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cheap sea –side properties ?

WA’s cheap seaside properties

Mandurah and Derby also appeared on last year’s list and, like Withers, saw substantial price falls during 2009 of 16.4 per cent and 10.8 per cent respectively.

Great farm bloc at great price – country properties for sale

country properties for sale

Changes to First home owners scheme

The first-home owners grant will be restricted to people buying homes worth up to $750,000 from next year amid fears the market is overheating. Fierce competition that started late last year in the lower end has now expanded into the mid to upper sectors. A surge of Australian investors is also gaining momentum.Buyers of all [...]

Investor picks in Morley , Tuart hill , yokine from $300,000 to $350,000

At 11 km from the Perth city CBD and Bigger sqm than the usual units getting listed at these prices these new releases on the market are good catches being spacious and also a decent small good backyard in some of them. Grab them while they last !!

Investor Picks for WA 2009

Houses / Units  between 200 K and 300 k for investment . MAYLANDS $199,000-$219,000 FANTASTIC FIRST HOME OR INVESTMENT… 1 bedroom home for sale in Maylands You will just love this Immaculate, light and bright ,one bedroom top floor end apartment with balcony, under cover carbay, all furniture included and nestled in a full security [...]

Australia and home loan rate hikes !!

Reserve Bank made two quick-fire rate hikes before retiring
to the sidelines

Best options as the interest rate rise’s

Businesses and home owners will be doing it hard as the Interest rate rises and we will have more rate hikes to come as we go further.

Will there be three rate hikes ?

Rate Hike australia – Home rates rise _ reserve bank

Online Mortgage Calculator – The Fundamentals

Online Mortgage Calculator

Should i cash in the goverment grant?

With the deadline approaching fast for the government grants of $14,000 and $21,000 many people are frantic trying to get in before the money is gone !! Australian goverment grants for Housing & Property The Federal Government boost to the first-home owner grant will halve on October 1 and disappear at the end of the [...]

$60,000 in six weeks from property

John Edwards, chief executive of Residex, recently said that he’d made $60,000 in six weeks – on a flat he’d bought for $300,000. The trick is to go for the upper end of the first time buyer’s market- which is less saturated than the lower end – and find a flat that needs a bit of work.

How to benefit from National rental affordability scheme

Australian Rental scheme for investors give market boost The scheme provides affordable rental houses to Australian  people  by providing affordable rental dwellings around Australia  by giving a tax benefit  to  investors  to charge below average rent prices. The National rental Affordability scheme  launched last year. So how can you as a investor benefit from this [...]

Reverse mortgages vs baby boomers

Its  a thing about baby boomers, they have always wanted a good life. Many of the baby boomers are  still trying to get the most of the good life in the  twilight of their lives and living it up. What better way to do that  ,  but to spend out the money  that you have [...]

Rate cuts on hold

So now that the reserve bank has put the rate cuts on hold  and are predicting  the economy to recover . does that mean that rates would probably start to rise soon ? The Reserve Bank’s decision today basically confirms an end to the rate cuts that carried the cash rate down from 7.25 per [...]

westpac to increase the fixed mortgage rates

Australia’s second largest home loan lender Westpac Banking Corporation will increase its fixed mortgage rates because it says the cost of funding has risen. Westpac Bank has announced it is increasing its fixed mortgage rates Westpac will increase its one-year fixed home loan rate by 10 basis points to 5.59 per cent on Tuesday, August [...]

Who is Tracy Lee Harvey ?

If you have dreams  about Creating a property empire  or then just rising up from  humble beginnings to somewhere up there  with the millionaires, She is the lady you need to look up to or then read about  to inspire yourself. Tracey  lee harvey  Came out from welfare to own more than 10 properties and [...]

Google Maps Versus Real estate agents Australia

There’s a new option to search for real estate in google australia: click on "show search options" and select "real estate" from the drop-down. The search results don’t seem to be powered by come from Google Base. Google australia shows structured information about houses and lets you refine the results by price, number of bedrooms [...]

New zealand property market recovery

Despite New Zealand shivering in the midst of their winter whilst over here in Blighty we bask in the sun – I don’t remember ever writing that before – the country’s property market looks to be thawing – with new research showing that stability is returning to the residential sector The New Zealand government’s fiscal [...]

Commercial property market 2009 / 2010 Outlook

Year 2008: The roaring pace with which the commercial property markets developed momentum in the final months of 2007, has come to a grinding halt, as the full effects of interest rate rises, share market volatility and a dip in business and consumer sentiment takes its toll on a stunned market. The sky is not [...]

Negative gearing at the right time

Expected rises in interest rates are likely to bring a revival in negative gearing of investment properties. Don’t let tax considerations be the deciding factor. For investors, the after-tax benefits of negative gearing are an important consideration in investment decision-making, even though property is not a tax-driven strategy. Negative gearing helps many taxpayers buy growth [...]

Sold ..Under offer .. offer Fallen through

Its all about location ..Location ..Location here in Australia or then anywhere in the world , when it comes to real estate. Just yesterday my friend went and bought a house just off yirrigan drive Dianella Perth. I went and saw the house and it was totally unlivable for my standards.It was the only house [...]

Is it time to lock in your home loan rate?

  Is it time to lock it in ? Westpac just recently  raised its fixed rate home loans rate. Normally when banks do this sort of thing , its is an indicator to the possible rise of the variable rates. This only could  mean one thing the home loan rates are definitely not going downwards [...]

Enhancing home value

Regular maintenance will enhance your home’s value and sales appeal. The family home is the biggest investment that most people will ever make. Maintaining your property is important to ensure that it retains its value. Here are five simple suggestions that will help keep it looking attractive and, ultimately, appealing to prospective buyers. Install water-saving [...]

Searching for investment property ?

Find Investment Property Pty Ltd is an Australian owned private company that has been established to change the way people research and buy property in Australia. Our website helps those buying property to live in or those looking to invest. We provide detailed information about new property developments and their locations. We service a niche [...]

Bank 5 percent genuine savings Vs Govt Grants

Taking advantage of the current market is difficult for first home buyers without substantial savings. Lenders are tightening approval criteria, such as needing evidence of at least 3 to 5 per cent genuine savings, excluding the First Home Owner Grant and other incentives offered by State Governments. In a blow to the housing market, most [...]