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• Property Investor Success Story
• 12/03/2011
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• Perth will buck the trend
• 24/01/2011
• WHILE property prices ease across the country, economists are predicting Perth will buck the trend and return to a booming real estate market by mid-year. Read more

• Vacant land costs more in Perth: report
• 19/01/2011
• Perth's residential land market is the third most expensive in the nation, trailing only the Sunshine Coast and Sydney, according to the latest research by the Housing Industry Association and industry analysts RP Data.But in terms of dollar value per square metre, vacant land in Perth is the most expensive in Australia, at $516/sqm, leading the most expensive market traditionally, Sydney, by $38/sqm.The HIA-RPdata.com Residential Land Report for the September quarter 2010 showed Perth's median lot price at $245,000, well above the nation's median land value of $186,629.Median land prices in WA grew 11.4 per cent on the previous quarter, and 8.9 per cent on the same quarter in 2009.Two regional WA markets, south eastern and south western WA, were also among the top ten most expensive, with median lot prices of $166,000 and $165,000 respectively.Over the year to 2010, median land values were up 5.2 per cent across Australia, while land sales in the September quarter were down 57 per cent on the corresponding quarter in 2009. Read more

• REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY
• 17/01/2011
• Your philosophy when it comes to purchasing successful investment real estate should be to look for the highest capital growth opportunities, combined with a good rental return to enable you to maintain repayments over the life of the investment. Read more

• Can You Achieve Wealth In Real Estate
• 14/01/2011
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• Identify leverage in your life & how you can do it bette
• 10/01/2011
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• This week, caretaker PM Julia Gillard was successful in forming a minority government
• 13/09/2010
• This week, caretaker PM Julia Gillard was successful in forminga minority government after two country independents agreed tosupport it 17 days after the Federal election delivered a hungparliament. Read more

• House prices up 0.4% in July, RP Data predicts little growth for the remainder of 2010
• 31/08/2010
• Australian house prices grew by a seasonally adjusted 0.4% during July, following on from a 1% fall in June, according to the latest RP Data-Rismark figures. Read more

• Private sales may take over from auctions as sellers look for higher prices during Spring selling season
• 30/08/2010
• Private sales may increase during the traditionally strong Spring selling season as auction clearance rates fall and house price discounting grows, property experts say. Read more

• Investors 'disappointed' over quick housing gains
• 30/08/2010
• PROPERTY investors are targeting off-the-plan apartments hoping for short-term capital gain, with thousands of prospective pre-sale buyers eyeing Sydney projects. Read more

• Homebuyers have spring in their step
• 06/09/2010
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• Property investors delay purchases until Spring to wait for bargains
• 24/08/2010
• Property investors are waiting until a flood of listings hit the market in Spring in order to leverage their bargaining power and pick up some bargains, industry experts say. Read more

• Housing shortage will hurt affordability for the next decade, experts claim
• 19/08/2010
• Housing affordability will spiral out of control in the next decade if state and federal governments do not fix the lack of supply - an issue which could possibly impact economic growth and spark widespread social distress, housing experts warn. Read more

• Units outpace houses in growth
• 16/08/2010
• THE capital growth of apartments continues to outstrip houses, with some rising in value by more than 50 per cent in less than a year. Read more

• Housing Finance Approvals, June
• 06/08/2010
• Housing finance approvals for owner occupiers rose1.9% in May, having fallen in every month bar one since last July, including a 1.5% fall in April. Read more

• RBA leaves rates on hold in August
• 06/08/2010
• The Reserve Bank left the cash rate on hold for the third month in a row in August at 4.25%. Read more

• WA set for housing shortage
• 04/08/2010
• WESTERN Australia may be about 72,500 homes short by 2020 according to a report from Australia's biggest building industry association, the HIA. Read more

• Fees create confusion for homebuyers
• 27/07/2010
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• Forget buying homes in cities, mining towns will be next big property boom
• THE detente between miners and the Federal Government over the resource super-profits tax will fuel demand for housing in mining towns. Read more

• Housing Finance Approvals
• 12/07/2010
• After running red hot on the heels of low mortgage rates and the Boost to the First Home Owner's Scheme last year, housing finance approvals have taken a hit in recent months. Read more

• How long will it take you to buy a house?
• 09/07/2010
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• Billionaire Harry Triguboff’s housing shortage warning: Gottliebsen
• Australia's largest apartment owner and developer, Harry Triguboff, scoffs at the idea that there will be a housing bubble. Read more

• Unreal estate prices as million dollar homes 'sell like hotcakes' but won't last
• 22/06/2010
• MILLION-dollar homes are selling at a rate of one every two hours, analysis of sales figures reveal. Read more

• RAMS Home Loans undercuts the banks by slashing interest rates
• 16/06/2010
• STRESSED mortgage-holders could be the winners from an interest rate war. Read more

• Perth house prices set for biggest climb
• 15/06/2010
• The median price for a Perth house will pass $600,000 within three years as the city's property market reclaims its title as the strongest and fastest growing in the country, a new report predicts. Read more

• Byron Bay listed as one the worst places to buy a new home
• 11/06/2010
• BUYERS are being warned that homes in Byron Bay and the Sydney suburbs of Sutherland and Breakfast Point are real estate poison. Read more

• Darwin property more expensive than New York and London ArticlePage
• 07/06/2010
• THE average Darwin house is more expensive than its equivalents in London and New York, a comparison of real estate in cities around the world has found. Read more

• Cashed-up foreigners snap up homes
• 27/05/2010
• CASHED-UP foreigners snapped up $14.9 billion worth of houses and land in Australia last year, including $2.49 billion worth of existing homes. Read more

