Rules Are Made To Be Broken
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North facing, coastal breeze, top floor premium, ground floor premium … all of these factors and more come into play when identifying the right property.
Are You a Black Sheep?
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Research is a loose word that is quite interchangeable. When a graduate takes the step toward a career in their chosen industry, they must now navigate a minefield of ‘analysis’ and ‘research’ positions that are not at all what the title would imply.
Foreign Investors: What are the Numbers?
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The Economist published an article last week on the inability of economic professionals predicting economic crises with any significant degree of certainty. This is an interesting statement that prompts questions about divergences within other professions.
Work Your Initial Investment!
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Leverage is one of the strongest cases in favour of direct property investment but the actual underlying power of leverage is still often overlooked. Reflecting on my own property investment journey recently made me realise how powerful my initial investment actually was.
Inner Brisbane: Apartment Supply
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According to most recent figures from the ABS, the Brisbane City local government area should experience population growth of approximately 21,493 in 2014 at the current growth rate.
The Gender Agenda
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With Blue Wealth participating in Movember 2014, Australian male life expectancy reaching 80, and the Sydney Morning Herald reporting on gender disparity in net wealth all occurring within the first 10 days of November, it seems too appropriate for us to ignore in our discussion today.
State of Play: Queensland
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Brisbane is Australia’s third largest city, yet as far as international recognition goes Brissy falls well behind rivals Sydney and Melbourne. That may all change after the pivotal G20 summit of 2014 and Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, but in the meantime Brisbane’s relative obscurity remains.
Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
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‘The fact is always obvious much too late…’
Knowing the Cycle: Supply and Demand
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Recent articles in this newsletter have focused on the mechanics of the property market and the importance of ‘knowing the cycle’. A recurring theme in the discussion is the message that property is an asset that must be held long term, through fluctuations in interest and vacancy rates and structural economic shifts.
6 O’clock on the Life Clock
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Low interest rates are all the jazz and we have recently gone into how this record-breaking phenomenon affects the property cycle. Lower interest rates are very effective at prompting people to buy property.
