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Cairns comeback gathers momentum 16 Jun 2013 | 07:00 am
Hong Kong businessman Tony Fung was in Cairns last week to discuss with local officials and state leaders his plans for a casino-hotel complex, reportedly a $3 billion project. Projects of that scale ...
Fixed-rate demand continues to rise 13 Jun 2013 | 07:00 am
The number of borrowers choosing a fixed-rate loan continues to grow, according to national home loan approval figures from Mortgage Choice. Fixed-rate loans were 30.1% of all new loans in May. It’s t...
Over half plan to buy in next 2yrs 12 Jun 2013 | 07:00 am
Over half of Australian home owners plan to buy in the next two years, according to a survey by Mortgage Choice. The 2013 Homeowner Intentions Survey found that 56% intend to buy in the next two years...
Diversify to avoid Greenvale syndrome 11 Jun 2013 | 07:00 am
I met a bloke at the Brisbane Home Buyer and Property Investor Show who once owned 30 units and 16 houses in the Greenvale, which at the time was a boom mining town. Greenvale, 220km north-west of Tow...
Brisbane unit markets surges 11 Jun 2013 | 07:00 am
Brisbane’s inner-city apartment market is having its best time in almost a decade. Two research reports confirm that sales in the March Quarter were the highest since September 2004, boosted by the re...
Free Sydney seminar - and a free report 6 Jun 2013 | 07:00 am
I will be guest speaker on Saturday 15 June at a free Sydney seminar hosted by Quest Properties. Those who attend the Saturday morning seminar at Quest Olympic Park will receive a free Hotspotting loc...
First-home buyers poised to return 5 Jun 2013 | 07:00 am
One of the curious things about the current market is the low level of activity from first-home buyers. While next-time buyers and investors have become busier with markets generally rising, first-tim...
Media again misleads on Australia's ongoing resources revolution 3 Jun 2013 | 07:00 am
Writing about the Australian economy and in particular the resources sector is way too important to be left to newspaper journalists. Somebody competent should be doing it. Not a day goes by without a...
Border cities have the diverse elements that make a hotspot 3 Jun 2013 | 07:00 am
Someone asked me the one element, above all others, I seek in a location worthy of property investment. That one thing is diversity. Mining towns often deliver the highest capital growth and rental yi...
Rents down, but yields still high, in Moranbah 30 May 2012 | 02:00 pm
It’s been nearly three months since mining giant BMA imposed its controversial ban on signing new rental leases in Moranbah, the central Queensland boom town arguably at odds with its own success. The...
