Paul Nugent, the co-owner of Melbourne-based buyer’s agency, Wakelin Property Advisory, sadly passed away on 19 November 2018. I first met Paul back in 2004. Over the past 14+ years, Paul and I have delivered many presentations together, shared a large number of mutual clients and have had numerous conversations and debates about property investment. …
Nice family homes in well-established, blue-chip suburbs close to the CBD are becoming increasingly difficult to acquire from an affordability perspective. And if you do successfully purchase an expensive home, it puts pressure on your capacity to fund an investment strategy whilst still repaying a large loan. So, a few years ago, a strategy called Rentvesting was …
You must have a robust methodology for selecting the right share, property or bond to invest in. If you select the right asset, your investment returns are likely to be very healthy in the long run. However, if you make a mistake, it is likely to cost you money – in terms of opportunity cost and/or …
How many properties do you think you need to own to generate enough wealth to fund a comfortable retirement? Most people think they need more than 3 properties to become independently wealth. Of course, the answer will be different for everyone because it depends on your income, existing assets, time until you retire, goals and …
Significantly tighter credit, the potential abolition of negative gearing and increase in the capital gains tax rate, falling property prices, new apartment supply… these are some of the head winds facing property investors today. Given these challenges should you give up and not invest in property? I don’t think so. In fact, good investment opportunities …
All the clowning around in Canberra last week is likely to have increased Shorten’s chances of winning the next election. So, will the ALP’s proposed changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax spell the end for property investors? Why the change? According to the ATO[1], approximately 2 million Australians invest in property and 61% …
Last week, I highlighted some evidence that indicates investment-grade apartments in Melbourne are perhaps intrinsically undervalued. The topic of this week’s blog is all about whether a house or apartment makes a better investment, specially: If your investment budget is $1.3 million or more, should you invest in one house or two apartments? If your …
I wrote this blog in February suggesting that I thought investment-grade apartments were intrinsically under-valued. Well, according to Jarrod McCabe, director of Wakelin Property Advisory, “the investment-grade apartment market in Melbourne is showing signs of growth this year”. My view that apartments are intrinsically under-valued has become even stronger over the last 6 months and …
It’s a tough outlook for residential property — but there can be opportunities for the serious long- term investor at times like these. Auction clearance rates have also fallen dramatically over the past year, especially in Melbourne and Sydney, where they were above 80 per cent this time last year. Recent figures suggest that auction …
If you sell a dud investment property, you may have to pay capital gain tax (CGT), selling costs and then stamp duty again when you reinvest… it can be a very expensive exercise! And if you have owned the property for a while, it is probably putting money in your pocket each month (i.e. more …
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