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2016 Predictions on the Australian Property Market

As we finished off 2015 and inevitably start with 2016, it is always common to think about what might happened in the year to come. This time on 774 ABC Radio Melbourne, Ben Kingsley was asked to provide some of his 2016 Predictions for the Australian Property Market. Whilst we are not psychic in any way, Ben does have a thorough understanding on h...

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How to Buy an Interstate Property

I'm always a really strong advocate that property investors should be buying outside of their own backyard if their city or their state isn't in the right part of the property cycle right now. So that's what we call a Borderless Investor but it's important that people don't just flippantly buy a property interstate because there are lots of things ...

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RBA Rate Decision – September 2015

Hello Ben Kingsley here. Thanks for watching this RBA video announcement. As you can obviously pick up, I'm not in the office as I usually am at the moment. I'm currently on a family holiday up in tropical North Queensland. What an interesting time to take a holiday. In fact the last time, as I was saying it to my wife, that I took a holiday lik...

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What are the Worst Performing properties in a Market Correction

Look with property being so popular, it is the great Australian barbeque topic right now. Everyone wanted to jump on board with what I call FOMO or the Fear Of Missing Out. I think it is really important that people make great decisions around asset selection now cause there are two types of property that I think are really vulnerable when the mark...

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Australia’s Housing Boom

Melbourne's property prices have surged in the past month, pushing ahead of Sydney in the last quarter. The property market in Australia's two biggest cities are currently dominated by investors who are currently making up to 60% of buyers. What had cause this housing boom in both cities and is it a good time to buy now considering the increasing p...

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The Today Show – Hot Property

With the housing boom in Sydney and Melbourne at the moment, where else can you buy to get your foot in the property door? This time on Today Show, Bryce Holdaway was asked to provide some advice and tips on how you can join the property market and potentially get yourself a hot property. Bryce will be also be listing some of the common traps that ...

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A Guide to Property Investment Research from Your Computer

Searching property is not Researching Property. Property investment research is mandatory before you purchase any property. At Empower Wealth we believe that this part of the process is absolutely non-negotiable. But with so many aspects to consider before you even start searching for a property, it might get a bit confusing. Luckily, with the inv...

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RBA Rate Decision – June 2015

Hello, today the Governor and the Reserve Board met and they've kept interest rates on hold. Now this was widely anticipated. The facts are, at 2% cash rate, it is at historically low level and if we were to actually move rates further down which we do have capacity to do if you look at the minutes for May 2015 Cash Rate. They are saying that we...

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Tackling The Red Hot Market

In this episode of Look at Property Season 9, Bryce Holdaway, Partner and Buyers Agent of Empower Wealth joins other experts in a panel discussion around the current state of the property market. It's no secret that the Australian Property Market is speculated to be a rather hot market at the moment but does that apply to each state and each suburb...

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Detecting a turning market

In this episode of Real Estate Talk, Kevin Turner interviews Ben Kingsley and ask him about the signs he looks for to detect a turning market. Here's the transcript: Kevin:  One of the things I find that a lot of investors do is spend a lot of time trying to pick the market – that is, trying to pick which markets are going to go and which mark...

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Residential Property Investment: The Overlooked Wealth Management Tool

Whether you are exploring ways to grow your wealth for the first time, or whether you are already well on your way, it is essential to have a plan that details what you want to achieve, which investments you are going for and how you are going to achieve your goals. With investments such as shares, FOREX, bonds, where the market is live, there is a...

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RBA Rate Decision – May 2015

Today the Reserve Governor and the Board met and they've dropped interest rate once again to 2%. So following the February rate cut, they've followed it up with a May rate cut. Now the reason behind that is simply the spare capacity that we are still seeing in the economy. They've made a judgement call, even before we see the May 2015 budget ...

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Should You Be A Borderless Investor?

So I guess the question for property investors are, should you be a borderless investor and what does that actually mean? More than ever, I'm talking to clients who are keen to not invest in their own backyard and actually look into other states for opportunities to buy because one of the biggest question that I'm always asked, in my role in the sh...

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