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By: Rosemary Johnston- Thursday, May 02, 2013 The Australian economy needs a significant boost to maintain growth as the mining boom comes to a peak. The next wave needs a strong construction sector.   The State Governments are onto this, moving from First Home Owner Grants for any property to just those that are new construction. […]

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By: Rosemary Johnston – Wednesday, May 01, 2013 The Federal Government announced last week that it is planning to change the taxation laws for concessional contributions to Superannuation for higher income earners. Concession contributions contributions that would earn 45% tax at a personal rate and are now taxed at 15% in the super fund. In […]

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By: Rosemary Johnston- Monday, April 22, 2013 SMSF funds are the fastest growing sector of the superannuation market with over one third of funds invested. Many of us have had a look at our retirement lifestyle based on our accumulated funds and are very concerned at the projected budget restrictions.  In a bid to create […]

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By:  Rosemary Johnston- Friday, April 19, 2013 Independent property data that is based on large numbers, and expert experience and knowledge, is challenging to find in the real estate sector that is full of puffery: that legally endorsed opportunity to puff up their chests and crow about it being the best of the best.  However […]

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By: Rosemary Johnston- Thursday, April 18, 2013 The latest quarterly St George – Melbourne Institute Survey of Household Financial Conditions was released on April 1st and shows some interesting facts about the financial management skills of Australians. Over 60% are paying 0-10% of their after tax salaries to service debt. Over 40% are living debt […]

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By: Rosemary Johnston – Friday, April 12, 2013 Many of us are searching for quality content to support our understanding of the property market. We need to evaluate the potential for capital growth and why different markets in Australia are performing better than others.  For many of us it is confirmation of why buying around […]

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By: Rosemary Johnston – Monday, January 21, 2013 Where are the best capital growth investments? Working out which areas in Australia, your city or your suburb are performing above the national, capital city or regional area capital growth averages is what most of us are looking to identify for new purchases. Capital growth is a […]

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By: Rosemary Johnston- Tuesday, January 08, 2013 Successful property investment in 2013 is more challenging as rapidly changing economic drivers impact our results in the Australian property market.  It is no longer enough to buy anything that looks good and hope it will go up in value over time.  Most of us have much higher […]

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By: Rosemary Johnston- Sunday, November 25, 2012 An overview of the population and housing markets of capital cities is vital to our property investment knowledge.  It supports our understanding for the comparison of opportunities. If we add key economic, and supply and demand data that are the drivers of capital growth we have an even […]

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By: Rosemary Johnston – Monday, October 29, 2012 Most of us want to achieve an end result through investing.  We have a goal, that goal for many of us is not crisp and shiny so we can see it clearly.  It needs to be.  We need to have an end point defined in a way […]

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