Sasha Karen

The costly niche trades causing investors to tread carefully

A find-a-tradie website has released the most expensive trades due to limited demand. If investors need a tradie that specialises in any of these areas to improve their ...

INVESTOR STRATEGY • Mon, 20 Nov 2017

Surprising result amid capital city investor slowdown

The latest CoreLogic Property Pulse explores the influence investors have on the property market at large, and reveals surprising insights about the two most popular ...

HOTSPOTS • Thu, 16 Nov 2017

Demand for renovations cooling

Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics indicates that over the last year, private sector house approvals are up, but dwellings excluding houses are down, which ...

INVESTOR STRATEGY • Thu, 16 Nov 2017

Australians showing signs of optimism over property market

New research by Mortgage Choice reveals the majority of Australians are optimistic about the property market and will keep investing.

HOTSPOTS • Thu, 16 Nov 2017

Double standard property legislation passes both houses

Legislation impacting on travel expenses and plant and equipment deprecation are one step away from coming into effect, yet are being labelled by one expert as a ...

TAX & LEGAL • Wed, 15 Nov 2017

How brain surgery turned this investor’s passion for property into a career

Investing into property isn’t exactly brain surgery, but one investor recounts how undergoing emergency brain surgery set off a chain of events that resulted in taking ...

HOTSPOTS • Thu, 09 Nov 2017

‘Cinderella’ of Australian tourism Scarborough primed to ride international tourism wave

Certain factors have aligned in Scarborough’s favour that have one real estate group saying the suburb will soon see increased interest from a knock-on effect across the ...

HOTSPOTS • Wed, 08 Nov 2017

Housing construction expands for ninth consecutive month while apartment construction contracts

The release of a new report reveals the current state of housing and apartment constructions over the month of October.

HOTSPOTS • Wed, 08 Nov 2017

Draft changes for GST on new property purchases announced

After first mentioning it in the 2017-18 budget, the Treasury has announced the draft legislation for how GST will be applied to new property purchases next financial ...

TAX & LEGAL • Tue, 07 Nov 2017