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Yes, yes they are. Or at least, it seems that way. Now I’m tempted to just leave it there for my own amusement, but anyone that knows me will know I won’t be able to help myself in sharing the data I’ve crunched. Let me give you some background; On the 9th of May 2017 the then Federal Treasurer and now Prime Minister, Scomo, announced that anyone purchasing established residential investment properties (i.e. not brand new) after that date would no...

By Propertyology Head of Research and REIA Hall of Famer, Simon Pressley Contrary to the current situation in the inner-city rental markets of Sydney and Melbourne, Australia currently has the tightest housing supply conditions in more than a decade. Market analysts and national buyer’s agency firm Propertyology report that, as the nation progressively opens up and household incomes improve with it, large parts of Australia will have intense pressure on rents in the near term. A formal assessment of national...

By Good Deeds Property Buyers Should I sell my investment property now the boom is over? APRA & The Royal Commission into Banking and now COVID have impacted the lending practices of the major banks in Australia and many would-be buyers are surprised to find that their access to funds has been severely curtailed. Now that money is harder to come by it’s critical that borrowing capacity is not tied up in poor-performing assets. Has all this got you asking:...