Property Market News
Why did you buy vacant land in Florida?
During our September 2010 visit to Florida, we bought two blocks of vacant land. And, the question you may ask – and I ask myself – is “Why?” Good question. I certainly wouldn’t recommend doing it. It goes against one of my rules of investment; don’t buy an asset that doesn’t throw off income. So, […]
DHA Rent Review: A Goldilocks Deal.
This is a continuation of my previous article, “DHA Rent Review – Not Even Close.” The annual Defense Housing Authority (DHA) rent review process is finally over. And, here are the results. The property in Adelaide came in at $385 per week; a full $20 more than the original DHA valuation. The property in Brisbane […]
Why are Top End Home Prices so … Top End?
The title shouts, $1M Medians in the Top End! (my exclamation point.) The title got my attention. “Are you telling me we could see the median house price rise to $1 million?” I asked myself. The article is on page 102 of the March 2011 The Australian Property Investor (API) magazine. The subject is the rising house prices […]
Are you a Boomer or a Gloomer?
Boomers and Gloomers! They seem to be everywhere in the property investment world these days. By the way, my question is not totally fair. After all, you may be neither a Boomer or a Gloomer. But, let me explain what I mean by Boomer and Gloomer … Boomers Boomers proclaim the market is great. Great […]
Are the Good Times Over?
Bernard Salt makes a “confronting proposition” in this month’s Australian Property Investor (API) magazine article titled How and why Australia will change (pg 65). Here’s what it is … the confronting proposition, “The good times are over; what lies ahead is a decade of challenge and change?“ I found this proposition interesting. It got my […]