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    Are we on the cusp of an upswing for property?

    This is what I don't get with a lot of PIs. (pls note, I am a single IP owner myself) So its okay for a PI to make 8% p.a on their IP CG just by sitting on it and renting it out, but a company is not allowed to make 8% profit on items they buy and sell? This company is: - buying goods...
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    Left wing political group orchestrating home buyers strike...

    i am a member of this forum obviously and a reader over there but I must say the reason why people on this board would not like that board is because there is an alternate view which you do not really find on this forum. Most posts and threads here give the feel that property can only go up...
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    97% finance FWIW. From my outstanding broker (Although always check with Rolf on SS)

    yep, the one thing we need these days is more easy credit.
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    Left wing political group orchestrating home buyers strike...

    I have read on those forums and particularly that post. I think you should re-write it "the conclusion" to "my(shadow's) conclusion" as your research was not anywhere near definitive and was actually shown not to be correct. We have also seen via apf.com rpdata that recent clearance rates for...
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    The Australian housing bubble furphy

    This is one of the most ridiculous things I have read on this website. Firstly, I am young gen x, not a gen y, but I think people like you over-glamorise the younger generations' lives and fortunes and under-glamorise your own. How does gen y have it "VERY EASY"? If your kid has it easy...
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    First investment property -what can i claim?

    if you want to tax deduct for your own time, you will have to charge yourself.
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    pls check my figures, tell me if i'm right

    hi all, thanks for your replies, as to CGT, I bought it 8 yrs ago for 435k so capital gain is not much. Using online calculators, after costs, my so called "gain" is 15k, however, I think it will be more like $0 gain to be honest. Take $15k as MAX gain - divide by 2 @ 30% tax = $2250. But...
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    pls check my figures, tell me if i'm right

    Hi, hoping someone here can check these figures are ok and my line of thinking is correct. IP: est value 490k. using 475k as base price (15k costs if sell) Loan: 300k Rate used: 6.96% 300000 @ 0.0696 = $20880 int paid p.a $430 rent (conservative) - 7% agents commission x 52 weeks =...
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    Sydney (Western) 's time in the sun?

    depends what you are considering as western sydney. it could be Lidcombe to Penrith - that is a long stretch (40km+ I would say). But the article also mentions south west. Bankstown to past Campbelltown - also 40km +. I'm just trying to say that "WEST" is such a big area when talking...
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    crap burbs gone good over time.

    any thoughts on Auburn in Sydney???
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    LVR as % of you portfolio

    Couple, very late 20s, currently DINKs till probably end of next year when looking to start family. Currently: value - $1 million (1 PPOR, 1 IP) Debt: $550k easy maths on this one - 55% LVR By this time next year, we hope to bring it down to 37% End 2012 - 32% I don't think I will...
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    Will a bank give me a loan?

    ok, it looks like you will nett about $1k a week from wages. Loan repayments- I think you should use min 7.5% interest as your basis, if not more. 332k @ 7.5% = $565/week. Living expenses - with a baby on the way, I am guessing with all costs involved, you would be looking at min $200 per...
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    interesting...

    Prices have been down/subdued/flat since mid-last year or so. Below are the reasons why properties either did not sell via private treaty or auction rates were low: June-July - Winter months. Hard to sell homes. Tradition "slow period". Cannot count this towards sales/auction figures...
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    what is happening in the 2nd half of the year

    from the look of replies and non-replies, It doesn't seem like there is anything to push the case for mid-end 2011 to be the turning point. Makes me wonder why these 3 (and I am sure other) vested groups are pushing this line? Scare mongering?
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    what is happening in the 2nd half of the year

    hi all by the way, I just wanted to say I am not really asking YOU "what is happening in the 2nd half of the year", I am more-so trying to ask "what is happening in the 2nd half of the year" that has got agents/analysts etc talking things up from Q3 2011. I mean, why not 2012, or 2013...
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    what is happening in the 2nd half of the year

    Okay, A lot of articles I read where they interview so called experts or agents or analysts say that these people believe first 6 months of the year will be flat or slightly -ve and after that, in the 2nd half of 2011 the market will be back in full swing. I don't understand their reasoning...
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    good online complex repayment calculator

    Hi PT Bear, the way I did in excel and I believe it is correct if anyone wants to do the same. Its attached. This one is not to my situation (wish my loan was that small!!) Items in red are the ones to enter manually, those in black are through excel calculations. Please let me know if you...
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    good online complex repayment calculator

    hi all, what I mean by above is one where you can put in more details to check your repayments and how fast you are paying off by inputting different data for different stages in your loan. eg. there are lot of calculators that tell you how much your repayments would be or how much time and...
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    Auburn, NSW

    thank you all for your help. and propertunity, thanks for the comments and graph. I honestly thought that there would be more volume of sales in Auburn. also, i am chasing capital growth but serviceability might be an issue, that is why I discussed yield. At present we will prob hang on...
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    Auburn, NSW

    Hi all. This is not a "should i buy" but more "should i hold, or sell". Most investors will say never sell, but I am not sure about that theory. Anyone who may know this market, would appreciate your help. For those who do not know, Auburn is pretty much around where "west" sydney...
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