Archive for February, 2012

5 Tips To Get The Best Price When Selling Your Property

For whatever reason, if you have to sell your property as soon as possible, don’t panic! It’s easy to be overwhelmed but the best way forward is to set out a plan for selling and work through it step by step. Don’t be deterred if the word on the street is that ‘it’s a bad [...]

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Cooling off rules changed

If you buy residential real estate, you will find that, beginning on March 1, the cooling-off rules have changed. On that date, you will no longer lose your right to cool off just because you obtained advice from a lawyer before signing your contract.

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Aeropelican adds extra flights

The Mid-Western region will have access to four extra flights each week between Mudgee and Sydney beginning Wednesday, February 29. Wednesdays and Fridays: Mudgee to Sydney flight Departing Mudgee 10.30am. Arriving in Sydney 11.20am. Wednesdays and Sundays: Sydney to Mudgee flight Departing Sydney 2.30pm. Arriving Mudgee 3.20pm.

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The Property Shop sweeps Australasian awards

For the second time in two years Mudgee real estate agency The Property Shop has cleaned up at the Australasian Real Estate Results Achievement Awards. Presented at the Sydney Convention Centre on Monday, The Property Shop was crowned Australasian Rural Agency of the Year for the second consecutive time.

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Ready, Set, Object! It’s land tax time again.

Valuation notices from the Valuer Generals office have been issued in NSW over the past few weeks. These valuations are used to calculate council rates and land tax and in many cases the valuation may be excessive. Unfortunately, it’s an all too common occurrence where you hear of overvalued land resulting in excessive Land Tax [...]

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Co-ownership – Could you? Would you?

Property co-ownership offers an innovative home ownership solution that cuts the costs of buying a home in half (or even less) depending on the number of people involved. What is property co-ownership?

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Seven tips to get the sale away

OK; so we didn’t get the rate cut like we’d all hoped. However, there’s one certainty. Regardless of market ups and downs, we all still need somewhere to live, and sales will continue regardless. Last year’s interest rate cuts might have given some buyers a bit more confidence. However, if we look at how consumers [...]

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Reverse mortgage can be a burden

Borrowing money against your house can be risky, check all your options. For cash-strapped retirees whose wealth was decimated by the global financial crisis, a reverse mortgage may seem like an easy solution. But the loan product can balloon over time and wipe out much of the equity in their home.

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