Happy New Year! We hope that you and your family enjoyed a very relaxing holiday break and managed to get into the great outdoors to enjoy this lovely summer weather. Are you ready for another fantastic year in our property markets? 2015 was a fast and furious year that favoured property owners and sellers in [...]
We've just been through the busiest time of year in the property game. If you're interested in purchasing property, then spring is when you're usually flat out researching the market, viewing properties and attending auctions. But now that summer is here and the busy period is slowing, it's a good time to review your financial [...]
Christmas is just a few weeks away and we're all looking forward to a summer break after a very fast-paced year in our property markets. Our last newsletter for 2015 focuses on your goals, financial health and getting ready for another busy year in 2016. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) met for their final [...]
Summer has arrived and at its final meeting for 2015 today, the Reserve Bank of Australia has again elected to keep the official cash rate on hold at 2.0%. With its next meeting not scheduled until the first week of February next year, we can look forward to the cash rate remaining at this level [...]
We hope you are enjoying the beautiful spring weather and backed the winner on the Melbourne Cup last week! It's hard to get down to business with so many festivities going on – but spring is traditionally the busiest time of year in property markets around the country and this year is no exception! Many [...]
As Melbourne takes the day off to celebrate the Spring Racing Carnival and Melbourne Cup Day, the rest of the country has been eagerly waiting to hear if the Reserve Bank of Australia would cut the official cash rate at its November meeting today. Whilst many market analysts were anticipating a rate cut today, the [...]
We hope you are out and about looking at properties in the fantastic spring weather! Yes, the busy spring property season is well underway – and there's plenty of great housing stock available. If you're in the market to buy right now, the good news is that APRA's recent tightening of controls on investment lending [...]
During the busiest time of year for property markets around the country, the Reserve Bank of Australia has decided to keep the official cash rate on hold at 2.0% during its October meeting today. Analysts were expecting the RBA to keep rates on hold at today's meeting. Factors influencing the RBA's decision to keep rates [...]
Spring is finally here. But if you're anything like us, you can't wait for summer to arrive so that you can hit the beaches with family and friends for some swimming, surfing, boating and even sailing! To give you a taste of what's in store, we'll refresh your memory about some of Australia's favourite beaches [...]
Over the past few months, there has been a lot of chatter in the media about APRA tightening controls on lending for investment property purchases. And as property investment is one of Australia's most popular ways to build wealth for the future, it has understandably raised a lot of questions from our clients about how [...]
