The Researched View: December 6

Every Monday morning we deliver a macro investing wrap of the best of the world’s content from domestic and international websites. Here’s what matters for the week ahead: Sydney’s property woes are a test case for the rest of Australia Karen Maley, writing for Business Spectator has written about Sydney’s property market woes, and despite not being directly... Read More

Australian Property: How expensive is your city?

RPData has produced a great, eight-part graphical series of the average prices of houses  “across each suburb within the capital cities that have recorded at least 10 sales over the 12 months to August 2010″. Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are higlighted below, the full series is here. Will this quell the defeaning argument about affordability? Unlikely, and as this... Read More

Shares v property for the long term – I love ’em both

By Bruce Brammall Q: Shares versus property: which of these two is the best long-term investment? Aww, do we really have to start this argument? That’s like asking: “Which was better, Dynasty or Dallas?” Heather Locklear or Victoria Principal? The “property versus shares” battle is a war with no end. And I’ve donned khakis for both sides. I originally fell in love with... Read More

Five great ways to reduce mortgage debt

In the domestic economic environment of rising interest rates, it’s time for some great mortgage reduction tips to save you some financial pain and own more of your house sooner. It’s easy to convince yourself that the challenge is too difficult. After all the loan is large and you haven’t got much to spare right? Wrong! You need to think of this as a battle. You’ve... Read More