A buyers advocate (also known as a buyers agent or property finder) can be an enormous help to make it easy to buy a home or...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Jul 3, 2018 | Auctions
The new Federal legislation on the payment of GST in property developments took effect as at July 1st 2018. The legislation is aimed at preventing businesses in the property development area failing to remit the GST to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) after a sale...
