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17/11/2014
Buyers Agents

What do you Look for in a Buyers Advocate?

If you're looking to work with a Buyers Advocate, you need to ask the question: What am I looking for in my Buyers Advocate/Buyers Agent? Well, the first question is coming back at you and that is why are you actually buying? If you're buying for owner occupier purposes, then a local buyers agent who knows their city, or their area within the ci...

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17/11/2014
Buyers Agents

Buying an Off Market Property

As Buyers Agents, we absolutely love a good off market opportunity. The key here is having a great network, as these kinds of property sales, while perhaps not having to deal with anywhere near as much competition, require strong property market understanding and negotiation skills if the buyer is to get a good deal. When the market is humming a...

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17/11/2014
Buyers Agents

Tips for Buying at Auction – Part 3

Auction Tip No.4 Now my fourth tip is actually, don't be afraid of the Auction process because I know a lot of buyers are really scared off by bidding at auction. It's a really transparent process. If we're buying something at a private sale, say the agent rings you up and say, "Hey, I've got 2 people interested and I need you to put your best and ...

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13/11/2014
In the Media

The Process of Buying an Investment Property

It may sound relatively simple but what's the process of buying an investment property? If Emma or Uncle Bob told you at last week's barbeque that there is this amazing property near their house up for sale, and they think its a great investment because its in the same suburb that they live in, would you jump straight into it? Well, we certainly ho...

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10/11/2014
In the Media

Scrapping negative gearing ‘unlikely’

With the recent movement in the Australian Property Market and increase in property investment activities, the RBA had mentioned about the possibility of scrapping negative gearing. A decision such as this would have a massive impact not only on current property investors but for those who are looking to start their property investment journey as w...

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06/11/2014
In the Media

Choosing your first Investment Property

Your first investment property can be the most difficult purchase you'll make - but what happens next? In the Cover Story of November 2014 Issue of Smart Property Investment (SPI) Magazine, Vivienne Kelly interviewed Ben Kingsley and other property experts for some property investment advice and investigates why so many investors stop at one proper...

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04/11/2014
Mortgage Broking

RBA Rate Decision – November 2014

Hello! On this Melbourne Cup Tuesday the race that stops the nation. Well it didn't stop the Reserve Bank board meeting today and again, as well predicted the Reserve Bank kept interest rates on hold at 2.5%. No big changes, no big surprises. The Reserve Bank is still concerned about the headwinds that the economy experiences in terms of its GDP nu...

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31/10/2014
Buyers Agents

Preparing your House for Sale

A property investment strategy can be a buy and hold or sometimes, a buy, hold and sell. But for those who had gone through the selling path, you would know that most of the heavy lifting are done when preparing your house for sale. In this episode of Look At Property Season 8, Ben Kingsley offers his point of view as a Buyers Advocate and explains...

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31/10/2014
Buyers Agents

Tips for Buying at Auction – Part 2

Auction Tip No.3 The third tip for anyone looking to buy a property at auction is to get your ducks in a row. First is finance. I know it sounds very straightforward and simple but the amount of people who actually do turn up at auction without having their finance done is really does amaze me. But the other thing is you need to have it look at re...

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29/10/2014
Buyers Agents

Seventh Heaven

Bryce Holdaway is recently interviewed by Sunday Times, Perth on the seven top tips to help make your home ownership dreams come true. Here's a snippet of the article: "There are plenty of would-be homebuyers who are beyond desperate to get a foothold on the property ladder. In my line of work, I see so many people go through the process of buying...

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