Podcast: And now the good news… for some
There’s some good news, some bad news and some great news in this week’s Flat Chat Wrap. The good news (for investors) is that apartment prices and rents are going…
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Chandler backs active lending to boost quality
Just suppose you want to invest in the residential property market but you don’t want to be a landlord, Airbnb host or, even worse, unwitting enabler for dodgy developers. You’re…
Podcast: Council to hire a professional nimby
In this week’s podcast we are going to discuss the local council that’s going to pay someone $100,000 a year to help residents fight high rise developments. It’s the least…
Confusion as another FT commissioner quits
It all happened with zero fanfare and little fuss but the NSW department of Fair Trading lost another commissioner this month. In the same week that Building Commissioner David Chandler…
ATO cracking down on dodgy holiday let claims
Danger, danger, holiday letting hosts! If you have been fudging the figures on your tax claims for your holiday home investments, the Australian Tax Office is coming after you. Actually,…
Podcast: Property battle on for young and old
This week on the Flat Chat Wrap, as we approach the election, we are looking again at the various parties housing policies and wonder what they really mean. We recorded…
Podcast: Deposit option smashes avocado barrier
This week’s podcast discovers a new way of buying property – or at least putting down a deposit. The problem for many prospective home buyers is that, all the time…
Women prosper at the top of the property game
Once, women dreaded walking past building sites or being patronised by real estate agents. But today, it’s increasingly likely that a fair number of those construction workers will be women,…
Live where you love, buy where you can afford
First-time buyers and investors can have the best of both worlds – live where they want and buy an affordable property, rent it out but have a toehold in a…
New property commish: first job, build bridges
The NSW Government has appointed the state’s first Property Services Commissioner in a move that it says “will herald a new era of trust and engagement between the real estate…
Buying property ‘blind’ likelier than picking a pet
We are more likely to purchase a property sight-unseen than we are to choose a rental or a pet, car or boat, according to a new survey of more than…
Video and webinars reveal smart buyers’ secrets
It’s the biggest purchase and therefore the biggest gamble that most of us will make in our lives … buying a home. And the element of chance seems to take…