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25.01.2022 A fundamental problem of business owners is answering this question: "What’s next?" Do you just keep slogging away until you're old and grey? Plan an exit strategy.

25.01.2022 Consumer Confidence Rises Further The weekly ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence index has risen a further 3.4 %, reaching its highest level since February. The index has climbed for 11 weeks in a row.... Positive news on a potential coronavirus vaccine has seen as a major reason for a further rise in the index. The news about the successful vaccine trial no doubt played a major role, ANZ economist David Plank says. "The strong result points to a potentially strong Christmas season ahead for retailers. Last week, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer’s said it was having ongoing successes developing a vaccine, which has a 90% effectiveness. On Monday, rival Moderna said trials of its vaccine showed a 95% efficacy. Plank says an outbreak of coronavirus in South Australia is a reminder Australia is not clear of the virus just yet. But the trend in confidence is very encouraging, he says. Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe believes it is possible the Australian economy could perform better than the central bank is predicting if there is good news on the vaccine front. If we do get further good news on the health front, we could have a rapid rebound, he says.

25.01.2022 Markets Tipped To Surge In 2021 Housing markets are forecast to take off in 2021 after a year plagued by the pandemic recession that saw Australians squirrel away $110 billion in savings. With the economy now out of a recession and auction clearance rates steadily rising, Australians’ strong appetite for bricks and mortar is strong and some of the money households saved during the lockdown phases is likely to go into the housing market.... CBA head of economics Gareth Aird says improving consumer sentiment and cashed-up households are fuelling price growth. A few forces are all pointing to higher house prices, he says. Some of the forward looking indicators like lending have increased quite quickly in the past four months. New home loan commitments reached record highs in October, according to ABS data. Mortgage Choice Dee Why principal James Algar says consumer sentiment has picked up with more and more people preparing to enter the market next year.

23.01.2022 RBA Says Good Time For FHBs Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe says it’s a good time for first-home buyers in Australia because conditions are working strongly in their favour. Appearing before a federal parliamentary committee, Lowe was asked if he was telling young Australians to take advantage of low interest rates to purchase their first home. ... He said he did not like giving financial advice to people, but it’s actually a good time, if you’re a first-home buyer, to buy the property you’ve wanted. Interest rates are low and they’re going to stay low, he said. There are very large government incentives for first-home buyers and housing prices really across the country are not much higher than they were three years ago. So for a first-home buyer with income security, I think it is a good time to buy. And many first-home buyers must agree with me because demand at the moment is very strong. ABS data shows the number of loans being written each month for first-home owner-occupiers has jumped 46% in the past 12 months.

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22.01.2022 Regions Out-perform Capital Cities Property prices are rising in many parts of Australia, with the regions overall out-performing the capital cities. The latest data from SQM Research shows that the national average situation is a 4.0% rise in house prices in the past month and a 3.3% rise for apartments.... But the capital city averages are rises of 0.6% for houses and 0.3% for apartments. This means the bulk of the major growth is happening in regional Australia, as more and more people buy outside of the big cities as part of the dominant trend in real estate, the Exodus to Affordable Lifestyle. The annual data also reflects this trend. The national average situation is a 7.9% rise in house prices and 6.3% rise in apartment prices. But the averages for the capital cities are a 4.3% rise for houses and a 1.8% decline for apartments. The top cities for annual price growth are Hobart (7.6%), Melbourne (5.2%), Sydney (5.1%) and Brisbane (3.3%). Leading regional markets include the Central Coast (10%), Byron Bay (18%), Bendigo (14%), North East Victoria (12%) and the Noosa region (14%).

20.01.2022 Insurers, Builders Unite To Improve Homes The Insurance Council of Australia and the Master Builders Association are uniting to develop plans to strengthen homes and communities against natural disasters. The industry groups have heeded key findings from the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements and will host a series of roundtable discussions to create a pathway towards national policies that improve property resilience, building standards, and land-us...e planning. The Building Stronger Homes Roundtable will enable builders and insurers to work together, harnessing industry insights from both insurance data and builders' experience, to help map actions that can improve the resilience and insurability of homes. The final report of the Royal Commission recognized the importance of mitigation and resilience, better building standards, and land-use planning in protecting properties and communities from natural disasters. It recommended the establishment of a national body to champion making Australia more resilient to natural disasters, focusing on reducing long-term disaster risk and harmonizing approaches. ICA CEO Andrew Hall says: The Royal Commission has identified clear priorities that can reduce the risks to homes. Whatever efforts we can take to reduce vulnerability and reduce the risk of loss must be a priority for industry and Australian governments.

20.01.2022 Start reinvesting your business profits into other income streams. If you had to walk away for your business for 12 months, would it still exist?

