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At Investors Edge Real Estate, we usually like to see small investors stick to a proven formula: purchase quality investment properties in Perth suburbs that are poised for capital growth. We spend a lot of our time going over statistics and demographics for individual suburbs and we have a firm grasp on the market. Our first piece of advice for

Our property management team likes to tell readers of our blog about family-friendly suburbs that are perfect for the investor who wants to purchase investment properties around Perth. Our criteria are: potential for capital growth, family-friendly and reasonable proximity to jobs, transport and infrastructure. One suburb that fits all of our criteria is Burswood. Burswood Demographics Burswood is nestled along

When purchasing investment properties in Perth, it is extremely important to have your priorities straight. Many people think that buying an expensive property in an “upper class” neighbourhood is the best recipe for success. If you have a lot of money to invest and a solid cash flow from business of other properties, if the numbers work out, that can

Due to a spate of reasonably-priced, investor-friendly planned communities, many investors are buying new homes as investment properties in the Perth area. While this may seem like a turnkey solution to many and it is natural to assume that a new home will be tenant-ready at the handover of the key from the builder, there are some steps that you

One of the essential traits we like to see that makes a suburb suitable for investment properties is an eye toward the future. We have stated many times here that our buyer’s agents always recommend purchasing investment properties in Perth suburbs that are poised for capital growth. We think that Bayswater is such a suburb. Bayswater: a City on the

In their recent 2014 Global Sentiment Report, Colliers International surveyed 522 of the most wealthy real estate investors in the world… so what did they think?

While many decry the “end of the mining boom” and predict gloom and doom for the WA economy due to the recent contraction of the resource industry, it isn’t being reflected in the Perth housing market. According to the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia (REIWA), the median home price in Perth is $535,000, which is $10,000 more than the

On 19 December 2013, Genworth announced that they will no longer underwrite new or off-the-plan property loans when being purchased as part of a self-managed super fund (SMSF.) According to their announcement, they will no longer accept any new property, loosely defined as any property that is less than 12 months old. The intent is to keep people from investing

If you are selling an investment property or home in Perth, you want it to be on the market for as short a time as possible and you want to sell it for as high a price as possible. Ideally, if the property is priced and marketed correctly you will have buyers bidding against each other to pay you more

In a development that is important for buying and selling investment property in Perth and across Australia, Aussie Home Loans recently released the results of a survey in which home buyers were asked what factors were the most important in their decision. The most astounding development was that schools ranked only 12th in factors that go into the decision making

Here I take a look at how to avoid paying too much by leaving your emotions out of it!

I would like to give you some tips to make sure that your gardens are well-maintained during spring and summer.