http://www.investmentpropertyblog.com.au investing in property australia lifestyle blog Thu, 13 May 2010 22:30:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The government has once again decided to slug property buyers with another tax that they hope is going to raise them $90million a year. The newly conceived Sales Tax is to start on 1 July and is going to be calculated on all sales of residential property over $500,000. Any ... http://www.investmentpropertyblog.com.au/another-nsw-tax-for-property-buyers-sales-tax/ NSW Landlords are under threat from new changes that were brought to their attention in late 2009. At this stage these changes to the Residential Tenancy Act are just proposed and are yet to be introduced into the NSW Parliment. This is scheduled to occur in 2010 so if NSW ... http://www.investmentpropertyblog.com.au/nsw-landlords-threatened/ The folloing is a media release from the Housing Industry Association: Housing Shortage Tracking to 500,000 by 2020 The Housing Industry Association, Australia’s largest building industry organisation, today released its inaugural Housing to 2020 report. The report finds that if current building trends persist, then Australia’s cumulated housing shortage would reach 466,000 ... http://www.investmentpropertyblog.com.au/australian-housing-shortgage/ Extracts from a recent UBS Research report: 26 February 2010 We have been arguing since 2008 that the combination of a long-standing structural under-supply of housing, coupled with a cyclical improvement in affordability - via falling prices in 2008/early 2009, government stimulus & lower rates in 08/09 - would see activity ... http://www.investmentpropertyblog.com.au/ubs-property-outlook-undersupply-increasing/ Although rental yields are expected to fall in 2010, this is actually positive for property investors as growth of property prices are expected to exceed that of the rental market. We need to look at the whole picture to understand what is currently happening in the market. Many First Home Buyers ... http://www.investmentpropertyblog.com.au/rental-yields-to-fall-in-2010/ Australian Property Outlook for 2010 I hope everyone had a fantastic break over the festive season. We at Find Investment Property wish everyone all the best for 2010. In the first week of the year, the Australian Financial Review had a summary of each of the property markets across Australia. Below is ... http://www.investmentpropertyblog.com.au/australian-property-outlook-2010/ Some comments from Ross Greenwood earlier this year: Right now the Federal Government is at pains to tell everyone - including us the mug-punters to the International Monetary Fund that it will not exceed its own, self-imposed, borrowing limits.   How much? $200 billion. And here's a worry. If you work in ... http://www.investmentpropertyblog.com.au/government-debt/ Queensland's premier, Anna Bligh, has indicated a new underground Metro for Brisbane and surrounding suburbs could be built by 2030. Not to be outdone by Sydney's CBD Metro fiasco, the premier has launched a vision for an underground light rail project linking Toowong, West End, the CBD, Newstead, Bowen Hills, Bulimba ... http://www.investmentpropertyblog.com.au/now-brisbane-has-the-transport-itch/ For every property investor, Landlord Insurance is essential. Buying an investment property is usually part of a wealth building strategy and being the landlord, you would not want to see that disappear. Landlord's insurance is important to help protect you from certain aspects of owning an investment property including: Rent default ... http://www.investmentpropertyblog.com.au/landlord-insurance/ There seems to be a lot of hype in the media at the moment about rising interest rates. Personally, I’m not sure why. Australia has had the lowest cash rate in decades and all of a sudden they are shifted slightly and everyone gets nervous. Through all the recent property ... http://www.investmentpropertyblog.com.au/interest-rate-rises-on-the-cards/