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Buy to live or buy to let?

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Think about your short and long-term financial goals when buying property Before you buy property, you often think whether you want to buy to live or buy to let. Do you want a home or do you want an investment? Would you rather swap your monthly rent to pay towards a mortgage or would you rather rent out for potential additional revenue? Here are a few tips that will help you decide. Investment A buy-to-let strategy is an attractive investment option offering regular rental income, long-term capital growth and security, even for those with a mortgage to pay. When you are buying to live, your major initial investment will be monthly payment towards mortgage in addition to insurance, property taxes and ongoing maintenance of the house. Once the house is paid off, remember you need to keep investing in maintenance of the house so that your property value does not fall, even if you decide to rent it out in the future. If you are buying to live, ensure that the resale value of the prope

Are you a savvy investor?

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Financial services firm UBS says scrutiny over lending, from the outcome of the royal commission into banking and the financial sector, could bring about changes to interest only loans.  Prudent lending may require traditional interest and principal mortgage loans only in future. These could make a big difference to those of us considering a rental property as a sound investment. Everyone remembers what the subprime crisis did to the US economy in 2007, where banks basically lent money to anyone with a pulse. This created a false housing bubble with unsustainable loans. As we know the bubble burst in a spectacular way. So, hoping tenants rent will cover interest may no longer be enough. Coupled with two probable interest rate hikes hovering around this year, now more than ever we need to get the math right. Investment properties can be financially rewarding, especially long term. Finding the right property at the right price is obviously key, but a goo

CENTURY BRIDGE IN $204M JIANGSU RESIDENTIAL JV AND MORE ASIA REAL ESTATE HEADLINES

Leading today’s roundup, China and Texas-based private equity firm Century Bridge, along with Germany’s Deutsche Finance Group, have teamed up with a mainland developer for a 1,427-unit residential project in eastern China’s Jiangsu province. Also in the headlines, the flexible workspace boom continues with Singapore-based JustCo aiming to build a 100-strong platform of co-working centres across Asia within two and a half years. And the Australian unit of Chinese builder Country Garden has revealed its development plans for a housing site it picked up in suburban Melbourne last year, while Singapore’s Perennial Real Estate has grabbed a majority stake in a housing project in Indonesia. Century Bridge Invests in $204M Xuzhou Housing Project Century Bridge announced recently that, together with co-investor Deutsche Finance Group, it has invested $11.1 million in a real estate development for a middle-income, residential project in Xuzhou, China. The investment will be made through a

Leann Chin Zi Ying 1.5 years in One World Real Estate Group

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This video marks my one and a half years in this company. Thank you for all the guidance especially my boss (Mei Fen) who teach me from nothing to something, it makes me become a better person and help me to improve myself in every aspect. A very good experience and I definitely learnt a lot from all of you. She is a hardworking and responsible girl, with good working attitude, the one and a half years with Oneworld Real Estate Group, she practice oneworld code of honor, core value, always stay connected with everyone in the company, thank you so much to choose Oneworld Real Estate group. And this is the video she make for all of the people who touch her life in Oneworld, Zi Ying best of luck to you in your study and looking forward to see you growth in the future. Do come back to the big family whenever you want. Thank you for staying with us, and we do learn from you. Amenny