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Over 500 PK Home Buyers Advice Articles

PK’s Sydney Property Market Update February 2012

February 15, 2012

As we head into 2012, there are still some dark clouds looming over Europe but slowly but surely things seem to be on the mend. The interesting one at present is probably the United States which has finally got their unemployment rate down to 8.3% after being at over 9% for the last 3 years. [...]

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‘Sunrise’ Buying Your First Investment Property with Peter Kelaher and Andrew Winter

October 12, 2011

 If you’re new to the property market, and want to buy your first investment property, we have all the top tips to get started.    

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Capital Gains Tax.

October 6, 2010

19 November 1999 For assets acquired prior to implementation, and held for at least one year , individual taxpayers will have the choice of including in their assessable income either: 1. Half the realised nominal gain, or 2. The whole of the difference between the disposal price and the frozen indexed cost base. For assets [...]

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Silent Sales for Premium Property

August 11, 2010

In this day and age real estate is being marketed very differently from even three years ago. Most people are finding that properties are hitting the internet, or agents are contacting buyers off their data bases, before they even hit the papers. As a buyer you would hope that your local real estate agent that [...]

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What should I buy?

August 4, 2010

The process involved in purchasing a property will differ from a commercial property, to a residential property, to your own personal residence. If you are purchasing a commercial investment property, you will need to determine what type of tenant will use the property. You will need also to understand the potential problems with different tenants [...]

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Residential Investment Yields

August 4, 2010

When investing in residential property one of the key factors to consider is your net return on monies invested. This will be an indicator on whether or not to proceed. To assess the net return you will have to compare it with the average returns for similar properties. Too low a return may mean that [...]

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Property Investment

August 4, 2010

I have noticed an increased volume of enquiry to our office from people who have jumped out of the share market, and are looking at getting back into the property market. When purchasing an investment property you should always do your research into not only the property you are looking to purchase, but also what’s [...]

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Silent Sales

August 4, 2010

In this day and age real estate is being marketed very differently from even three years ago. Most people are finding that properties are hitting the internet, or agents are contacting buyers off their data bases, before they even hit the papers. As a buyer you would hope that your local real estate agent that [...]

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Auction Bidding

August 4, 2010

Bidding at auction can be one of the most nerve-racking experiences that you will have to do in the search for your dream home or investment property. The complexity of agent versus buyer in a very tense and even somewhat surreal situation, can give any human heart palpitations. I will attempt to calm down some [...]

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Real Estate Sales Advisory

August 4, 2010

Selling the family home or an investment property might only happen once or twice in a lifetime, so when the time comes you might not be up to date with the many processes involved. When choosing a real estate agent to sell your home you will receive a lot of confusing and sometimes conflicting advice. [...]

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