Recent content by dajackal

But Melbourne gross house yields are already much lower than Sydney. How much higher can the prices go?

If selling, does a vacant property fetch a higher price than a tenanted property? Additionally, if tenanted, is there any obligation to use a sales agent from the same agency handling the property management? Even if no obligation, I imagine logistically there might be issues with getting a...

"Only" when compared to Sash's 40-70% :p

The middle ring suburbs where most of my money is, like Eastwood, West Ryde, Homebush seem to have only gone up by about 30-35% since 2011. Even hot suburbs like Marrickville only did about 38% since 2011. Source: http://www.residex.com.au/free-report

Sash you mentioned that investors will move into less expensive markets. Could Sydney units be a new target for an investor previously wanting a house? Can still grab a 2 bedder apartment in middle suburbs for 500-600k with decent yields. :cool: Edit: what i meant to ask is do you think sydney...

Excellent report! Where can I go for regular updates? I found this one a few weeks back. I particularly like the profiles on all the various LICs. http://www.wamfunds.com.au/WAM/media/WAMMedia/LIC%20Research/Baillieu-Holst-LIC-Report-April-15.pdf?ext=.pdf

Seems like all the major LICs are trading at significant premiums relative to the recent drop. Time to pick up some VAS perhaps?

Why do you choose to disclose so much info?

I have a unit north of the station. This is the first I've heard about high rise developments in the area. Where can I go to find out more?

My partner and I have always been ultra frugal and risk adverse when it comes to finances. For instance...my first 3 IPs were funded using 20% deposits from savings! Then we bought a very modest PPOR in a very dire state and have been slowly renoing it. So for the vast majority of my...

Given the intensity of the boom this time around, overall indebtedness, and APRA crackdowns, I feel that the first hint of a rate rise will kill the market dead. I'm thinking mid 2016.

Looks like the rental yield for houses dropped to 3.33% at the '03 peak. Given we're only at 3.7% rental yields I'd say we're still got a bit of growth left...so I'm voting yes! Source: http://propertyupdate.com.au/property-affordability-continues-deteriorate/

I recently added BKI to my portfolio for some midcap exposure. Still need some more convincing to consider the higher MER and riskier nature of smallcap LICs

Meanwhile interest rates have come down to record lows increasing affordability, savings ratio has increased since the GFC, immigration has increased and vacancy rates are still low.

Confirmed! http://www.atkearney.com.au/documents/10192/4461492/Global+Cities+Present+and+Future-GCI+2014.pdf/3628fd7d-70be-41bf-99d6-4c8eaf984cd5 Sydney is ranked 14th in the Global city index following Toronto at 13rd.