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

In the 23rd of March session of SKY Business News Channel, Your Money Your Call, Ben Kingsley joins Margarete Lomas and Ian Rodriguez from Bishop Collins 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: With record low interest rate, is it p...

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RBA Rate Decision – April 2015

Today the Reserve Governor and the Board met and they've kept interest rates on hold for the April 2015 board meeting. That has kept the cash rate at 2.25%. Now, why had they kept the rate on hold? Well the reasons come down to a few things. To begin with, they've probably seen some early signs on the economy starting to pick up. Those early ...

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A Graceful Exit

You might not like to think about the end game, but when it comes to property investing, an exit strategy is a must. In this March 2015 issue of Australian Property Investor (API) Magazine, Ben Kingsley was asked to share his thoughts about how to exit the property game gracefully. Here's a snippet of the article: "The whole point of investing i...

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Wanted: First Aussie Home

This globetrotting couple have finally put down roots here and are now searching for the Great Australian Dream - A home to call their own. In the March 2015 issue of Australian Property Investor Magazine (API), Ben Kingsley was asked to provide his professional advice to this couple who are looking to settle down in Australia by buying their Fi...

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Getting the Best Rental Return for your Investment Property

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 Carmel D'Aspromonte join Des Dowling to talk about getting the best rental return on your investment property. It is every property investor's dream to get as much return as poss...

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What could go Wrong at Unconditional?

A couple of things that could go wrong once a contract proceeds unconditionally is the finance. The Finance may not have been in place so there might be a couple of special conditions that the bank imposes that the clients weren't aware of at the time. Examples could be, they require you to pay out of Visa cards prior to settlement just to bring ...

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Is Property in Australia Affordable?

There's a lot of hype around the Australian Property Market and whether or not we are in a price bubble. Now the reality is, when we see low interest rates, what it means is it increases our ability to afford property. We got to understand the psychology behind buying property in Australia, just as in buying properties in most countries where we se...

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Four Ways an Investor will Pay

It’s always interesting the psychology of property investor when I’m chatting to them the idea of if they are to pay for advice or whether they get the advice for free. Cause in my view, you are going to pay in four ways. First way is to pay through buying the wrong assets, and that is not an egotistical statement. That’s actually from exp...

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How to negotiate a great property deal out there?

Buying a property in a buyer’s market is a lot easier than buying in a seller’s market. With abundant properties, slow-moving sales, and low prices, you can snag a good deal even with rusty negotiation skills. Unfortunately, the Australian property market is not currently a buyer’s paradise. Across the country, prices have been steadily risin...

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Three Simple Tips to Keep a Good Credit Rating

Gaining and maintaining good credit is one of the most important things a person can do for themselves. Credit is something that is often confusing to people who are looking to start building their credit and a daily necessity to those that have an established history. Following the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), Australia is now using a system wh...

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What Happens Once the Contract Proceeds Unconditionally?

Once the Contract proceeds unconditionally, we know that our clients got their finance approved or an approval is in place and we now have a settlement date that we must work towards. So the next step for us is we contact the Mortgage Broker or the Banker and provide them with a range of documents we believe they will need to provide to the banks...

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RBA Rate Decision – March 2015

Today the Reserve Bank of Australia decides to keep rates on hold after dropping rates by 25 basis points last month. Now looking at the Board Meeting minutes from last month, it was a bit of a flip of the coin whether they were going to drop rates in February or potentially wait until March. Ultimately, we all know the outcome of that. They d...

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Investing Interstate

>> Play Audio here   In this episode of Real Estate Talk, Kevin Turner interviews Bryce Holdaway and ask him about investing interstate. What is the trend in the property market now and should we invest in our own backyard where we are more comfortable or board a plane and invest in a new area? Here a snippet of the podcast: Kevin...

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