Banks scurried to meet regulatory impositions made by APRA a couple of months back, with all of them upping interest rates on their variable mortgage products virtually across the board. But have they come out swinging too hard, too soon? After a right wrist slapping over the continued rambunctious growth of investment based borrowing throughout […]

It’s common knowledge that many of today’s young first homebuyers are facing significant affordability barriers in certain inner city property markets. Of course most are at that age where they’re also on an upward career trajectory in a professional industry, and seeking job advancement opportunities only afforded in and around our major CBD’s. So how […]

Earlier this year I wrote a piece on the widening wealth gap dividing the UK, suggesting this is an apparently global phenomenon now…even in so-called developing countries that are becoming increasingly westernised. Just think of Chinese factory workers who exist in squalor, while the newfound gentry of the Asian superpower snap up property investments across […]

Prolonged vacancy periods, where your property investment languishes devoid of occupants for weeks at a time, can quickly become problematic when it comes to sustainable cashflow. Logically therefore, you want to avoid this scenario as much as possible and ensure you keep (preferably long term) tenants residing happily in your rental. People are perhaps a […]