Cost to buy a home in Australia If you’re looking to invest in a piece of Australian real estate, it’s important to know the costs associated with buying a house. Home buyers, especially younger first home buyers, may not realise all of the extra home loan costs. From taxes to duty fees, home buyers must [...]
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Foreign Investors Investing in Australian real estate can be a great foreign investment as long as you know and follow the real estate rules. Foreign investors must be approved in order to purchase residential real estate, vacant land, or commercial property in Australia. Even non-citizen family members of Australian citizens must seek approval before being [...]
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We’ve discussed the current state of supply and demand for residential housing across Australia and now it seems there are some tentative signs that investors are coming through and beginning to fund new construction projects. In February of 2010, the number of property investors applying for mortgage loans was at the highest level seen in [...]
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Are you looking for an ideal real estate investment opportunity? If so, an Australian real estate investment trust (A-REITs) may present a profitable option. A REIT is simply defined as a trust that purchases income property, either residential or commercial, using funds from pooled from all investors. Some REITs also manage real estate or mortgages. [...]
