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Residential Michael Ferrier Agents may not give you as much advice about preparing those parts of the house that buyers don’t see when they visit your property.
Residential Tim McKibbin The budget was an opportunity for the NSW Government to reinvigorate the property market with a reduction in stamp duty rates and the reinstatement of first-home buyer incentives on existing properties.
Design Rob Stent The recent baby boom shows that new families are the next wave of central city apartment dwellers.
Commercial Chris Lang There is nothing overly complicated about commercial property — you simply need to treat it like any other business deal, and do a little homework first.
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Choosing the right agent is worth the initial investigation and like anything the cheapest is not always the best.
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Atria Apartments in Hawthorn offers buyers an opportunity to invest in one of Melbourne’s finest suburbs.
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Donnington Hall is an impressive property that boasts a tennis court, fishing lake, Edwardian stables and open field, housekeeper accommodation and 21 acres of woodland.
Title Tattle
Still no word on the price the fine wine industry specialist Henry Dawson-Damer has paid on Vaucluse's Kutti Beach in his purchase from the Kelly family.
Trends
Still room for growth in blue chip suburbs so long as you make good decisions: Mark Armstrong Mark Armstrong Much has been spoken about the global property market and that our market will ultimately follow a similar fate and I am always at pains to point out not all property is created equal.
In profile
Alastair Boucaut has been involved in leasing and consulting services for an Adelaide building that has Australia’s largest solar façade.
Residential
To reduce your chances of buying a mediocre investment that might be problematic for you later down the track, it pays to be educated about the potential risks/disadvantages involved.
Landlords
Seven rental property deductions property investors are allowed to claim to reduce their tax bill Larry Schlesinger With around two-thirds of property investors negatively gearing their rental properties, knowing what deductions you can claim is vital.
Trends
To succeed, you have to go deeper, look behind that shallow analysis of economists and property research firms, and understand what’s happening at a more micro level.
News
Larry Schlesinger The big banks are on average more than twice as quick to pass on a RBA rate increase than a rate decrease.
Larry Schlesinger ME Bank now offers a one-year fixed-rate home loan of 5.09% and 5.49% five-year fixed rate for those customers who take out a package offering.
Larry Schlesinger Moustafa Dandachli submitted loan applications on behalf of 10 people with amounts ranging from $196,000 to $640,000.
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Jonathan Chancellor Shane Warne's $15 million four bedroom Victorian Italianate mansion, Kilkerran sits on a 2,202 square metre estate.
Jonathan Chancellor There is no confirmation of the price of the Georgian-style mansion on Towers Road, Toorak but it is has been sold to Nigel Austin and his pregnant partner, Melanie.
Larry Schlesinger The complex was sold by CBRE on behalf of KordaMentha, acting as the receivers for property developer Luke Saraceni and fellow developer Hossean Pourzand’s Westgem Investments Pty Ltd.
Larry Schlesinger It follows a franchise agreement between InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) which own the Holiday Inn brand and Oscars Hotels, which acquired the 146-room hotel in April 2011.
Jonathan Chancellor The Prince bought the warehouse complex in Milton Keynes from an Anglo-Indian property fund for £38,385,500.
Larry Schlesinger The health spa premises offered a strong tenancy covenant, long term lease with options, inbuilt rental growth and depreciation benefits.
Jonathan Chancellor The property at 2-16 Salisbury Street has been listed by Angus Grier at GJS Property.
Jonathan Chancellor The must know details when seeking the NSW Government first home buyer grants.
Larry Schlesinger The global flood of liquidity, a heightened appetite for yield and the recent sharp decline in the Australian dollar are expected to continue to support investor interest in Australian commercial property.
Larry Schlesinger Leasing agent Harry Curtis says food retailers are taking a rising amount of space throughout Melbourne’s retail strips and shopping precincts.
Larry Schlesinger Melbourne has the highest vacancy rate - 2.7% - of all the major capital cities, but was unchanged over May with 11,806 residential vacancies.
Jonathan Chancellor The 2013 budget papers included a graph that showed the share of first home buyers securing new homes had recently hit about 48% of all NSW first home buyers. It is now running at just over 40%.
Nicola Trotman House Rules trumps The Block Sky High ratings for the first time in the five city metro ratings.
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Steve and Michelle's House Rules Collaroy Plateau mortgage - the series biggest prize payoff possibility Jonathan Chancellor Steve and Michelle paid $650,000 for their termite infested home in the final renovation. It was not unexpectedly the priciest of the six homes featured in the series being in Sydney.
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Terry Ryder Now, all signs point south for this market. A year ago vacancies were near zero but today they’re approaching 5%. Price growth has stopped and, according to Australian Property Monitors’ price graph, has started to dip below the red line.
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