Archive for January, 2006

Commercial brakes

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

INVESTMENT
Financial advisers using misleading advertisements could find themselves in strife, writes Nick Bruining.
The advertising of high-risk debentures as “safe investments” and the lucrative commissions paid to financial advisers to steer clients into them will receive special scrutiny from the corporate regulator this year.
The move follows the successful application by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission [...]

Invest and rent: the new home solution

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

A GROWING number of young people are buying investment properties rather than homes to live in as a first step towards cracking the ownership market, a survey has found.
Reversing the traditional model of buying a home first and an investment property second, a survey conducted by Wizard Home Loans has unearthed 61,000 “first home investors”.
“Although [...]

The hottest tips in real estate for 2006

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

THE traditional blue-chip suburbs will be a dominant force in 2006, real estate agents say.
The Advertiser asked some of Adelaide’s high-profile agents to list the suburbs to watch next year for capital growth. Three of the four surveyed tipped Unley Park and Norwood. Both recorded capital growth this year.
First home buyers Kate [...]

HOMEBUYERS SAVE

Sunday, January 1st, 2006

WHY CHOOSE AN experienced BUYER’S ADVOCATE to find your next property ?
BUYER’S advocates offer many areas of service to the buyer/purchaser.
The full service consists of searching for suitable properties that are detailed on their client’s “wish list”, research, vendor/agent liason,and negotiating on the purchase of the chosen property, saving the buyer both time and in [...]