I've often said that until you have invested through a full property cycle, you don't really fully appreciate the property markets.

You see… though many books and articles refer to the average annual compound growth of property as 10%, it is NOT constant each and every year.

Property values tend to rise in cycles. In some years there will be strong growth and in others there will be no growth or negative growth.

A simplistic version of the cycle goes something like this…

Many investors think that they don't need to insure their property until they have the keys to their new property in their hands.

Wrong!

In this extract from Michael and Pamela Yardney's book, All You Need to Know About Buying and Selling Your Home, Pamelalooks at the best time to insure your new investment…

Freelance journalist Simon Eddy, tells how it's easier to move all the way across the globe from the UK than it is to simply swap states in Australia!

Read his humorous article to find out why and to gain some valuable advice as to how you can retain your sanity when investing or purchasing interstate... 

Buying property is in reality about buying time. That's the philosophy of Ed Chan, an Accountant of almost 30 years and a mad keen property investor.

In this interview originally published in API magazine, Eynas Brodie introduces readers to Ed – chairman and a founding partner of Chan & Naylor Accountants, as well as the co-author of four books and a long-term investor and developer of Sydney real estate, both commercial and residential.

I've heard of buyer's markets and seller's markets – what's the difference and what determines the market type?

In this article by Metropole Property Management Director Pamela Yardney, you'll find out exactly what's what and how different markets work...

There is no doubting the confusion surrounding the differences between a council rates notice valuation and an independent property valuation. Some property owners swear by their rates notice valuation, even though they may not realise they are conducted every two years.Whereas, some are property savvy and understand the property market is prone to fluctuation.

Finally, Greville Pabst, CEO & Director of WBP Property Group gives investors the inside scoop on how these valuations work and what they mean for you...

This excerpt is from Michael and Pamela Yardney's new book, All You Need to Know About Buying and Selling Your Home.

Buyers often receive mixed messages from the media regarding how and why property prices rise and fall. In this short but informative piece, Pamela Yardney, Director of Metropole Property Management, explains why the value of homes fluctuates simply and succinctly. Basically it all boils down to supply and demand... 

In this exclusive extract from Michael and Pamela Yardney’s new book, All You Need to Know and Buying and Selling Your Home, discover how to arrive at the right price to offer for you new purchase.

In fact, among the 163 questions they answer in the book, this will be the one that might save you – and make you – the most money in the long run!

Read on ...

Readers will know I advocate buying established properties as a generally better investment in this market compared to new properties.
But buying an older property can also mean buying a bundle of trouble if you are not careful.
Read on to find out why ...

In Craig Turnbull's book, It's Easy To Be A Property Millionaire, he draws on personal experience and shares his own triumphs and mistakes with readers to demonstrate the best strategies for successfully creating a million dollar property portfolio.

Sometimes it's not easy to tell stories on yourself, but here he reveals not just his best and worst decisions, but what he learnt from them.

Read on ...