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Australia’s Housing Market Bubble

Australia's housing market has had their best winter since 2007 according to figures released this week by RP Data. The company says prices for capital cities dwelling rose 4.2% over the three months to the end of August. The increase had been lead by housing market in Sydney and Melbourne as prompted a warning by the Reserve Bank Governor, Glenn S...

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RBA Rate Decision – October 2014

Hello, the Reserve Board met today and kept interest rates on hold. Well anticipated that they were going to remain on hold and it's certainly a view that they are going to stay lower for longer. That's being about installing confidence into the market place for business to start doing more lending. In the last 4 weeks, there have been some big thi...

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Top 153 Unit Hotspots

Just like many hot button issues, the debate on whether houses make better investments compares to units continues to divide investors. Whether you prefer to invest in houses rather than units, the reality is that units are no longer the laggard they once were, thanks to soaring demands from homebuyers. While houses are still the dominant force, i...

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Which is the best state to invest in?

Note: If you would like more up-to-date information on the Market, Ben releases a monthly property update on The Property Couch Podcast! Get the latest insight into each state and territory here > As a property investment analyst and qualified property investment advisor, I'm often asked which is the best state to buy property in. But that'...

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Uniformity for Buyers Advocate License

>> Play Audio here   In this podcast, Kevin Turner from Real Estate Talk interviews Ben and asked him about the issue that we have in our property industry across Australia: The lack of a uniform Buyers Advocate license. Here's a snippet of the interview: "Kevin: I want to take this subject one step further. I’m talking now to t...

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Sky Business Channel, Your Money Your Call (Aug 2014)

In the 25th of August session of SKY Business News Channel, Your Money Your Call, Ben Kingsley joins Margaret Lomas and Brad Matthews from RESCOM 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: During the GFC times when Australia Property M...

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7 Ways to Get your Kids on the Property Ladder Sooner

With the question on affordability always on the mind of those looking to get on the property ladder, Ben Kingsley will share with you seven potential ways to help accelerate your kids dream of property ownership. This presentation at the Melbourne Home Buyer and Property Investor Show will look at ways in which family members can help the Gen X...

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RBA Rate Decision – September 2014

As widely anticipated, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept interest rates on hold for another month at 2.5% and this is following Glenn Stevens's commentary to the government last month, around where he saw the cash rate and where he saw the general economy. From a cash rate point of view the take out of that meeting and from his commentary wa...

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A Tailored Approach to Property Investment

In this episode of Look At Property, The Hotspot session, Des Dowling asked Ben Kingsley about starting a Property Portfolio and if there is a one size fit all or an off-the-shelf solution. Ben explains that there are both option but to get a tailored approach to Property Investment, it is important to have a clear understanding of our current c...

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Powerful Strategies to Finding Properties

It's easy to think that once you have decided on an investment strategy and got your finances sorted, you have moved into the home strait. After all, the remaining step is simply to go out and buy a property, right? Wrong! While the buying stage is one that many investors look forward to with great excitement, it is in fact full of minefields that ...

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Finance Talk with Look At Property

In this episode of Finance Talk, Look At Property, Ben Kingsley joins host, Des Dowling and Walter Dobrowolski from Walter Financial Solutions to talk about property finance. After 12 months, the RBA interest rate is still on hold at 2.5% but the common question remained: how long is this going to last? Many media commentary is now saying that t...

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A Piece of Cake

Creating a successful property investment portfolio is much like following a recipe - but get your ingredients wrong and your investment cake might sink, burn or crumble. In the August 2014 Issue of Smart Property Investment (SPI) Magazine, Ben Kingsley writes about the various experience he had with property investors and how they build their pro...

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Finding the Right Investment Property

In this episode of Look At Property, Ben Kingsley joins host, Des Dowling and Elizabeth Jackson from Public Property to discuss about finding the right investment property. When you are buying your own home, you have a lot of aspects to look at but will it be different when you are buying your own investment property? The panel discussed about h...

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