Those of you who have been reading my newsletters will know that for some time I have been predicting that house price growth will be limited by affordability. This will be particularly noticeable in our two major capital cities (Sydney and Melbourne) and will also occur to a more limited extent in the other high cost cities.

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A great way to create wealth, esp for property investors, is through leveraging your assets.

Leveraging involves borrowing money and can be a much faster way to increase the size of your assets than saving and paying down your debt. But leveraging could also increase the size of your losses, unless you build in precautions and safeguards.

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Basically the news is good. I continue to hope that the RBA will refrain from further interest rate increases for the present. As far as the housing market is concerned it looks as if they have done their job. Our markets are now slowing in a very orderly fashion and the risk of a "bubble" has abated.

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By now most property investors would have learned that the NSW government is waiving or discounting stamp duty on certain property purchases and this is making some wonder if it is time to buy off the plan.

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Are property prices in Melbourne’s inner suburbs really climbing as quickly as we’re lead to believe?

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There are many things to consider when purchasing a property, such as whose name should the property be bought in and whether a Trust is appropriate.

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The next move in interest rates is more likely down than up.

Find out why John Edwards, CEO of Residex, thinks rates will drop while others think they will rise, as well as getting his investment recomendations and the latest stats on what is happening to property around the country.

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I remain optimistic about the potential total returns from good investments in housing but there is a converging set of circumstances which mean that we need to be well-researched before we make our investments and we need to take particular care about our debt level.

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In a recent article published in the Sunday Telegraph, property analyst company Residex revealed that 24% of Sydney vendors who had purchased and then sold their properties within the past 5 years lost money.

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As the new decade marches on and we get set to enter the second official quarter of 2010, median property market values continue to defy the naysayers who were predicting a rather tumultuous start to the year.

In the wake of rising interest rates, constant talk of affordability issues and the end to the first home owner’s bonus in late 2009, many commentators felt that the beginning of this year would see us end up with an over-inflated housing bubble that was destined to burst in a big way.

As Residex’s latest figures show however (see table below), Australia’s property markets keep growing stronger.

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