By Scott Picken on Thursday, April 21, 2011
“Three years after the global financial crisis, the global economy remains a confusing place – and for good reasons. Should we draw comfort from gradual healing in advanced countries and solid growth in emerging economies? Or should we seek refuge against high oil prices, geopolitical shocks in the Middle East, and continued nuclear uncertainties in [...]
By bauerm on Saturday, April 9, 2011
Even though we have been through three years in which property lost much of its appeal for many investors, there are still many astute property investors who, right now, see buy-to-let residential property as a good prospect and get good returns – but, says Michael Bauer, general manager of the property management company IHFM, there are others who are investing in property without a proper plan and very often for the wrong reasons.
By Kura Chihota on Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Like most fairy tales, the big bad wolf eventually gets his way and gets into the bedroom and puts on Grandma’s pyjamas to entice Little Red Riding Hood to within striking distance. Inflation…the 900 pound gorilla in the economy is seen to be bumping up against the upper level of the Reserve Banks target of [...]
By Justin Clarke on Monday, March 28, 2011
The trick to investing in property is efficient gearing, put simply, using a large proportion of other people’s money, most likely borrowed from a bank. If you have a large proportion of your real estate portfolio financed, and the total value of the Real Estate goes up by a few percentage points, your return on [...]
By Neale Petersen on Monday, March 28, 2011
Get the knowledge to give you the advantage
Now is probably the best time ever to invest in property with prices at it lowest point and with medium- to long term recovery in sight it is probably a good time to get back to understand the basics. While bank finance is difficult to get this [...]
By Justin Clarke on Monday, October 25, 2010
The year started off well with a storm of real estate activity and normalization of the market leading up to the world cup. But this quarter has been very unexciting with little activity with house prices dropping off marginally. Is this something we should worry about?
By Justin Clarke on Tuesday, September 14, 2010
So have you wondered why most of the market sells when it should be buying and buys when it should be selling, or perhaps does neither, waiting for a bolt of lightning or some other sign to act? There is a lot of property that I would not buy right now, but I can’t understand why more investors are not tucking into the great deals that this market has on offer in the buy to let segment.
By Justin Clarke on Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Nassim Taleb, author of The Black Swan, has been predicting the collapse of the global financial system for 12 years. You would guess that he should have revelled in the recent events that brought the world to its knees, but he predicts that worst is still to come. At the Discovery Leadership Summit last [...]
By Justin Clarke on Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Last year I attended the 2009 leadership summit put on by Synchronized and Discovery health, and it was an excellent event.
Discovery are doing a repeat in 2010, and if you are interested in what makes business leaders tick, money, politics, and business strategy, and can afford the registration fee then I really recommend the event. It is not Real Estate focussed but will motivate you and perhaps encourage a little lateral thought.
By Justin Clarke on Tuesday, July 13, 2010
When I watched the closing ceremony of the soccer world cup, glued to the TV as the full sized elephant mannequins drank water from a watering hole in what looked like a sandy Kalahari desert to the sounds of the Ladysmith Black Mambazo , I was overcome with pride and the realisation that IN South [...]