20.01.2022 We’ve reached the end ...of our Hunting Hotspots series! For the past few months, we’ve covered each core growth driver to help you locate the right property at the right place, and invest at the right time.... And today, we’re going to talk about the final three - and it’s an episode you won’t want to miss. From understanding and riding the trends, breaking free from the good location paradigm, to the holy trinity of finding hotspots - there’s so much to unpack in today’s episode. We’ll also talk about the ripple effect, its timing, and how to take advantage of it... The different location preferences and each of their benefits How the government uses job opportunities to drive people in a certain direction... And much, much more! See you on the inside! Listen to the full episode: https://link.chtbl.com/theinvestorlabepisode81 Watch the full episode: https://link.chtbl.com/til-ep-81-yt

19.01.2022 Economy Back On Track Blockbuster growth in the September Quarter has put the economy on course to regain its pre-pandemic size by the middle of next year six months earlier than expected by the Reserve Bank and Treasury. Updated CBA growth forecasts, in the wake of figures which revealed national output jumped 3.3% over the quarter, suggest real GDP will reach $497.4 billion in the June 2021 Quarter, eclipsing the $496.9 billion recorded in December 2019.... CBA head of economics Gareth Aird expects the economy to grow 2% over the final three months of the year. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe have repeated forecasts for the economy to regain its pre-pandemic size by the end of next year. But the surprising pace of the recovery will trigger upgrades from both Treasury and the RBA, Aird says. Across the country there’s been a revival in spending, rising 1.4% month-on-month to October. The latest ABS data shows retail turnover rising 7.1% compared to October 2019 at the national level.

18.01.2022 Prices Rose In 7 Cities In 2020 Seven of the eight capital cities delivered growth in their house prices during 2020, according to the latest data from CoreLogic. The price increases were highest in Darwin, which grew 12% last year, followed by Canberra’s 8.5%, Hobart’s 7.7% and Adelaide’s 6%. ... Melbourne was the only city to record a decline in its median house price, down 2% in 2020. Sydney (up 4%), Brisbane (4.6%) and Perth (2%) all recorded moderate growth in their house prices, in a year when most of the nation’s cities defied the pandemic and its negative economic impacts. The average growth figure for the combined capitals was reported by CoreLogic as 2.6%, a number that seems unreasonably low given that six of the eight cities had growth considerably higher than that. Apartment markets did not fare as well as houses, with four cities delivering price growth, two recording no change and two (Brisbane and Sydney) having small declines in their median unit prices. The combined cities average was a rise of 0.2% in 2020.

15.01.2022 RBA Governor Tips Rapid Rebound Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe says the Australian economy is poised for a rapid rebound from the Covid recession - if the nation can keep the virus under control, given the pent-up savings and massive financial stimulus washing through the system. Lowe has urged Australian businesses to be brave and seize the opportunities of the digital transformation of the Australian economy in wake of the pandemic period.... Speaking at a CEDA event this week, Lowe delivered an upbeat assessment of the economy, saying Australia was on the road to recovery, with the potential to bounce back quickly should the health situation continue to improve. Lowe warns there is still considerable uncertainty about the outlook. But he says there is resilience built into the system. Its been remarkable that in six months there’s two or three vaccines that are in advance stages of development, Lowe says. I’m encouraged by that. Its plausible that a vaccine be widely available and we start to get back to normal some time over the next couple of years. He also notes that despite the downturn, household balance sheets are in good shape and this is being aided by a lot of stimulus in the system.

15.01.2022 Loan Deferral Numbers Improve The steady reduction in loan deferral numbers provides further evidence of the improvement in the economy and property markets, says the Real Estate Institute of Australia. Australian Banking Association figures show the number of deferred loans has fallen below 300,000, a reduction of nearly 70% from the peak of the... pandemic when more than 900,000 loans were deferred. REIA president Adrian Kelly says the data is positive news for property markets as it signals the minimisation of forecasted financial problems. This is good news for those living in investment properties as it provides increased security to tenants, he says. It also means catastrophic forecasts for Australia’s housing market made at the start of the pandemic are simply not coming to fruition. Kelly says Australian Prudential Regulation Authority data shows the overall levels of household saving in Australia increased from March through to October.

15.01.2022 Vacancies Remain Low In Most Markets Vacancy rates remain ultra-low in most markets across Australia, with Sydney and Melbourne the exceptions, according to data published this week by SQM Research. The national vacancy rate at the end of November was 2.1%, but five of the eight capital cities continue to have vacancies below 1%, while Brisbane has dropped from 2.0% to 1.8% in the past month. ... Most regional centres across Australia have very low vacancies, with many well under 1%. As a consequence, rents are rising in many parts of the nation. SQM figures indicate that house rents rose in every capital city except Melbourne in the past month. Nationally, house rents have risen 8% in the past 12 months and apartments rents almost 5%. The exceptions to the nation rule of low vacancies are Sydney (3.5%) and Melbourne (4.4%). However, further analysis shows that the high vacancy areas are mostly locations with clusters of high-rise apartments, while many suburban markets in the two biggest cities have vacancy rates well below 2%.

