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5 Property Tips on the Today Show!

Peter Stefanovic: Property prices across the country are dropping at their fastest rate since 2012. Allison Langdon: It's transformed the market, giving the power to buyers for the first time in years. Peter: But if you're looking to jump into the market right now there is a big warning to proceed with caution. So joining us with some expert ...

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3 Handy Tips to Invest in a Changing Market

Today I want to talk about the change in the property market — more specifically, the sentiment around Sydney and Melbourne. Let's be honest, the last few years have been very generous to property owners and property investors in those two mainland cities on the East Coast. But what we're finding now is this real shift from, “When will I buy...

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Sky News Real Estate – Budget 2018 and its affect on Home Owners and Investors

Ben Kingsley joins the Sky News panel to discuss the latest Budget announcement, Budget 2018, and its implications to home owners, first home buyers and investors. So, what’s the overall take on the Budget, and what’s it saying about consumer confidence? Importantly, given that $24.5 billion dollars out of an overall $75 billion spending is ...

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5 Golden Tips for getting Finance in this Changing Landscape

Today I want to talk to you about some tips on getting finance in the current environment because we know that the landscape has changed with APRA intervening 12 – 18 months ago to try and take some heat out of the property market. But it's still a very good time to be playing the long game and buying really great properties in the marketplace...

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In The Hot Seat with Ben Kingsley

In Money Magazine's May issue, Ben features in The Hot Seat! Check out his answers to the ten questions ...   What was your first job? My first real paying job was actually window cleaning. A guy across the road from where I grew up ran a domestic window-cleaning business. So when I wasn’t studying for my associate diploma in busine...

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RBA Cash Rate Decision – June 2018

Today Governor Lowe and the Reserve Board met and — no surprises here — cash rate is on hold at 1.5%. So, a bit of a “rinse and repeat” as I like to say. And that's definitely going to be the case —  I'm calling it here now —it’s definitely going to be the case right through until the end of 2018, and I can't see that changing anytim...

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Sky News Real Estate (May 2018) – Buyers Agents Tips and Property Market Update

Bryce Holdaway appears on SKY News Real Estate, discussing Buyers Agents tips, the right time to renovate and the predictions for Perth’s property market — is the turnaround finally expected to happen? Joining him on the panel is his co-host of Location, Location, Location, Veronica Morgan. The full questions answered are: Question about ...

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RBA Rate Decision – May 2018

Note: To download the Money SMARTS Checklist, go to www.empowerwealth.com.au/money-smarts or click here. Today Governor Lowe and the Board met and they kept the cash rate on hold for a 21st consecutive month. So we haven’t seen a change to the cash rate since August 2016. So let’s take a look at what’s happening in the positive side of ...

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The Number One Person a Buy and Hold Investor Needs to Impress and Why?

Today, I want to talk about who the most important person is for someone who's investing with a buy and hold strategy.  Because I wonder if anyone's actually really thought that through. The question is: is it the property manager? Is it your accountant? Is it the taxman? Or is it you, the investor? I would argue it's none of those. In fact, I ...

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RBA Rate Decision – April 2018

Today, Governor Lowe and the Reserve Board met for April and they kept the ash rate on hold at 1.5%. No surprises there as both the Reserve Governor and the Board are flagging to industry and business that they're in no rush to move the rates higher anytime soon.   The reason for that is they still want to see stronger economic growth...

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INFRASTRUCTURE: Which is the most important to grow property prices?

In this how-to session I want to talk about infrastructure. But, more importantly, I want to talk about the essential ingredient you need in infrastructure that is going to grow property prices not only for the short term but for the long sustainable term. Now you might be thinking, “That's an easy one! Surely it's got to be transportation… ...

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Searching Online

Today I want to talk about the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to searching for property online. We've certainly come a long way from the old days where we used to circle the classifieds in the newspaper and the agent controlled all of the information. It’s certainly changed with the internet now! Combined with the fact that people are ...

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RBA Rate Decision – March 2018

At the March 2018 RBA board meeting, we saw the cash rate remain on hold at 1.5%. No surprises there — we know that the rate has been widely tipped to stay on hold from most economists around the country. This is an interesting point because what Governor Lowe made mention in February was that he doesn't see any strength in moving the cash rat...

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