All Entries in the "Property News" Category
Changes To Rules For Duplex Management In Qld
Up until now any unit set up meant that changes to the day to day management of the unit complex required a formal body corporate meeting before any changes could be instigated.
Any type of unit complex, from two unit or more meant that a formal meeting had to be held, but Brian Bauer, Fair Trading [...]
Investment Property 2012
It is nearing the end of 2011 and what a year it has been. With the world economies seeming ‘to be at 6;s and 7’s there really is no feeling of security in anything much. But is that just at a superficial level?
When looking around there has still been more movement in the real estate [...]
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Good - An interest rate decrease
The Bad - The favourite didn’t win the Melbourne Cup
The Ugly - The finance markets have still not settled down
1 November 2011 was certainly a day of some varying news. The news of course that is good for property investors is that there was an interest rate decrease AND [...]
Property Optimism
I don’t know about where you live but there seems to be a certain amount of optimism in property at the moment. In the south east Queensland area there appears to have been more properties selling in this last month and there also seems to be a heightened interest in investing again.
Overseas financial negotiations seem [...]
Property Investing? Don’t Be Shy
After many, many months of bouncing backwards and forwards it does seem that confidence is returning to the market place and property investors should be getting prepared to purchase again if they intend to life off their property investments in retirement.
Property investors have most definitely gone through the hard times like many homeowners and business [...]
Architects Join Forces To Go Green
For some time now we have been talking about considering ‘going green’ when you do renovations. With this in mind it is no surprise that there has been an announcement that the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) and the Australian Institute of Architects have signed a memorandum of understanding that will deliver cross-accreditation of [...]
Queensland Government Building Boost Grant Could Help You Invest
You may not realise this, but the Queensland Government has initiated a Building Boost Grant and it is available to investors and home owners until the 31 January 2012.
This could be just what you are looking for if you are falling a bit short on funds to get into a property now.
For more information about [...]
Real Estate Property Sizes Are Changing
Have you recently been out to a new development and noticed how the houses seem to be stacked almost one on top of the other?
New Trend
What has been happening is that when the new developments are planned the property sizes have been made a lot smaller. In many council areas now developers are allowed to [...]
The New Trend In Real Estate Signage
Just when we think we have caught up with one change in real estate marketing we are then faced with another.
The Matrix Barcode (Quick Response code/QR code)
Those who are vigilant as far as internet based logos and the like are concerned, will most likely have noticed a picture such as included here on some real [...]
Forced Savings For Investment Properties And Retirement Income
You might wonder what I mean by this title but many people find it hard not to spend the spare cash that is sitting around. It is true; if there is not a specific purpose for the money (like a bill that has to be paid) then many people will turn a ‘want’ into a [...]
Are Your Investment Property Values Falling?
A recent report put out by Property Analysts SQM Research has certainly brought a mixed reaction from those who hope to get into the home market and are pleased that prices will go down to those who are very tightly geared and do not have much room for movement in property prices without facing some [...]
Property Forum For Real Estate Investors
This year there has been a new forum started in Australia for property investors and by all accounts it has proven to be very popular and well worthwhile joining.
Property forums can be excellent for understanding how other people have solved their problems but it must always be remembered that most of the active members are [...]
Free Ebook For Australian Property Investors
TSL Project Services has released a free ebook “Investing In Australian Property” and it can be downloaded right here: http://www.tslprojectservices.com.au/
Tracey Lunnis is a Credited Quantity Surveyor, Director of TSL Project Services and Property Investor
Tracey Lunnis has written this ebook with the Australian property investor in mind and as well as many pages of valuable information [...]