13.01.2022 Returning Expats Boost Markets Demographic experts say we are due for a migration tsunami, which will lead to extremely high housing demand. While immigration is stagnant, the return of the Aussie expat is compensating.... Returning expats can now return home even sooner under the Federal Government’s expanding quarantine processing in Darwin, set to process around 1,000 expats a month. Over 480,000 Australians have already returned home in the past year, mostly due to the pandemic and the Department of Foreign Affairs has revealed another 36,000 Australians have registered interest in coming home. This is an unprecedented spike in returning expats. According to the ABS, the 2018-2019 financial year saw Australia’s population increase by 239,600 people due to net overseas migration. The amount of returning expats has already exceeded this. Experts predict millions of prospective future Aussies are ‘waiting in the wings’ to relocate here as soon as possible seeking to flee countries that have escalating health or political risks.

09.01.2022 1.9 Million Front Doors Left Unlocked One in five Australians doesn’t lock their doors, despite the 231,000 home break-ins which occurred nationally in 2019. New research by comparison website Finder indicates that millions of Australians are leaving themselves vulnerable to theft. ... A nationally representative survey reveals that around 20% don’t lock their doors, leaving 1.9 million unlocked front doors across the country. In addition, 41% are living without home insurance and nearly the same proportion (38%) don’t have contents insurance. A Finder analysis of ABS data found that 2.4% of households approximately 231,000 homes were broken into in 2019. The analysis also revealed that 73% of these break-ins resulted in theft, while 49% resulted in property damage. Taylor Blackburn, the insurance specialist at Finder, urged Aussies to take proper home security precautions this summer. The financial consequences of a break-in can be devastating, and without adequate protection, your home and valued possessions are at risk. Locking your front door really is the quickest way to fend off criminals, while those who live in areas with higher crime rates should consider an alarm or video monitoring system. Not only will this help deter thieves, but it can also help lower your insurance premiums.

09.01.2022 Did you know that one of the best times of the year to buy property is during the Christmas season? And this is not just a theory. We have six solid reasons to support this, which we’ll be unpacking in today’s explosive, fun-filled episode!... If you are financially ready to make that purchase but have been waiting for the ‘right time’ to buy, consider this your green light. Join us as we cover the six major reasons why the festive season is the best time to purchase property. We talk about how you can beat the competition and get better deals... Why salespeople’s motivation to reach their Christmas quota is your cue to jump in... Why you should always be mindful of land tax deadlines... And plenty more! See you on the inside! Listen to the full episode: https://link.chtbl.com/theinvestorlabepisode79 Watch the full episode: https://link.chtbl.com/til-ep-79-yt #realestateinvesting #business #wealthbuilding #entrepreneurship

09.01.2022 Real Estate Proves Its Resilience Strengthening property prices, with forecasts of more to come next year, have yet again proven the resilience of real estate during troubled times, says the Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA). PIPA chairman Peter Koulizos says recent price data, showing rises across the nation, provides a stark contrast to the alarmist forecasts at the start of the pandemic.... Big banks and some property commentators were predicting falls of anywhere from 10% to 30%, he says. At the same time, PIPA produced research to show that house prices had increased by as much as 100% in the five years after the most recent recessions. For some reason, plenty of people were still expecting property prices to fall off a cliff. The PIPA data found that five years after each of the economic downturns over the past 50 years, city house prices often increased significantly. Koulizos says government stimulus measures, coupled with low-interest rates, were always going to help protect property prices.

04.01.2022 Millions Plan To Buy in 2021 House hunting has hit fever pitch in Australia amid a remote working revolution, according to research by comparison website Finder. Its survey reveals that 1 in 5 are looking to purchase a property in the next... 12 months. That’s equivalent to 3.8 million people planning to buy real estate in the near future. CoreLogic data shows that regional property values are continuously outperforming those in capital cities, as an increasing number of city slickers seek out a tree change while working from home. Kate Browne, personal finance expert at Finder, says the results indicate that a post-pandemic housing boom is on the horizon. There’s a good chance we will see a deluge of people searching for properties, from those trying to get their foot in the market, to seasoned upgraders, she says. Potential buyers could experience a shortage of listings and a spike in house values as demand outstrips supply. Finder’s research found that more males (23%) than females (17%) have their sights set on buying property. Around a third of millennials (32%) are hoping to enter the market.

