Now’s the time to start the ball rolling so that your property report can be completed well in time for the end of the financial year. Whether your investment property is a residential or holiday rental, The Property Shop Mudgee has the expertise to prepare the reports that are essential if you’re to keep your [...]

Anyone who has ever gone camping will be able to tell you the basics of cross-ventilation – opening up opposite windows (or tent flaps) to allow the air to flow from one side to another. It’s the same thing that you would do if you have to sit in your car on a hot day. [...]

When you buy an investment property, you’re investing a lot of money in your future. So you want to make sure you do everything you can to ensure you achieve a good return on your investment.

Are you looking to sell your home? If so, you might be considering professional staging to help present your home in the best light possible. You can save a bit of money by doing some staging on your own. Read on for some tips that can help you present each room in your house in [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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?

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 [...]

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.

It’s taking a while but summer will arrive in all its hot gusto. Summer where it’s so hot you can’t sleep at night, and the flies are beating at your back door trying to find a cooler place to muck in. Hot summer days might be great beach weather but if it’s turning your place [...]