As a landlord, finding a property manager to source the right tenant for your asset can be a challenge. Where do you start – and how do you know that your property manager is the right fit with the right credentials? In today’s blog, Think Property & Co walk you through what it’s like to […]
2017 was an interesting year in real estate, both locally and globally. Politically-motivated tragedy made global news and changed the way we conceive of the safety of our homes, first home buyers got their big break and ‘generation renter’ took centre stage. In this Think Property & Co Blog, we take a look back at […]
Hello and welcome to the final Think Property & Co blog of 2017! What a year it has been. As we plan for an exciting year ahead, we’re bringing you all the need-to-knows of property ownership for 2018. Vacant Residential Land Tax In a bid to address the housing supply shortfall in Victoria, the Government […]
Being a tenant is great. If something breaks down, the cost and responsibility lies with your landlord. You’re not tied down, and you can move somewhere bigger/smaller/cheaper/plusher in line with your income and lifestyle – it’s ideal! The only downside is: you’re living in someone else’s property. You’re paying down their mortgage, and ultimately, the […]
Recently, a host of prospective rental reforms were announced by the Victorian Government in a bid to make the rental market fairer for tenants. Across 14 proposed reforms – addressing everything from notices to vacate through to tenants with pets – the Government are looking to renegotiate the leasing market as we know it. In […]
The Reserve Bank of Australia has released a research paper examining how life post-GFC has affected housing affordability for first home buyers. Despite the intimidating heft of this paper, the study is remarkably interesting and reveals surprising insights into first home buyers behaviours. This is a Think Property & Co blog not to miss! The internet is rife […]
Over the years, Think Property & Co have managed a diversity of properties – everything from federation homesteads to contemporary inner-city apartments. During this time, we’ve also observed a wide variety of tenant behaviour – particularly when it comes to relationships coming to a conclusion. What happens to a lease when there’s a breakdown in a friendship or […]
As a landlord, it’s easy to become the victim of bad property management. To avoid losing managements, less-than-sterling property management businesses will play upon the common leasing misconceptions to coerce landlords into staying put. They might suggest that you must wait until the end of an existing lease to move your management to another agency – we’ve […]
When it comes to confidence in the Australian property market, there’s as many naysayers as there are rabid enthusiasts. As a nation of ‘bricks-and-mortar’ lovers, the fortunes (and superannuation) of the population rides more on the value of residential property growth than it does on the back of the sheep as in days of yore. […]
In real estate – as in life – we’ve all got to start somewhere. And that somewhere (more often than not) is with a modest investment: the one bedroom apartment. Much maligned for all the wrong reasons, in today’s Think Property & Co blog we show you why buying a one bedroom apartment is the very best […]