Recent poll results

If you have moved house in recent years, please tell us what the motivating factor was for the move.

  • Change in domestic situation:  40.5%
  • Cost:  2.7%
  • Closer to work/facilities/transport:  32.4%
  • Safer area or property:  5.4%
  • Opportunity to renovate for profit:  8.1%
  • Opportunity to renovate for own use:  10.8%
  

Considering the recent downturn in the Australian stock market, rising interest rates and the potential for future backlash from a recession in the USA, how would you invest your funds over the next 12 months to best weather the storm?

  • Hold investment property in anticipation that rising rents will help offset higher interest rates:  26.7%
  • buy more investment property in anticipation that Australia's fundamentals are sound:  31.1%
  • Buy more shares as the current sell off is an over-reaction:  14.4%
  • Liquidate assets, pay off debt and/or place the money in the bank or equivalent:  7.8%
  • Do nothing at present until the dust settles and economic direction becomes more clear:  20.0%
  

What would you like the most for Christmas this year?

  • Interest rates to remain steady:  4.1%
  • House prices to continue to grow:  24.5%
  • Lower property taxes/charges:  8.2%
  • Rents to increase:  12.2%
  • A better principal place of residence:  6.1%
  • another investment property:  30.6%
  • More shares:  6.1%
  • More cash in the bank:  8.2%
  

Where would you buy for the best capital growth over the next five years?

  • An apartment in a seachange location with a view of the ocean:  24.6%
  • An inner city apartment in a mixed-use highrise development:  1.6%
  • A small-lot detached house with a golf course frontage:  11.5%
  • A detached house on a large suburban allotment in an urban growth corridor:  37.7%
  • A townhouse near new infrastructure in a middle-ring suburb:  24.6%
  

What impact would a Federal Labor Government have on the residential property market?

  • Slower price growth, fewer sales and less new housing starts:  33.3%
  • Stronger price growth, more sales and an increase in new housing construction:  9.5%
  • A dramatic drop in sales and starts plus falling end prices:  19%
  • Fewer new housing starts but no impact on the existing market:  4.8%
  • No impact on both the new and existing markets:  33.3%
  

Given the recent turmoil in the share market, what do you think investors will do?

  • Start buying residential property:  37.5%
  • Buy  a commercial property asset:  0.0%
  • Place their money in the bank:  1.8%
  • Increase their contribution into superannuation:  7.1%
  • Buy more shares:  14.3%
  • Pay off debt:  10.7%
  • Do nothing for a while until the situation calms down:  28.6%
  

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