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Christopher Joye
Published 6:25 AM, 6 Jul 2011 Last update 10:30 AM, 6 Jul 2011
 
Property Observer <http://www.propertyobserver.com.au/>

 

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For many years - most of the second half of the 20th century - it looked like Australia was on the wrong tram. In a world of ever-more high-tech, sophisticated manufactured goods, we were hewers of wood and drawers of water. To put it less biblically, we paid for our imports mainly by growing t...

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Richard Dunn, Acquisition Manager for OzInvest and Scott Picken, IPS CEO have a webinar to discuss investing Australian Property and the areas to focus on.

 

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Much talk of housing ‘bubble’ - but fundamentals sound
– Record population gains & inadequate supply growth
– Critical housing shortage worsening/demand momentum strong
– FHB replaced by investors, upgraders & offshore buyers...

The Housing Industry Association, Australia's largest building industry organisation, today released its inaugural Housing to 2020 report.  The report finds that if current building trends persist, then Australia's cumulated housing shortage would reach 466,000 dwellings by 2020.

IPS has just been over to Australia to understand the current and furture opportunities.

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Australian residential markets continue to record solid gains in July

 

Over the first seven months of the year Australian home values increased across every capital city, rising by 5.9 percent nationally. Based on Australia’s largest property database, owned by r...

According to the Australian Bureau of statistics, the average growth accross the top 8 Australian cities is 4.2% for the last quarter.

 

ESTABLISHED HOUSE PRICES
Quarterly Changes

Preliminary estimates show the price index for estab...

So it’s official; we’re not in recession!

 

Data out last month shows our economy expanded in the first three months of the year, meaning Australia – the ‘Lucky Country’ – has done what other advanced economies have failed to do…...

Despite fears that the Australian property market is suffering under the weight of a deteriorating economy, residential property prices recorded slightly positive growth in the first quarter, according to new figures.
 
Property research firms RP Data and Australian Property Moni...

With both Residex and RPData statistics currently indicating that Australian house prices are on the rise again (or at least that they have stabilised, after a total peak to trough fall of only 3-4...

Australia is one of the most progressive, politically and economically stable economies in the world. It is also the first country to have shown signs of coming through the Global Financial Crisis and provides an excellent opportunity for a South African looking for a foreign investment with a ...

Life is all about decisions and most importantly also the timing of these decisions. Scott Picken, CEO of International Property Solutions (IPS) believes it is very important to understand the opportunities which are available offshore in countries like Australia and also why it is so important...

Scott Picken, CEO of IPS has just spent 4 weeks in Australia exploring the Australian Property market. There is allot of global turmoil in property, but there are some very interesting characteristics of the Australian Property Market.
 
Scott has written a report about the mark...

EMERGENCY moves to boost first home owners' grants have paid off with a surge in first home buyer mortgage applications as professional investors desert the market.

 

- First home mortgages surge
- Grant impact flowing through
- Newly constructed houses popula...

They say the first settlers arrived almost 50 000 years ago from South East Asia during the period of the Ice Age, and from such a cold and humble begging Australia has grown and flourished into a rich and diverse paradise.

 

Australia is the sixth largest country in th...

One important factor for people to understand about Australia is that there is no such thing as an Australian Property market.

There are 6 States and 2 Territories and each area MUST BE taken in isolation when
identifying where the market or cycle is at any time.

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The unrivalled natural beauty of the Gold Coast will be the central focus of the latest luxury apartment project to be undertaken by the development arm of one of Australia’s leading financial institutions – Macquarie Group.

 

Macquarie Real Estate Equity Fu...

This report has been prepared By Jenese Malone, founder of PR Australian Properties, IPS
strategic partner in Australia, to assist people interested in Residential Real Estate in Australia.