After arriving in Melbourne last Sunday Night I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in Melbourne. It is not the first time I have been in the city and certainly won’t be the last… as a Sydneysider it is always difficult to make comments about Melbourne being better than Sydney in anything, but I can say Melbourne is a fantastic city that has a vibe like no other in Australia. The city itself is amazing with the most fascinating buildings from grand old heritage churches and museums to funky designed modern office and residential buildings. It really does have a life of its own.

Our first day in Melbourne, we met with developers that crossed the inner city regions. We first went to Collingwood to meet with Caydon, across to busy Richmond to meet with Cubo and then over to Port Melbourne where we met with Salta. The evening was spent in Brunswick. Each one of these places is so different and offers a fantastic lifestyle to anyone that lives or visits the areas.

Collingwood is one of Melbourne’s oldest suburbs with many old heritage buildings. Richmond is going through a period of gentrification with a mix of the ultra modern and tired old buildings that are waiting for a little attention. The three main streets in Richmond that are going through the current gentrification include Victoria, Swan and Bridge Streets. Port Melbourne is a suburb largely dominated by industrial sites at present along the shores through to open parklands, bayside beaches, exclusive apartments and Bay Street’s restaurants and cafes.

Tuesday we explored other suburbs including Prahran, St Kilda and the City. Through the day we met Hamton, Bensons Property Group, Brady Property Group and FKP. A lot of new apartment developments are occurring in these suburbs. Each of these suburbs is all well established.

Wednesday was another day on the road meeting with developments. We met with PDG in the City, Deal Corporation in Toorak, Birner Property Group in Armadale and Ninety Four Feet in North Caulfield. We spent the afternoon exploring some of the suburbs in eastern Melbourne out to Oakleigh.

The suburb Toorak is the glitz and glamour of Melbourne. Definitely the most upmarket strip shops I have visited during the week and very clean. Looking in the window of the local real estate agent, prices are high. Toorak is not only viewed as one of the best (thus also most expensive) suburbs in Melbourne, but also in Australia.

Thursday we met with FDG (Salvo Property Group), Extension Marketing, Fridcorp in South Yarra, Hickory in Richmond and Map Concepts just north of the city in Fitzroy.

Overall the visit was a huge success. Getting feedback from the developers has been positive and we look forward to bring you more new projects from these developers plus many more that we are currently talking to.

It is easy to see why Melbourne has been such a popular market for property investors over the last few years…. it is a great place to live!

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Welcome to the Find Investment Property Blog. Our blog will continue to update you on a weekly basis about the property market around Australia. We intend to report as much information as we can about a number of topics including:

• Real Estate news from around Australia
• New Property listings
• Home Loans and the mortgage market
• Interviews with specialists in the Industry
• Spotlighting companies and people
• Our Website – www.findinvestmentproperty.com.au

As many of you would know, Find Investment Property is a new property portal in the Australian market with a focus on assisting our website users with buying new properties around Australia. Our portal has a number of premium features that can help make your decision a little bit easier when buying off the plan from local or interstate locations.

Property listings

• Our Property listings provide you with significantly more data than any other property portal in Australia. We provide as much information as possible as directed by the Developer or Agent listing the property
• Complementing the listing information we provide additional data such as the location of surrounding amenities (Shops, schools, hospitals, etc), suburb, region and state profiles in our research library as well as profiles on the Developer and Architect involved in the development.
• We will also be adding demographic information on a suburb and state level in the near future which has been sourced directly from the Australian Bureau of Statistics
• We give our users the ability to research a location first before selecting a property
• Our Knowledge Centre will become a rich source of information for those looking for more information about buying property. This has only recently been launched and we are currently seeking more companies to contribute articles to help both owner occupiers and investors using our site.

Property blog
As mentioned previously our blog will be used to update our users on a weekly basis about the property market around Australia.

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Contributors
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The Find Investment Property team is currently exhibiting at the Home Buyers Show in Brisbane. Its been a fantastic event as many attendees have discovered who we are and they have all asked many questions. We will provide you with some more information about the event at a later date. For some they were able to get cheap tickets by using our special promotional code so if you intend to visit either the Sydney or Melbourne Home Buyers Shows, please check back with us to find out what our special promotion code is to get cheap tickets.

Thank you to those that visited us at thoe property expo and we look forward to seeing you on our main site: www.findinvestmentproperty.com.au

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Home Buyers Show Brisbane

Brisbane Property Expo on 13th and 14th June 2009 at the Brisbane Exhibition Centre. Perfect for property investors and home buyers.

Find Investment Property is excited to announce that we will be participating at the upcoming Home Buyer Show at the Brisbane Exhibition Centre on Saturday 13 and Sunday 13 June. It is the only major event in Australia dedicated to helping people actually buy or sell a new or established home or apartment whether as a primary residence or investment property.

The dream of home ownership is alive and well in Australia, and with interest rates at record lows, property prices cooling, substantial Government grants still available and a strong rental market, home buyers and property investors are returning to the market in large numbers.

Now more than ever, home buyers and investors need to do their research, understand market conditions, and have access to all the right independent advice from reliable sources to make informed buying decisions to enable them to get on the right path to the right property.

The Home Buyer Show will provide first, second and third time property buyers with all the information they need to help discover the smart way to finance, find and buy a home or investment property – direct from the experts.

Some of the major show highlights include:

• Free seminars from Australia’s leading property and finance experts in government and industry associations
• Master Builders Zone – Master Builders members, Queensland’s leading building services companies, will be showcasing a wide range of new homes, display villages and house & land packages.
• Property Investor Zone (sponsored by Find Investment Property)- educating property investors of all levels including all the latest investment properties for sale on the market today with loads of experts on hand to provide independent, impartial advice.
• Apartment Living Zone – showcasing some of the latest apartment, unit and townhouse developments in SE Queensland

As part of a special promotion, we are pleased to offer all of our clients, partners and friends unlimited $5 tickets to the Home Buyer Show which are normally $15. Simply visit the website www.homebuyershow.com.au and when purchasing tickets quote the special promotional code FIP.

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