Gold Coast Light Rail will Finally Begin Carrying Passengers
THE $1.2 billion Gold Coast light rail system will take its first public passengers on July 20, with a day of free travel marking the milestone event. Transport and Main Roads Minister Scott Emerson confirmed the date while visiting the city yesterday, saying all the project’s stakeholders were now satisfied the launch could go ahead..
RP Data Releases Gold Coast Housing Market Report
The RP Data Research Team have released its latest housing market report for the Gold Coast region. The report provides an in depth look at the current conditions across the Gold Coast housing market and offers key trends, metrics and suburb statistical data. Some of the key trends mentioned: 3.8% increase in dwelling values over.
Australians Claim $8 Billion on Investment Properties
Australians earned more than $33.5 billion in rental income on investment properties and claimed more than $41.5 billion in tax deductions against those properties in the 2011-12 tax year, according to the latest Australian Taxation Office figures. The total of $8 billion in net losses claimed in the 2011-12 financial year was a slight increase.
Porfolio Based Trumps Task & ‘Pod’ Systems
A leading figure in the real estate industry has been able to answer the age-old question of which structure works best for a property management department. Over several years, Chris Rolls from Rental Express – one of the country’s largest rental businesses – experimented with portfolio-based, task-based and a hybrid ‘pod’ team structure. “We’ve tried.
Why Boutique is Best!
Having worked in both large offices and smaller boutique ones for over 20 years, in my opinion, it’s the smaller offices that offer a better level of service and more personal care to their landlords. There’s usually between one and three people handling the day-to-day running of property management and they tend to be across.
And the REIQ Rookie of the Year goes to…
MPM Property is very proud to announce the winner of the REIQ Rookie of the Year is our very own Jessica King. Held at the Brisbane City Hall on Friday 7th of February, the annual REIQ Awards for Excellence was a spectacular evening for all. Having been with MPM Property since April 2012, Jessica has.
Rentals in Mackay
After experiencing a decline in the Real Estate market and in particular the rental market, across the wider city of Mackay and other mining regions, this week has seen a vast improvement for leasing rentals at our Mackay office. Our property management team have experienced a surge in the number of enquiries and applications that.
Home Cooling Tips for Tenants and Homeowners!
By Jennifer Duke Wednesday, 15 January 2014 This summer is heating up quickly, with those in Melbourne experiencing temperatures of around 30 degrees celsius at 7am this morning. It might just be the time to consider cooling your home and the options you have. Reverse cycle air-conditioning is going to be many peoples’ fail safe.