Biggest reno cost adds least value
HOME renovators are spending big on the one home feature that adds the least amount of value to the eventual sale prices of their properties, a new study shows.
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Where it’s cheaper to own than rent
RESIDENTS in a range of often overlooked suburbs are saving more than $50 per week by owning their homes instead of renting them, mortgage and home price data shows.
Homes deemed risky buys in two Sydney areas
TWO prominent Sydney regions have been added to a list of markets that property investors have been advised to avoid because of the risk of major price falls, a report shows.
When prices will stop falling: ANZ
HOME prices fell in both Sydney and Melbourne last month but the weakened market will bottom out soon, with ANZ pinpointing the month when the market will start to pick up again.
Australia loses favour with Chinese investors
CHINESE investors have been looking outside of Australia for real estate opportunities with a new country now in line to become the next hot spot for buyers based out of China.
Confidence in property market sours
AGENTS and other real estate workers can usually be relied on for an optimistic view of the property market — but a new survey shows even they are starting to entertain doubts about the future.
Landlords shaft renters with dirty trick
NEARLY one in five tenants are getting money deducted from their bond — many for a charge they claim doesn’t reflect the property’s condition and is merely enriching their landlord.
‘Australia mirrors USA pre-GFC’
AUSTRALIA’s lending industry has not learned from the meltdown in the US property market a decade ago and is repeating the same mistakes, an economist has warned.
Hard sell will allow buyers to flourish
FALLING prices are expected to push an avalanche of homes onto the market in the first half of the year turning Sydney from an extreme seller’s market to a buyer’s one, housing experts claim.
Buyers score $350k discounts on homes
HOMEBUYERS have been scoring killers deals as Sydney’s cooling housing market encourages sellers to accept lower prices — but some suburbs are offering more bargains than others.
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