Archive for the ‘Property’ Category

First Home Buyers Expo & Trading and Investing Expo

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Link : http://www.homebuyershow.com.au/ Link : http://www.tradingandinvestingexpo.com.au/ There will be two expo going on this weekend. There will be free seminars during the expo. It will be a good start if you are new to property and share trading. There are entrance fee for both the expo. Save $5 if you register online. ...

House price finally going down.

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

source : http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/allprimarymainfeatures/A7D9FA86BD9C4E79CA2574980019A126?opendocument According to the "Law of Gravity", it is understand that "What goes up, must come down". For those who drive, you would remember that crude oil price went up to $141.71 / barrel on June 27,2008. As on today, 4 August, 2008, oil price has drop more then 11% ...

Clayton vs Carlton

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

Two suburb might sounds similar but the Return On Investment (ROI) for the two suburb is different. The above property is located in 18 Dooga Street, Clayton and is selling for AU 520,000. The above property can be rented for AU 450/week or AU 23,400 / year. This is equivalent to ...

Land & Homes in South East Melbourne

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

South Eastern Melbourne is running low on land. Land in Berwick which is 45km away from the city is nearly sold out. Sooner or later, those who would wish to build their own house will need buy land as far as Pakenham located 60km away from the city. Not unless ...

Display Unit @ Berwick by Metricon

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Living Room Family Room Kitchen Outdoor Room Dining Room Leisure Room Master Suit Bedroom 2 Bedroom 3 Floor Plans The above is one of the display homes by Metricon. The construction cost for the house itself is $339,920. It is a house whom everyone will fall in love. When I walked in the house, I feel that I am in ...

Median House Price Falls for First Quarter

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

With the increase of interest rates by the Reserve Bank of Australia, it is expected that the housing market will slows down. After Australian Property Monitors announced the median price for property in Melbourne for the year end 2007, I made a prediction that the house price will not go ...

Property in Malaysia any good ?

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

VS   There are still much opportunity in Malaysia when comes to property. Property in Malaysia performs better because of the low interest rate and high rental return. To obtain a positive cash flow rental in Malaysia, a deposit of $86,666 is required to purchase a $333,333 (RM 1,000,000) retail office. The ...

Auction at 2/82 Manton Road, Clayton

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

[wp-google-maps lat=-37.91563864159634,lon=145.11784225702286,zoom=17,zoomcontrol=large,width=450,height=300,map=true,sat=false,hyb=false,ter=false,searchbox=false] Yesterday was talking to Paul about my interest in attending house auction. First time in my life and first time in Australia attending an auction. Always wanted to attend one ever since two months ago but somehow I feel lazy when I wake up in the morning every weekend. The ...

Median House Values went down by $11,000

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Median house values went drop by $11,000 in the first two months of the year since the December 2007 peak of $480,000. The drop is mainly due to the repeated interest rate rises. The city median house value has fallen more then 2% to $469,000. The drop is due to ...

Melbourne’s property boom cools off

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

I was looking at the news at ninemsn and the article "Melbourne's property boom cools off" caught my attention. The article mention that the clearance rates is less then 60%. Decided to find out what is the clearance rate for the past few years. The following are the result ...