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2015 Australian Property Market Outlook | Part 3 – Brisbane and Regional QLD

Property Investment in Brisbane had been a hot topic in recent months. Some might say it is unwise to invest in a holiday area but some other might say Brisbane is going through a re-gentrification and is at the top of their property market cycle. Ben and Bryce will discuss these issues including what areas of Brisbane are looking at a high leve...

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2015 Australian Property Market Outlook | Part 2 – Melbourne and Regional VIC

For the second part of our 2015 Property Market Outlook, we focus on the Property Market in Melbourne and Regional Victoria. What are the current building approval rates, how is it affecting the property values and the future of residential real estate in Melbourne? Will the current inflow of migration be able to support the demand for property in ...

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2015 Australian Property Market Outlook | Part 1 – Sydney and Regional NSW

To deliver you good quality educational content on the 2015 Australian Property Market and how you can invest in properties in each different state, we've split our 2015 Outlook into six different parts! In part 1 of Ben Kingsley and Bryce Holdaway Property Market Outlook, we look at our Number 1 economy at the moment, New South Wales. What's go...

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New to Property Investment? Here’s What You Need to Know

Have you always been interested in property investment? You may have watched television shows about it or heard about it from your mates at barbeque or dinner party last weekend. After much consideration, you may have officially decided to make it your business venture too. While many investors have great success with the properties that they have ...

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Three Unexpected Benefits of Investing in Property

There are many reason why property is a popular investment selection - some better known than others. In the January 2014 Issue of Smart Property Investment (SPI) Magazine, Ben Kingsley outlines three key benefits you might not have previously considered. Here's a snippet of the article: "Investment in residential property is currently at...

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Making Room to Grow

Some property investors are quite lucky when it comes to their investing journey. They met the right people, got the right advice and invested in the right property at the right time. However, this article on API Magazine is not about those type of investors. It's about investors who received dodgy advice from certain advisors and end up with a lem...

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Property Investment Doesn’t Have To Be Hard: Read These Six Tips

In today’s current economic environment, building wealth and saving for a comfortable retirement has become more and more difficult. Simply saving a portion of your income or relying on a pension was never adequate to fund a person’s retirement in Australia and so, the Superannuation system was introduced by the Keating Labor government. Now, h...

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Australia’s Housing Prices | Hottest State in 2015

Anchors (Oscar & Eliza) : Australia' Housing Market might start to slow to around 4% this year and now that's according to the Global Housing and Mortgage Outlook report. It still lists Australian home as the third most expensive of 22 countries surveyed. Here with us now is Ben Kingsley, the Chief Executive of Empower Wealth from Melbourne. Be...

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2015 Mortgage & Interest Rate Predictions Outlook

The current RBA cash rate is 2.50% and the loan offerings are certainly very attractive, but how long will this condition last? Is this the best time to fix your loan? Check out our 2015 Mortgage and Interest Rate Predictions with Simon and Ben to learn more.     Transcript: Ben: Hello. Ben Kingsley here, CEO and Founder of Em...

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Buy and Hold vs Timing the Market

There is no single path to successful property investment - different approaches and strategies will work at different times for each investor. As we always said at Empower Wealth, there is never a one size fits all strategy. Every individual and every household is unique so make sure to tailor your property investment strategy. In the January 2014...

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Seven Property Investment Myths Keeping You From Growing

Investing in property can be a bit frightening if you are unfamiliar with what it entails. When considering it, realise that properties can generally be categorised into two groups: active or passive investments. Active investment requires the investors to be on the run and this could be buying a house, fixing it up and then selling it for a profit...

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Sky Business News – Your Money Your Call with Lisa Montgomery (December 2014)

In the 15th of December session of SKY Business News Channel, Your Money Your Call, Ben Kingsley joins Lisa Montgomery 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: The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)...

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Getting the Best Investment Returns using a Buyers Agent

Hello, Ben Kingsley here, CEO and Founder of Empower Wealth. This is an important message about using a buyers agent and using the most appropriate buyers agent to get the best return possible for your investing. Now there are a lot of buyers agent out in the market place and those buyers agent concentrate on a patch. That patch might be the city t...

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