Recent content by frehnejc

I have just looked at the new features or RE.com.au and they have a new supply and demand graph, not a bad bit of data: "The 'advertised properties' line graph indicates supply by showing the number of listings on realestate.com.au at any time during the relevant week. The 'people looking' line...

Hi, I have a friend that paid off their PPOR then bought another PPOR and moved the finance to it and rented out the old PPOR. They say they are claiming the interest on the old PPOR as all the finance is on the house. Is the interest on the old PPOR that is now an IP fully tax deductable...

Just to let everyone know how much this influences people, a couple of my tenants were interested in purchasing my properties and as of Monday out of the blue after showing interest over a number of weeks they said they have no interest in purchasing them. I rang them just to find out why and...

There seems to be the opinion that Australians are highly leveraged, I am interested to hear what from our small sample of investors how they are leveraged. Can everyone please post there ratio of Debt to Values of all properties including own homes if applicable.

This is not good: Global shipping is grinding to a halt because of the refusal of banks to issue letters of credit. In fact the Baltic Dry Index of bulk shipping rates has collapsed by 89 per cent – from 12,000 in May to 1355 last night. In October alone it has fallen 61 per cent. Rates for...

Its also worth noting that you allowed a 5% variation on the figures. So if you have a block that is not quite 600sqm but fits into the 5% then you should be able to subdivide.

Hi Does anyone know the process for the transaction of buying the 2sqm? Is it just a matter of filling out the O&A form?

I allow pets to increase access to target markets, I have a tenant who looks after my house really well and they have two small dogs.

With the price of Oil/Gas going up and the increase in Iron Ore Prices, Karratha may be an option see this as an example http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin/rsearch?a=o&id=105008433&f=40&p=10&t=res&ty=&fmt=&header=&cc=&c=54235305&s=wa&tm=1216004282.

I paid the $300 connection fee as the house was newly built in an established suburb and an old house was knocked over, however if the house wasn't in an established suburb I would not have paid it.

Home Vacancies Set Record In 1Q Putting further downward pressure on home prices, the number of vacant homes in the United States increased by 1 million over the past year to a record 18.6 million, according to government data released Monday. The vacancy rate for homes usually occupied by...

I have used Stylewise Designs for all of my properties. He provides excellent service and has dealt with most if not all councils.

Hunt Settlements is also very good, Leonie the owner is very thorough.

I notice almost all valuations they ask you "How much do you think its worth?", why do they ask this when they are the experts?

Hi, Why are valuers are very reluctant to give you their details eg name of company, phone numbers etc when they come to do a valuation on a property for the bank.