• Housing loans drop on rising interest rates
• 18/05/2010
• WEAK lending finance figures show the economy is stalling and give the central bank a reason to keep interest rates on hold for at least the next two months, economists say. Read more

• PROPERTY Putting finances in shape can help land a loan
• 20/04/2010
• TOUGH lending conditions for homebuyers are expected to continue for at least another year but there are ways to make yourself more appealing to banks and other lenders. Read more

• Low risks make it a great time to invest in property
• 16/04/2010
• DO I sound bullish about property to you? If not, you're missing the point. Read more

• Foreign men of property move in
• 13/04/2010
• OVERSEAS home buyers may be crowding locals out of the market. Read more

• RBA raises cash rate to 4.25%
• 06/04/2010
• The Reserve Bank of Australia has raised the cash rate by 25 basis points to 4.25 per cent, saying growth and inflation are around trend and it is appropriate for interest rates to be closer to average."With the risk of serious economic contraction in Australia having passed some time ago, the board has been lessening the degree of monetary stimulus that was put in place when the outlook appeared to be much weaker," the central bank said in a statement today. Read more

• Auctions running hot with 73pc clearance
• 06/04/2010
• AUCTION clearance rates across the country soared last month, with thousands of properties selling under the hammer and many going for well above their reserve, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne. Read more

• Melbourne house price jump leads nation
• 03/04/2010
• MELBOURNE'S house prices have outperformed every city in Australia, new benchmark real estate figures show. Read more

• New housing starts to flat-line in 2012
• 30/03/2010
• New housing starts in Western Australia are forecast to grow 24 per cent this financial year but then flat-line in 2011-12, a new outlook report shows.  Read more

• Housing shortfall likely to worsen
• 29/03/2010
• OFFICIAL forecasts for the nation's housing shortage have worsened, with more than 100,000 prospective home buyers already locked out of the market by June 30 last year. Read more

• Negative gearing safe, says Swan
• 28/03/2010
• Wayne Swan has hosed down suggestions of a clamp on negative gearing, as the Rudd government seeks to lower expectations that tax reform will be a central plank of its election platform. Read more

• US house sales fall less than expected
• 25/03/2010
• SALES of existing homes in the US fell a third time in a row during February, but the decline was less than expected, spurring hope for a turnaround in the spring. Read more

• Sydney property prices set to double
• 23/03/2010
• UP TO half of Sydney homeowners are set to become property millionaires, with house prices predicted to double in the next decade. Read more

• House surge leads to mortgage stress
• 21/03/2010
• VICTORIA'S resurgent housing market is putting borrowers under severe financial strain, even if they are employed or earn more than $80,000 a year. Read more

• Higher interest rates not so bad
• 19/03/2010
• EVERYONE wants a strong economy, but the spate of rising interest rates is dreaded by most property owners. Read more

• Watch on rate rises as building picks up
• 18/03/2010
• THE long slide in the housing construction industry has come to an end with a big jump in the number of new starts, although the recovery may be slowed by rising interest rates. Read more

• Lack of housing will challenge recovery - Reserve Bank
• 17/03/2010
• AUSTRALIA is facing an under-supply of housing that isn't meeting the demands of a growing population, an RBA official says. Read more

• More on struggle street as prices, rates rise
• 16/03/2010
• THE average size of a home loan has risen by 40 per cent since 2005, leaving more than half a million Australians struggling to meet their repayments. Read more

• Boom city top for 10-year property prices
• 13/03/2010
• PERTH has been the standout property market of the last decade, with 11 of the city's suburbs making the top 20 list for the fastest average annual price growth, according to residential researcher RP Data. Read more

• Return of wealthy buyers to push up prestige home prices
• 11/03/2010
• AUSTRALIA'S most expensive homes are likely to rise in price by 10-15 per cent this year as wealthy locals and overseas buyers hunt for prestigious addresses in a resilient economy, according to researcher RP Data. Read more

• Property Couples work twice as long for a house
• 09/03/2010
• AUSTRALIANS have to work almost three times harder to pay off the average family home than they did 50 years ago. Read more

• House auctions find ready buyers across Australia
• 08/03/2010
• THE booming property market has shrugged off last week's interest rate rise, with strong auction clearance rates recorded across the nation at the weekend. Read more

• First home buyers give up the dream
• 06/03/2010
• ONE-fifth of Australians will give up on the dream of buying their first home in the next two years if home loan interest rates hit between 8 and 9 per cent, according to a survey from home loans broker Mortgage Choice. Read more

• Property Don't worry about the short term; focus on the future
• 04/03/2010
• TELL anyone property is a long-term business and they'll nod sagely and agree wholeheartedly. Read more

• US new home sales slide to record low
• 26/02/2010
• NEW home sales in the US unexpectedly plunged in January to a record low, erasing all gains made in the market during the past year. Read more

• Housing debt in overdrive
• 25/02/2010
• HOMEBUYERS and investors have nearly doubled their borrowings over the past five years, figures show. Read more

• New Jardim Corporation website goes live
• 22/09/2009
• Thanks to the efforts of Ryan Briggs - Web & Print Creative and Sarah Mitchell of Global Copywriting, Jardim Corporation has a fresh new website. Read more

• Launch of Real Property Millionaires
• 27/10/2009
• Underground Property Millionaire-Maker suffers to help "The Little Guy's" Get Rich with Property in This Economy! LIMITED TO ONLY 25 LUCKY CANDIATES! Read more

• Underground Property Millionaire-Maker
• 28/10/2009
• Find out how a simple 90- minute one-on-one meeting with one of WA's leading property coaches could put you on the right path to financial freedom! Read more

• Bubble warnings as investors move back to property
• 10/03/2010
• PROPERTY investors have returned in force to Australia's major capital cities with more than one-third of home loans sourced for investment purposes. Read more