Luxury Homes: Hope Island, Sanctuary Cove
Three stunning homes, three vacant blocks of land, and a water front parcel of land have just been listed by Marquette Turner Luxury Homes on Hope Island at Queensland’s Sanctuary Cove.
Sanctuary Cove is Australia’s leading lifestyle community offering wonderful facilities and 24 hour active land and water security. Sanctuary Cove has Foreign Investment Review Board [...]
Australian Interest Rates at Lowest Level in History
The Reserve Bank has slashed interest rates to the lowest level in history to 4.25%. The Reserve Bank cut rates by a full 100 basis points (1%), making property an attractive option for those in search of investment options given the volatility of the stock market.
Australian interest rates have averaged over 8% for the last [...]
WISE GUY: Why Does the Australian Dollar Suddenly Have So Few Friends?
It was almost like you went to put the kettle on during the ad break and everything changed with the Australian Dollar: one minute we’re pushing (almost) the 1 AUD for 1 USD and within a few months the AUD is struggling to buy 60 cents US.
Not being an economist, and learning on the run [...]
How to Survive the Sale Process – What you must know!
Times are difficult – sale volumes are down and the process of selling your home is taking longer than it has for years. Today we have heard that Australia may be heading toward a recession – the first in 18 years! The US Federal Reserve has cut official interest rates by 0.5%, the Japanese Government [...]
Is the US Heading for a Recession or the Almighty “D” word?
On my way across to the US yesterday I really couldn’t help but hear people on the plane discussing the state of the US economy. Confidence is very low and it would seem as a foreigner that Americans are looking for change which seems to be Barack Obama. The Americans I have met so far [...]
Buying Abroad: Marquette Turner makes the front cover of British magazine
The British magazine “Buying Abroad” has chosen to feature a luxury home of Marquette Turner’s on the front cover of their latest issue, as part of their feature on Australian and more specifically Sydney property.
Catering for the legions of British real estate investors that choose to look overseas to make their investment, the magazine showcases [...]
The properties of our politicians
As well as his residential home, former Coalition Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer and his wife own a vineyard.
Former employment and workplace relations minister Joe Hockey, and his wife Melissa Babbage, live in their home in Hunters Hill, but together also own a Canberra property in the exclusive suburb of Forrest, as well as investment [...]
Some Gloom but NOT all Doom: Australia’s Outlook
Home buyers have been squeezed by rising property prices and a string of interest rate hikes, and this is having a knock-on effect to tenants too.
So could the property bubble burst? That is now a real possibility. The 0.25 per cent rate rise of this week will push more Australian families into housing stress, and [...]
