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Latest Article (17-Dec-07): Tis the season... to sell homes?

We investigate how important it is to sell your home in the right season, and what the other factors might be.

Older Articles

• Should I buy a house or a unit? - part 2 of 2
  05-Dec-07In part two of this series, we consider the merits of house investment over unit investment.
• Should I buy a house or a unit? - part 1 of 2
  25-Sep-07In this two part series, we consider the relative merits of house or unit investing.
• Should I invest in property? - part 2 of 2
  12-Sep-07What are the benefits of property investment over share market investment?
• Should I invest in property? - part 1 of 2
  27-Aug-07There are many types of investments: why should you choose property?
• What should I look for in an investment property?
  20-Aug-07How to find the most desirable investment property with the best chance of good returns.
• Residex Prediction Philosophy
  13-Aug-07How we can be confident that our predictions are based on sound logic
• Why are rents becoming so expensive and what does this mean for the investor?
  12-Aug-07Are rents expensive, or are they going back to where they should be?
• Unit investment - is buying off the plan a good idea?
  01-Aug-07Off the plan purchases can potentially have a number of advantages for investors, but make sure you understand the risks.
• The Residex Non-Revisionary Repeat Sales Index
  06-Jun-06How Residex changed its method of calculating its indices to make them more accurate, with less data.
• Will Unaffordability Stop the Market Growing?
  14-Mar-06It seems that no-one can afford a house in Sydney - can prices get any higher?
• Investing in Sydney - Units
  03-Oct-05How does capital growth work for units?
• The Shape of Things To Come: Part 2 (Melbourne and Perth)
  01-Sep-05In Part 2, we look at the current and future state of the Melbourne and Perth markets.
• The Shape of Things To Come: Part 1 (Sydney and Brisbane)
  25-Jul-05A look at the current, and future state of the Sydney and Brisbane markets
• Interest Rates and Land Tax
  08-Apr-05Our response to the news that interest rates would remain the same, and what we can do to help with land tax disputes
• Land Valuations
  31-Mar-05Just how does the council work out how much to charge for rates?
• The Interest Rate Rise - What Impact Will It Have On Future Growth?
  02-Mar-05Should you sell after an interest rate rise? What other effects might it have on the property market?
• Investing in Sydney - Part 2
  24-Feb-05If you want to experience capital growth, make sure you know where your suburb is in the housing cycle.
• Investing in Sydney Property, Part 1.
  01-Feb-05A simple explanation as to why Sydney is such a good place for residential investment.
• Reverse mortgages
  23-May-04The benefits are obvious, but are there any downsides to the reverse mortgage?
• Median Values - A New Way of Looking at Things
  01-Mar-04You might save yourself from an investment mistake if you understand the difference between median prices and median values.
• When things go wrong
  30-Jun-03We explain medians, and how they're not always a good way of understanding a suburb's true value.
• Double your money
  01-Jan-02How long does it take for a Sydney property to double in value?
• The easily forgotten proviso: how growth is impacted by purchase price
  01-Nov-01You might have found somewhere that will provide good capital growth, but will the growth still be good if you pay too much for the property?
• What makes the housing market special?
  01-Oct-01There are lots of investment markets - what is it about housing that makes it different from everything else?
• Leveraging returns, Leveraging risk.
  01-Aug-01Leveraging - borrowing money to invest - can dramatically increase your return on investment: how can you minimise the risk that your return will be negative?
• Making Medians more meaningful.
  01-Oct-00The difference between median price and median value, and what each can tell you about the state of a market
• Investing in Units.
  01-Sep-00We discuss the difference between an investment in a house, and in a unit - what are the benefits, and pitfalls of unit investing?
• Sydney 2000 - Year in Review
  01-Aug-00An analysis of the housing market in Sydney in 2000 provides a useful insight into how the housing cycle works.
• The quick and easy guide to finding the hot suburbs
  01-Jul-00How to use the housing cycle to work out which suburbs are due to increase in value
• Sydney and Brisbane - a tale of two cities
  01-Jun-00What is it about Sydney - and Brisbane - that makes the prices so different?
• Interest rates and Sydney property values - how correlation analysis teaches us not to worry
  01-May-00An interest rate rise makes it harder to pay off a mortgage, but does it have any effect on house prices?
• Prediction - it's not just for astrologers any more
  01-Apr-00We can't know with certainty what the future holds, but using statistics, we can make a good guess
• How we made it through the nervous nineties.
  04-Jan-00By looking at growth for decades at a time, we can learn a valuable lesson about not rushing to interpret statistics at first glance
• Hey, be careful out there - a guide to the 21st century Sydney housing market.
  01-Sep-99What differences will there be between the 20th Century property market and the 21st Century property market?
• When is a change in house prices not a change in house prices?
  01-Mar-99Does a change in a suburb's median price tell you anything at all about whether properties are increasing in value? The answer might surprise you.
• Go to work or go to the beach: Why property investors should learn how to surf.
  12-Jan-99Which makes a property more desirable - being close to the beach, or being close to the CBD? We investigate.