http://www.markforytarz.net Mark Forytarz - off the plan sales specialist Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:38:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The real estate sector in Australia is booming and investors need to consult the right investment agent to give them a closer look about the specifics of the real estate sector. Information available of internet and newspaper is not enough to make such a crucial decision. Just going by the ... http://www.markforytarz.net/2009/12/17/strategic-investment-in-real-estate-with-mark-forytarz/ The real estate sector in Australia is alluring but complicated. Often investors are in two minds before venturing into real estate. In order to get maximum returns from this sector, one needs to invest strategically and under the guidance of an expert. Mark Forytarz is the name you can trust ... http://www.markforytarz.net/2009/11/19/mark-forytarz-invest-the-right-way-with-the-expert/ With the economic development in Australia, investment in Real Estate has been an obvious move among the common people. In the present time, people intend to own their dream real estate property with reduced risk and maximum returns. Owning a property that fits the budget and preference of an individual ... http://www.markforytarz.net/2009/10/21/explore-the-australian-real-estate-sector-with-mark-forytarz/ With affordability at its lowest level on record, first-home buyers have to think outside the square. The home-ownership dream rarely used to feature a sibling in your bathtub and a parent on your certificate of title. These days though, first-home buyers are prepared to be flexible. Housing affordability fell to record lows ... http://www.markforytarz.net/2009/06/10/families-pooling-funds-and-buying-together/ INVESTORS own around two million homes in Australia and every year thousands claim deductions they’re not entitled to and fall foul of the Australian Taxation Office. The result can be a kind warning or a significant fine and large interest bill. The tax office says its investors’ responsibility to get their ... http://www.markforytarz.net/2009/06/10/tax-hurdles-tripping-up-property-investors/ CASHED-UP Melburnians keen to snatch beachfront holiday homes from struggling vendors may be in for a big disappointment. Plunging average prices for regional seaside homes don't tell the full story. Valuer-General Victoria sales figures released this month by Land Victoria show median house prices rose in a third of seaside towns! ... http://www.markforytarz.net/2009/05/31/beach-bargains-just-a-fairy-story/ What will happen if rates go up? In today's low-interest-rate environment one of the common questions property investors ask is, "What happens if we buy now and interest rates skyrocket, like back in the 1980’s?" An understandable concern and today's historically low interest rates can't be sustained forever because at ... http://www.markforytarz.net/2009/05/31/high-interest-rates-a-benefit-for-investors/ MELBOURNE's auction market had its highest clearance rate over the weekend since the end of the property boom in December 2007. Of the 452 properties up for auction, 83 per cent sold and 77 properties were passed in! However, the number of properties for auction was 126 fewer than at the ... http://www.markforytarz.net/2009/05/28/a-great-weekend-for-the-melbourne-auction-market/ Home buyers are flocking back to variable rate mortgages which now account for 91% of the residential lending market, their highest proportion in four months.   Mortgage broker Mortgage Choice reported in April basic variable mortgages accounted for 48.15 per cent of all home loans approved - up nearly one per cent ... http://www.markforytarz.net/2009/05/28/variable-home-loans-reach-record-levels/ Melbourne's outer suburb vacancy rates have improved from 0.7 per cent to 1.8 per cent in the past six months, according to the Real Estate Institute of Victoria's April vacancy rates. Vacancy rates across Melbourne is reasonably steady having been between one and 1.4 per cent for 12 months.  However it‘s ... http://www.markforytarz.net/2009/05/16/first-homebuyers-improving-rental-vacancies/