03.01.2022 How this couple instantly achieved 20% growth plus cashflow simply by overcoming adversity Where is your life going to be in 10 years from now? You see, if you’re like most people, then you probably have visions of working less, making more, and having more fun.... Which sounds awesome, but So few people actually take action to make this vision a reality. Not Jordan and Morgan, though. When they came to work with us, they had a clear goal: 10 properties, in 10 years, and the ability to transition out of their current careers. What makes them different, however, is that they very clearly understood that the best, and fastest way to get them to their goal was to work with professionals, to help them avoid failure and find success. Not only that, they decided to take action during the pandemic, when most people were sitting on the sidelines doing nothing. To add another layer of complexity these guys are from Melbourne, but happened to be visiting family and friends in NSW when the border closures came into effect Meaning that throughout the entire process they were constantly on the road, bouncing between friends' places, waiting out the lockdown. To top it off, they had their work hours cut due to the pandemic, which meant that they ran into some pretty major financing hurdles along the way I’m sure you would agree, this heady combination: Global Pandemic + Life on the road + Loss of work. Would be enough to make most people throw up their hands and say Ok I get it Let’s give up for now and try again next year Not Jordan and Morgan, though. Their persistence and determination ensure they stayed the course, and are all enraptured with the killer result they got. Let’s check out some stats: Purchase Price: $250,000 Est Value: $300,000 Land Size: 680m2 Yield: 6.6% PH%: 2% Vacancy Rate: 0.9% Owner Occ: 30% Convenience Score: 9/10 Lifestyle Score: 8/10 Growth Zone: Yes Flood Zone: No Supply Risk: Low - Medium Value Prop: Renovation value ad, Under Market Value, Solid Yield, Good Location Now, with this in their back pocket, and the market already performing well, they have set themselves up for success In fact, this is what they had to say: Friendly, personalised and professional service The whole Dashdot team were fantastic to deal with from the very first call. Personalised service from a team who genuinely want to see you succeed in developing a killer property portfolio. We would highly recommend for anyone looking to get into the property game. - JT and Morgan. So, let me ask you What are you doing to make your future vision a reality? If you want some help to get from where you are now, to where you want to be Simply book in a free, no obligation, 15 minute consultations to help you identify what your best next step is. Grab your time here: www.dashdot.com.au/discovery

03.01.2022 Market Positivity Continues To Rise First-home buyers and real estate investors who were hoping to snap up a bargain from a Covid-19 fall in house prices are set to be disappointed. The latest figures from CoreLogic show prices in every capital city except Perth have climbed over the past 12 months despite the worst economic crisis since World War II.... And the major institutions like CommSec are forecasting significant price growth in the next 12 months. CommSec senior economist Ryan Felsman says the housing market has held up pretty well and is forecasting price growth in all capital cities in 2021 except Melbourne, which it expects to show little change. AMP Capital chief economist Shane Oliver says there is more positivity around housing than earlier this year when some forecast a 30% fall but the outlook varied between cities. Melbourne has seen a much bigger hit to its economy and will need longer to recover, Oliver says. https://bit.ly/3nSlXR9 chief economist Nerida Conisbee says worries about capital losses have been partially offset by incredibly low interest rates and easier finance.

02.01.2022 Learning through experience is arguably the best way to grow, but if you haven’t even started the journey, taking pointers from other people is the next best thing. If you’re unsure about getting into property and feel like you’re too young for it You’re not.... If you have the right people around you and a good, clear strategy, age and income should not be a factor! Today’s episode features property investor, Matt Chamberlain, who set out on his investment journey at the young age of 17. We’ll talk about why he decided to invest in real estate What his first property was and why he chose it Mistakes and lessons learned along the way... And heaps more! See you on the inside! Listen to the full episode: https://link.chtbl.com/theinvestorlabepisode78 Watch the full episode: https://link.chtbl.com/til-ep-78-yt #realestateinvesting #business #wealthbuilding #entrepreneurship

01.01.2022 Learning the ropes of property investment isn’t an easy task. Stock trading, on the other hand, is an entirely different ordeal. Stocks trade, in general, is highly unpredictable!... One moment it’s up its peak, the next moment it’s down again But, the good news is that you can totally have a hand at it using the five golden rules of trading the markets. Today, share and stock specialist Jason McIntosh from Motion Trader shares his expertise on how one can win against the ever-volatile stock market. We’ll talk about the investment strategies that will work best for the next few months How to balance the risk reward in stock trading The key difference between property and stock trading And heaps more! See you on the inside! Listen to the full episode: https://link.chtbl.com/theinvestorlabepisode80 Watch the full episode: https://link.chtbl.com/til-ep-80-yt