by Chris | Dec 4, 2015 | Adelaide Market, Brisbane Market, Latest News, Melbourne Buyer Insights, Melbourne Market
One of the busiest times for rentals is just around the corner with the January and February period traditionally seeing more activity. With that in mind, we’ve asked our Property Managers at National Property Buyers to recommend a couple of the highly regarded...
by Chris | Nov 20, 2015 | Adelaide Market, Brisbane Market, Latest News
Time is becoming more and more of a factor for both buyers and vendors looking to purchase and offload property with only four more weekends of auctions left for the year. Vendors looking to sell within this tightening time frame are pushing stock levels higher in...
by Chris | Nov 20, 2015 | Brisbane Market, Latest News
December has almost arrived. With another year almost over it is a time for last minute shopping, organising holidays and family and friend catch ups. Rent Arrears: With Christmas approaching many people get caught up in overspending, which can impact on rental...
by Chris | Nov 13, 2015 | Adelaide Market, Brisbane Market, Latest News, Melbourne Buyer Insights, Melbourne Market
Regular readers of the property papers will have recently come across the story of Jae Jun Kim, a Sydney man who purchased a one bedroom apartment in The Castlereagh development. Kim purchased the apartment for $560,000 three years ago with the plan to live in the...
by Chris | Nov 11, 2015 | Adelaide Market, Brisbane Market, Latest News, Melbourne Buyer Insights
Rob Di Vita, buyers advocate with National Property Buyers in Melbourne was out to dinner with some friends a few weeks ago. Being in real estate, the conversation eventually (or inevitably) turned to the housing market. The immediate future of the market was widely...
by Chris | Nov 6, 2015 | Brisbane Market, Latest News
Brisbane was down slightly in capital growth terms over October according to Core Logic RP Data, moving down 0.2%. However, the sunshine state capital has been one of the better performers over the quarter, increasing 1.2%, after Melbourne (3.1%) and Sydney (1.5%)....
by Chris | Oct 30, 2015 | Latest News
Context is an important thing. Making a judgement based on a single piece of information that doesn’t take into account broader factors can almost always be detrimental. Take for example the rise in interest rates on loans made by the banks in the last week. Or...
by Chris | Oct 23, 2015 | Melbourne Buyer Insights
How many times have you woken up to see a story on the morning news of another house fire? With winter now over and moving into summer, it’s a timely reminder to ensure your smoke alarms are working correctly. We absolutely encourage landlords to have their...
by Chris | Oct 22, 2015 | Brisbane Market, Latest News
General tenancies If the tenant falls more than 7 days behind in the rent, the property manager/owner can give them a Notice to remedy breach (Form 11), giving them 7 days to pay the outstanding amount. If the tenant pays the rent within the timeframe their tenancy...
by Chris | Oct 22, 2015 | Brisbane Market, Latest News
Owning and managing investment properties has become a serious business with ever evolving legislation and compliance regulations that must be adhered to during the day-to-day management of the property and the tenant. Like everything in life, whether it is getting a...