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From: Jay Hunter Hi all, Can anyone shed some light on sending a submission to a Development Application... If anyone has had any experience with this and can offer any tips it would be great! I want to make comments regarding the Height of the building, car spaces, and soil samples taken...

Reply: 2.1.1.1.1 From: Jay Hunter Hi Gavin, The best i have found is: http://www.homeloansnow.com.au or use the Westpac one only if you want to get confused and really frustrated! Jay

From: Jay Hunter Hi, People talk about median house/unit prices for cities (syd/melb/bris etc... and even specific suburbs within each city... To me the median price mean jack sh.t!! Really it comes down to LOCATION but what is a location worth???. Here is an example, and really just a...

From: Jay Hunter Can anyone point me in the direction of any web sites that list properties for private sale ? thanks

From: Jay Hunter I went looking on the weekend with a mate to view a few properties over bondi way... (this is fist time i have looked in Bondi and just wanted to see what you get for your money...) I was amazed at having to line up to view properties as there were so many people looking...

From: Jay Hunter Hi all, We bought a home (place of residence) last year and decided on the W.pac rocket repay HL with 100% offset... we got the bonus 0.7 discount that everyone should get... We borrowed more than we really needed to give us some breathing space (although we have slightly...

From: Jay Hunter Hi all, I'm not sure who would be the best to organise this to happen nut I thought I would post the suggestion to see what others think... It would be very useful if each person could have their own personal folder for keeping posts they are interested in... i.e simple...

Reply: 1 From: Jay Hunter Hi Mannie, I think it depends on what type of tenants you will be trying to attract... Are you focusing on short term accomm ? Being a place in a holiday area and with water views this may be a great option... we are luck enough to have a unit with much the...

From: Jay Hunter Hi, If I fixed part of a mortgage now for 5 years whilst int. rates are lower and I found myself in a position in say 3 years where I had the money to payout the debt in total and lets say interest rates have gone up to 7.5% in 3 years... would there still be a cost to break...

Reply: 3.1.1 From: Jay Hunter what's wrong with borrowing against some of the equity in your home to invest in a good portfolio of shares?? I thought his would be the same as borrowing against your some to invest in an IP except its a different class of investment... if nothing else I...

Reply: 1.1.1 From: Jay Hunter Go the real thing. Carpet - slate - tiles - timber - floating floors... they all go in and out of fashion... but if your investing for the long term I wouldn't put floating floors down! I can imagine in 5-10 years from now, people will be saying: oh that stuff...

From: Jay Hunter just thought I would pass this on to anyone who is selling (even though no one sells :-)) If you do want to sell and you insist on using an agent... make sure you do yourself a favour and at least speak with your neighbours before signing any contract... as your neighbors...

Reply: 1 From: Jay Hunter It will not influence my decision to buy or sell but I think it might influence international investors... With interest rates going down here, in the US and UK/Europe of recent times and outlook for more... I think it shows a positive future for Australian...

From: Jay Hunter Hi, Thought I would post a question/discussion I haven't seen on this forum before... Looking around some of the beach suburbs in Sydney I have been trying to determine the value of water views... I find it's hard to determine as no two properties are really the same...

From: Jay Hunter Hi All, This might be a bit off the topic but can anyone recommend where to buy and who is a good trade person to lay timber floors? in the northern beaches area of Sydney? also, has anyone got any info on Magnesite floor coverings (over concrete) and laying timber on this...