Moving house when you have fish tanks adds a whole new level of complication to what can already be a stressful event! This article provides a few guidelines to help make moving your tanks easier and safer, and minimise the stress to your fish (and you!). Continue reading Moving Tip #3 – Fish & Aquariums – aargh!
Negotiate your contract
Understanding and negotiating suitable terms of contract is an important step in the purchase process when buying property.
Buyers should be aware of all inclusions, any easements or covenants on effecting the property and proposed settlement or completion dates. Continue reading Negotiate your contract
Moving Tip #2 – Pianos – symphony or cacaphony?
There are plenty of piano-moving horror stories, precious pianos getting jammed in tight spots, being damaged beyond repair. Consider your back and the poor piano: think about leaving the move in the hands of the professionals.
For piano teacher Heather Hobbs, moving home involves an additional stress – the transporting of her two pianos, which are not only the tools of her trade but also her precious art objects. But so far, so good. Continue reading Moving Tip #2 – Pianos – symphony or cacaphony?
Desperate tactics used to secure rentals
Increased competition among Australian renters has led to extreme tactics being used to secure accommodation.
A new Consumer Insights Report by realestate.com.au has unearthed some alarming findings among renters, who are going to extreme lengths to secure a home due to a lack of quality rental accommodation on the market. Continue reading Desperate tactics used to secure rentals
Reducing your loan in one simple step
Plenty of borrowers making monthly repayments on their home loans would be better off making fortnightly repayments.
There are plenty of borrowers making monthly repayments on their home loans who would be better suited to making fortnightly repayments, says Mortgage Fair general manager Amber Linzner. Continue reading Reducing your loan in one simple step
Moving Tip #1: Insurance covering possessions in transit
Advice from Australian Furniture Removers Association (AFRA) providing information about the insurance cover offered by its members when you’re moving home.
AFRA Executive Director, Viv Hanley says, “Many Australians are under the impression that their property is covered by their home and contents insurance policy when they are moving, or that the removalist’s own insurance should cover any damage. This is not the case in each instance. Continue reading Moving Tip #1: Insurance covering possessions in transit
Tax time tips for Investors
Relevant tax deductions are one of the most important things to consider when trying to maximise your investment’s profit potential.
As a landlord, you can claim the following rental property expenses as an immediate deduction: Continue reading Tax time tips for Investors
Carbon tax on housing
Now we know the starting price on carbon – $23 – a clearer picture is starting to form as to its impact on the property industry. Will it have a negative impact? That all depends on who you talk to.
The Housing Industry Association – a body that represents builders and the makers and suppliers of building products – remains opposed to a carbon pricing plan, arguing it will add $5000 to $6000 to the cost of a new house and land package – taking into account everything from the price of developing the land to fitting a kitchen cupboard handle. Continue reading Carbon tax on housing
Carbon tax may trigger rate hikes ahead of its July 2012 introduction
THE risk that the carbon tax will trigger interest rate rises is, in the words of at least one economist yesterday, “a foreseeable risk”.
Economists yesterday broadly agreed with the Government’s forecast that the tax would lead to a 0.7 per cent boost to inflation – low enough to allow the RBA to “look through” the rise when considering future interest rates. Continue reading Carbon tax may trigger rate hikes ahead of its July 2012 introduction
Gen Ys will lead housing revival
The Australian housing market has a bright future, and Gen Ys will be the ones to lead it there, a social demographer has claimed.
In spite of growing pessimism surrounding the economy, KPMG partner Bernard Salt has told Australian BrokerNews he expects economic conditions to pick up within the next few years. Salt claimed much of the economic pessimism in the housing market is merely reverberations from the GFC. Continue reading Gen Ys will lead housing revival