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The Thought Process when Buying A Home

Hello, in this How To session, I want to tell a story. I want to tell a story that goes through everyone's decision making process when they are looking to buy a home. Now, there's a few things that goes on in your head. You've grown up in area and you know the area well. You know its attractions, its benefits, you know the great coffee shop and yo...

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RBA Rate Decision – July 2015

Today the Governor and the Board met and kept the cash rate at 2%. We saw changes in February and also in May of this year and now again, the Governor and the Board is basically just waiting to see what happens. The biggest news story at the moment is obviously the Greece story and they have default on their loan. In last weekend they have...

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How to find properties before they hit the market?

In this episode of Real Estate Talk, Kevin Turner interviews Ben Kingsley and ask him about the signs he looks for to detect a turning market. Here's the transcript: Kevin: Ben Kingsley joins me once again. Ben, of course, is the CEO and founder of Empower Wealth. They specialize in finding the best buys for their clients no matter where they are...

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Things to Do Before Buying a Home

There are few things more thrilling than buying a home of your own for the very first time. Having a decent savings or down payment on the home is just a small part of the process. Make sure you have all of your bases covered and a solid idea of what to expect during your journey of becoming a proud homeowner. So just what should you know about how...

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Sky Business News – Your Money Your Call (June 2015)

This time on SKY Business News Channel, Your Money Your Call (YMYC), Ben Kingsley joins Margarete Lomas and Michael Teys from Block Strata to discuss different aspects of property across Australia. This time, they answered a number of emails and calls from viewers and some of the topics are: Councils' suggestions on removing stamp duty and repla...

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Why do Character Homes get the Best Returns?

Why is it that character homes or lifestyle homes get the best returns and why is it that they outperform the market place? Well the reason is quite simple. It's based on the popularity. Let me explain what I mean by character homes and also lifestyle homes. So character or period home have ornate features, they represent strong statuses, they n...

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Are Sydney and Melbourne in a Property Bubble?

If you are house hunting or hosting an open for inspection, the phrase property bubble may be on your mind. The Treasury Sector said evidence showed that Sydney was "unequivocally" experiencing a property bubble as well as Melbourne. So, what does that means for home buyers, investors and the property market?  In this series of ABC News 24, Ben Ki...

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RBA Rate Decision – June 2015

Hello, today the Governor and the Reserve Board met and they've kept interest rates on hold. Now this was widely anticipated. The facts are, at 2% cash rate, it is at historically low level and if we were to actually move rates further down which we do have capacity to do if you look at the minutes for May 2015 Cash Rate. They are saying that we...

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How to Use Investment Property to Pay Off your Home in 10 years

Owning your own home is something many of us aspire to, despite claims that home ownership is overrated. But let's face it, most of us will carry our mortgage for at least 25 years before we can get rid of it. Turn out you don't have to. In this Game Plan by Your Investment Property Magazine, Ben Kingsley and other experts lay out practical strateg...

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Property Spruikers

In the first episode of Look at Property Season 9, Ben Kingsley, CEO & Founder of Empower Wealth and chair of Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA) and Andrew Crossley join Des Dowling to talk about property spruikers. The property investment industry is an unregulated one and it doesn't take a lot to put on a nice suit and star...

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Foreign Investors | The Great Debate

The impact of foreign investment on the Australia's Property Market had rise as one of the most heated debate in the property investment industry. Some are quite confident that the reason for a rising property value and the supposedly downward trend of our property's affordability is because of rich foreign investors snatching up properties regardl...

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Detecting a turning market

In this episode of Real Estate Talk, Kevin Turner interviews Ben Kingsley and ask him about the signs he looks for to detect a turning market. Here's the transcript: Kevin:  One of the things I find that a lot of investors do is spend a lot of time trying to pick the market – that is, trying to pick which markets are going to go and which mark...

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RBA Rate Decision – May 2015

Today the Reserve Governor and the Board met and they've dropped interest rate once again to 2%. So following the February rate cut, they've followed it up with a May rate cut. Now the reason behind that is simply the spare capacity that we are still seeing in the economy. They've made a judgement call, even before we see the May 2015 budget ...

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