It's so easy to get nervous when you pick the paper up or watch television and the fear mongering is on. We see things like“ prices are about to drop by 40%”, “the market is about to crash”. It's no wonder people get disenchanted with...
Quite often when we talk about Strata rules, we think only of the owner, but what about the tenant? Who has liability? I will discuss that with Grant Mifsud – a strata professional. Transcripts: Kevin: Quite often when we talk about Strata rules, we think only of...
Most of us are aware that tax depreciation helps investment property owners claim more at tax time. However, if you haven't ordered a schedule before, you might be wondering what information you'll need to provide to request a schedule. Brad Beer helps with that today. Transcript: Kevin: ...
A report released recently that estimates Chinese investment in Australian and New Zealand residential and commercial real estate has revealed that Chinese purchased property worth $17.4 billion in Australia in 2017. And in New Zealand, it was $1 billion. Carrie Law from Juwai looks at...
Speaking of The Block – well The Block New Zealand is pioneering bidding with the use of an App allowing bidders to be remote. Joel Smith from Gavl explains how it will work on a show that is pre-recorded and not live. Transcript: Kevin: Well, viewers...
Is now a good time to buy a property? Ask a buyer’s agent and you can bet the answer will always be the same but Frank Valentic who is a buyer’s agent – you might have seen him on The Block – has a good...
Data released by SQM Research has revealed that the national residential vacancy rate dipped to 2.1% in August, and Sydney's vacancy rate remained at its highest level in 13 years. Louis Christopher explains what that means for investor returns. Transcripts: Kevin: We are joined in the...
Considerable focus has been directed to the impact on property prices of too many foreign buyers. This concern went into overdrive when it was announced that New Zealand would follow in Australia’s example and put heavy restrictions on foreign buyers. Just how serious are they...
Recent out of cycle increases by some of the banks has caused a bit of a panic amongst some property buyers, and there's a prediction now that values in Sydney and Melbourne in particular, are going to drop by as much as 6% and that...