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Employment Analysis Uncovers New Property Trends
-Supply, demand, and sentiment: these are the three pistons which drive the engine of every property market. A large of proportion of the material which property investors research relates to the Demand side of the equation. But, in this current era, the Supply side of the equation has fast become just as important; in some cases, more important!
Brisbane Property Market Answers Found In Cash Registers
-The property market fundamentals of Australia’s biggest city council are as bent as a banana. While rates of population growth continue to ease, the high volumes of new housing supply are absurd, and…
How Long Should I Hold My Investment Property For?
-Let’s imagine that you own an investment property already and the market which it’s in isn’t doing much: is it a good idea to sell the property? This is a great question which many property investors ponder from time to time. The same question was asked by a viewer of the real estate program ‘Your Money Your Call – Property’ on Sky News channel 602. Here’s how Propertyology Managing Director, Simon Pressley, answered that question.
Supply Trumps Demand
-Supply, demand, and sentiment: these are the three pistons which drive the engine of every property market. A large of proportion of the material which property investors research relates to the Demand side of the equation. But, in this current era, the Supply side of the equation has fast become just as important; in some cases, more important!
Property Market History Resembles A Patchwork Quilt
-In 2013, the property market of Australia’s biggest city, Sydney, woke up from a slumber which extended over several years and (finally) produced strong price growth during the last 3.5 years. But that’s a stark contrast to the rest of Australia. While there have been a year or two here and there where reasonable growth has occurred, this has generally been tempered by years of poor performance either side of the growth years. For example, in 2011-12 every single capital city experienced negative growth while some regional locations had strong growth. Over the last couple of years, many of those same regional locations have seen markets retreat while some capital cities have seen growth. Capital cities such as Perth and Darwin continue a market decline while the likes of Brisbane and Adelaide have seen modest growth. It really has been a mixed bag!
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It’s a New Property, It Must Be a Good Investment. WRONG!
-If you are looking to make an astute investment decision, then I believe you can do a lot better with your hard earned money than buying a new or off the plan property as an investment.
Two Sides Of Every Balance Sheet
-STOP! Before the excitement of the property purchase starts, spend some time with one of our own skilled professionals to help you lay a solid financial foundation which you can build upon.
Rentvest or Buy
-In an era of soaring property prices the rentvest concept is continuing to gain traction. Rentvesting is when an aspirational home owner purchases a property, within their budget, to lease out and rents a…
Melbourne: Job Losses & Over-Supply Likely To Push Property Prices Lower
-The city of Melbourne celebrated its 180th birthday in 2015 with its third consecutive good growth year and 2016 looks like being another solid year for Melbourne’s property market. While Propertyology has been on public record stating that Melbourne has the potential to be amongst Australia’s best property market performers in 2016, it is not a market which we recommend that our clients invest in.
Focusing on the Right Data
-Lies, lies, and damn statistics. The property world is littered with statistics, most are interesting however some are a lot more useful than others. Most of the property-specific data is largely useless when it comes to deciding on a location to invest in.
Manufacturing Industry Is Melbourne’s Iron Ore
-Greater-Melbourne has a strong, blue-collar, manufacturing sector which employs 197,705 people; this is 21.9% of Australia’s entire manufacturing sector. A further 84,600 Melbourne jobs are in Transport and Warehousing, and one would argue that these are heavily reliant on manufacturing.
Manufacturing is to Melbourne what coal is to Brisbane and iron ore is to Perth.
After decades of government-funded life support, in May 2013 Ford was the first to announce its factory closure from October 2016. Within less than twelve months, Holden and Toyota had also announced closures of their factories in 2017.
Over-Supply Well Beyond Melbourne’s CBD
-For the ten (10) year period to the end of 2011, there were 35,226 new dwellings approved in Greater-Melbourne each year. The average annual building approvals over the last four (4) years is 12,000 dwellings higher, even though Melbourne’s population growth has been much the same.
Australia’s Property Stock
-According to official ATO records, 30% of all Australian residential dwellings receive rental income. The other 70% of dwellings are occupied by the owner (whether mortgaged or debt free).
For as far back as history books can take us, Australian governments have not had the capacity to fund properties that make up the rental pool for what has become the fastest growing population in the developed world. Governments are flat out trying fund essential infrastructure such as roads, hospitals, ports, and public transport.
One Month Is A Long Time In The Property World
-Dear Investors, A lot has happened in the property world during the four (4) weeks since our last newsletter. At a federal government level, both sides of parliament have eluded to some changes with negative gearing (NG). We are conscious that many Australians would like to know Propertyology’s opinion on…
Australia’s Job Market
-Yesterday’s ABS employment figures suggested an easing of jobs however, it’s indicative of what generally happens in Dec / Jan. All things considered, national jobs growth has consistently been solid for some time now. Positive employment trends, historically low interest rates, readily available credit, the highest rates of population…
