Do Investors and First Home Buyers Buy the Same Property?

John Symond, from Aussie, look at first time investors who are generally tiny investors seeking property which has a excellent yield, and yields are excellent at the moment because theres a shortage of supply. They like to be near infrastructure, near the CBD, which means, predominantly, home units. Whether youre in Brisbane Melbourne, Sydney particularly, inner city – apartments, shortage of supply, high yield and hopefully a high capital gain potential. Not a spike in values over one or two years thats long gone. Today investors have to look at a property and see that it brings in an acceptable yield, its got excellent growth asset potential and its even better if you buy a recently built apartment or house where you also can get the depreciation benefits of, say, 2.5% every year. A lot of investors dont know about this but if you can depreciate 100000, 200000 off the buy price every year for 20 years you can get possibly 4, 5 thousand dollars tax deduction year after year on top of the operating costs your interest holding charges. So I believe that the shortage of supply of housing, the appeal of low interest rates, a better range of properties because not competing with the FHB segment which really has upset is going to give investors a much better chance to secure the right property.with everything else thats necessary and Im tipping that investors will start coming back with a flurry, and thats a excellent thing for the housing market. I dont believe theyre going to come in en

Ipswich Growth – Why You Must Invest Now!

Ipswich is at the centre of the fastest growing region in Australia Ipswich is just 35 minutes from Brisbane and 55 minutes to the Gold Coast and is at the epicentre of massive growth. South East Queensland is experiencing the fastest growth rate of any urban region in Australia. By 2026, the population is expected to reach around 3.7 million people – an increase of more than 1 million people. (Source: Queensland Government)