Rising Prices Not "Weird"
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According to our national newspaper, The Australian, the fact that property prices have continued to rise in spite of higher interest rates is, and I quote, “weird” – and apparently the people described by the newspaper as “experts” are scratching their heads about it. The article that contained this nonsense was just another plank in the ever-growing pile of misinformation about real estate issues perpetrated by economists and journalists who don’t allow their ignorance of property issues to prevent them from commenting about them. Journalist Anthony Keane is the personal finance...
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EOFY Special: Save Big on Real Estate Insights & Memberships
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The new 2025 Financial Year is upon us and, as we do every year, we are making special offers to real estate consumers and to our business customers. One of the key factors for success for real estate investors is basing decisions on quality research. As we launch into the new financial year, it’s crucial to have the best information at your fingertips. To help set up investors with a suite of reports that cover all the key bases, we’ve put together a bundle of reports that nominate great locational options for capital growth, for rental yields and positive cashflow, as well as our...
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Research Beats Hype
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The most successful property investors have some features in common - and making decisions based on genuine research is one of the key ones. But those people are relatively rare. My observation of the behaviour of investors over four decades shows that more people make investment decisions based on media soundbites than on real research. And, as we embark on a new financial year with all kinds of competing forces in play in real estate, it’s more important than ever that real estate consumers base their decisions on research, rather than media frenzy and herd mentality. Far too many people...
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Depreciation Impact
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The report we call The Pulse provides critical intelligence for property investors because it shows how you can get both a high rental yield and excellent capital growth if you choose your location well. Recent editions of The Pulse have featured locations where rents have grown 10-15-20% in a year, but so have property values – providing the ultimate win-win-win situation for property investors. Hotspotting produces this report in association with leading national experts on property depreciation, Washington Brown – who provide additional key elements to the data in this report. The...
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Victoria Gets Worse
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Victoria has become the state that property investors don’t want to know about, because its politicians at both state and local level appear to have declared open season on investors. The State Government in Victoria has a budget deficit problem and has made the decision that many politicians in Australia make, which is to resort to the housing market as their favourite cash cow. They can’t slug home-owners or first-home buyers with new or higher taxes because that’s politically unpalatable – but investor owners are relatively few in number so they can attack them with less damage...
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Affordability Deception
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There are many so-called research reports in Australia which do a very poor job of providing useful, accurate, credible information to consumers – but the worst of the worst is a report called Demographia which pops up once every year to misinform Australians about affordability. This report, which is a shameless propaganda exercise by a developer lobby group, sets out to portray Australia as a place where no one – and I do mean no one – can afford to buy real estate. The lobby group is apparently trying to convince governments across Australia that the development industry is...
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No Money Down Investing with Lucky Velasquez
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In this episode of "No Money Down: Smart Property Investment," Tim Graham is joined by Lucky Velasquez, the founder of FinanceBetter, to discuss innovative strategies for property investment with minimal initial capital outlay. Lucky shares his extensive experience in helping clients navigate financial hurdles and maximise their investment potential without the need for large upfront deposits. Key Topics Covered: Introduction to No Money Down Investing: What it means to invest with little to no initial capital. Common misconceptions about no-money-down strategies. Creative...
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Interviews with the 1% - Melinda Jennison
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Are you ready to take your investment journey to the next level? Look no further, because we have exciting news to share with you! We are thrilled to announce our new Hotspotting pre-recorded interviews with some of the top 1% of Australian investors who own 5 or more properties. As you may know, in the 2020-2021 financial year, only 0.87% of investors in Australia owned 5 or more investment properties. But what do these successful investors know that the majority don't? We have sat down with a number of them to get exclusive insights into their strategies, tips, and personal journeys. Our...
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NSW Investor Boom
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The latest lending data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics finds that loans to investors in New South Wales in April represented a 44% increase on the same time last year. That’s a major jump in buyer demand, but it does not surprise the team at Hotspotting, particularly after the analysis we have done on market trends for the Winter edition of The Price Predictor. Our research shows there is heightened buyer activity in selected locations, both in Sydney and in Regional NSW. The Price Predictor Index finds that some of the nation’s regional areas are the leading markets in the...
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Why Builders Aren't Building
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Home builders and property developers make their money creating new dwellings for Australian households. If they get it right, they can make lots of money doing what they do. When they decide NOT to do what they do, you have to ask why. Why are the builders of major projects of housing or apartments walking away from their plans? Why are big companies who have spent years and millions of dollars planning a major project making the decision not to build it? We’ve seen many instances recently. An example is the decision by AVJennings to abandon a major housing development near Caboolture in...
info_outlineThe latest price index figures from SQM Research show that price growth rates are rising in several cities - with one capital city in particular beginning to shine.