Fast Track Saving for a House Deposit or Fast Track Your Savings?

Property purchasers need to stump up a twenty per cent deposit in order to buy a house, but how much that actually is depends on the value of where and what you want to buy. How long it takes to get there depends on you. How much do you need? Working with averages, to buy a house in Sydney for...

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Upsizers Are The Winners In A Softening Market

For more than two decades, Sydney’s strong market has allowed home owners to capitalise the equity in one property to fund the next - buy, wait, profit, repeat. A bell curve of both property price and property size appeared as owners moved through life. From first home owners and investors congregat...

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Buying Happiness, Not Just A Home

Australian real estate advisors have long said that buyers should look to secure the worst house on the best street. But what actually constitutes the best street? For investors and renovators, a ramshackle fixer-upper on millionaire’s row may still be a good choice. For owner-occupiers, it may not....

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Sell High And Buy Low

Home owners who sell an entry level investment or main residence below $1.2 million can achieve a premium sale price on their current property and trade up for something better while mid-market conditions are flagging. Sydney real estate price growth has slowed to 1.2%1 and investors, agents, ma...

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