Property can be a great investment and can fund an early, wealthy retirement. Smart property investors often have the comfort of knowing that they can quit their day job and live off their passive income that they have created whilst watching their assets grow. Leading agent Madeleine Hicks of LJ Hooker believes that anyone can [...]

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Purchasing property can be a tricky business. However, purchasing property off the plan requires attention to detail and documentation of any representations made to the prospective buyer. “Purchasing off the plan is a great way to buy however a buyer should be very much aware of exactly what they are buying and when it can [...]

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Whether you are buying or selling selecting the right agent with which to do business can determine how smoothly your transaction proceeds. Leading agent Madeleine Hicks of LJ Hooker Everton Park offers her tips on how you can enhance your experience with your agent. “Sadly, many consumers don’t hold real estate agents in high regard. [...]

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Recent falls in property prices are making buying your first home a more attainable goal. That’s the view of leading agent Madeleine Hicks of LJ Hooker Everton Park. “First home buyers should start planning now to build their deposit and position themselves to take full advantage of attractive property prices,” said Madeleine. “Saving or building [...]

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The Perth real estate market has experienced a winter of discontent, with property prices dropping 4.8 per cent in the three months to August, according to RP Data-Rismark. The real estate consultancy said the Perth market was the worst performing of all capital cities last winter, with the homes around the nation averaging a 1.2 [...]

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IT’S no secret overseas investors have identified Australia as a growth region when it comes to buying property. The funds are coming in not only to buy direct assets but also via investing in Australian real estate investment trusts, which are now more focused on the local property market than at any time in the [...]

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Gerard Minack, a senior economist at Morgan Stanley, predicted two years ago that house prices were set to experience a dramatic 30 per cent fall by this year given rising unemployment. ”Australian houses are much more overvalued than US houses; indeed, on some measures, our houses are arguably the most expensive in the world,” Minack [...]

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The level of household debt in Australia has risen over the past three decades from less than 50 per cent of household disposable income to about 150 per cent. Ric Battellino, the Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor, has sought to allay concerns that this indebtedness means we face a risky unsustainable outlook. He said [...]

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The days of only looking for a property through the paper have changed, with the majority of people these days starting their search online and loving the flexibility of being able to set up alerts and notifications so they get told when a property that meets their search criteria becomes available in the marketplace. Purchasers [...]

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EIGHT out of ten Australians are worried about a lack of infrastructure and affordable housing given the growing and ageing population, new research shows. The nationwide polling, carried out by Galaxy, found more than 90 per cent of Australians believed both federal and state governments needed to do more as the country’s population over 65 [...]

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