Americans Tap Their Homes To Boost Wealth
Investing As US prices rise, home equity helps boost owner portfolios. The US housing boom is creating a new class of real estate tycoons with an easy source of financing: their own homes.
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Investors Return As Rents Soar Up To 20pc
Residential rents rising as fast as property prices are attracting investors seeking higher yields, a hedge against inflation and generous depreciation and tax breaks. House rents in some of Australia’s capital cities have risen between 15 and 20 per cent.
Premium Suburbs Lead Price Growth
House prices in some suburbs on Sydney’s northern beaches and the Gold Coast have doubled every three to four years in the past decade, fuelled by low levels of stock and a growing number of affluent buyers.
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There are numerous opportunities for astute investors and consumers to take advantage of. Aleks Vickovich and our expert writers break it down.
CBD Apartments Rents Set To Surge Even Higher
Surging demand and dwindling rental supply have fuelled a jump of more than 22 per cent in median rents in some inner-city Melbourne suburbs in the past 12 months, and more increases are expected as vacancy rates tighten.
Earlier, Bigger Rise In Rates Could See Sharper Price Falls
An earlier and potentially bigger interest rate rise could trigger a sharper initial fall in house prices if higher mortgage repayments and lower borrowing capacity spook buyers.
SMSF Scammers Pounce During COVID-19
Fraudsters are setting up 250 fake self-managed superannuation funds each year, a number that is rising quickly, in order to steal the retirement savings of unsuspecting mum and dad investors.
Stellar Run Ends For Low Market As Rates Rise
The lower end of the housing market has vastly outperformed the top and middle segments over the past 30 years, as suburbs gentrified and incomes improved over time.