No movement by the RBA for the month of March “At today’s meeting the Board judged that, having eased monetary policy at the previous meeting, it was appropriate to hold interest rates steady for the time being. Further easing of policy may be appropriate over the period ahead, in order to foster sustainable growth in.

The Queensland Market Monitor is a quarterly, electronic publication entirely focused on residential sales and rental research data for regions throughout the State, on a suburb-by-suburb basis.This detailed publication will enable you to conduct valuable comparisons between various regions and market segments, and to ensure you are completely information of all the latest market trends.

A regional city’s property market will be given a “shot in the arm” on the back of confirmation the area will receive an additional rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN), according to a property analyst. Queensland’s Mackay, 970 kilometres north of Brisbane, is set to be a beneficiary of the infrastructure upgrade, Kelly Higgins,.

The Gold Coast housing market is continuing to regain some momentum as it heads into the spring selling season. The large majority of suburbs in the market, which was heavily hit during the global financial crisis, recorded positive increases in their median house prices in the past quarter and year. Just a few years ago.

The Gold Coast market has finally entered a recovery. This recovery started in earnest this year.  It followed a market correction and long stagnation period.  This ‘reset and rest’ was needed, as the Gold Coast had overheated in terms of price and even rents in the mid-to-late 2000s.  Property values on the Gold Coast appreciated.

Property investors have been reminded not to be complacent when it comes to protecting their income. Terry Scheer Insurance executive general manager Carolyn Parrella said a tenant who falls behind in their rent can put landlords under significant financial stress. “Arrears can be a very long and costly process to resolve and may leave landlords.

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 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.

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.