Many investors are bamboozled about where to go for good property investment advice as their is no yellow pages listing and a lack of Government Regulation in this area.

Instead they need to read the web or go to investment seminars, some of which are thinly disguised sales pitches and others of which are great educational events.

Most of us are stuck trying to sort out who is qualified and successful and hence we should be talking to for good advice. Most of us are about to invest for ten or twenty years and we need to get it right the first time! We can't afford to shop around in ten years time as it didn't work the way we had expected!

Learn what questions to ask your advisor to be confident you are going to be successful and meet your retirement or investment needs.

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Dalby’s first Settler Henry Dennis could only have dreamed of the massive growth that would come after he first pitched his tent near “The Crossing”, a stone’s throw from the existing Town Weir Accompanied only by an aboriginal boy, Dennis arrived at Myall Creek in 1841. He then spent a considerable amount of time surveying the area before finally choosing land for himself at Jondaryan.

In the 170 years since, the Dalby region has revealed its diverse agricultural and mining industries and proved to be the richest energy reserve in Queensland. This has lead to an exponential demand for property in the area.

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Living the good life next door to a golf course, and the allure of waterfront property, help explain the top performing suburbs in Queensland last year. Read More...

Nine of the top 10 performing Queensland suburbs over the past year are located in or close to resource-rich areas, according to the Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ). REIQ figures released today show that in the 12 months to the end of September, median house price growth has been the strongest in the suburban areas of Mt Isa, Belyando, Bowen and Cloncurry. Read More...

The sea change phenomenon has arguably been the most talked about Australian property trend of the past decade. In the summer edition of Queensland Property & Lifestyle, the sea change affect is examined to ascertain whether the hype is warranted and, more importantly, if it is here to stay. Read More...

On cinema screens back in 1997, Darryl Kerrigan was offered the king’s ransom of $70,000 for his modest home, practically in Melbourne Airport’s backyard. If someone told you that 10 years on, property just a few streets from an airport would be worth 10 times that, your response would probably sound like something Mr Kerrigan would say: “Tell ’im he’s dreaming!” Read More...

India’s tourism industry is booming with over 15% growth in the past year but around 30-35% of Airline flights were canceled last month. Read More...

A survey by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors in the UK has shown that while rents had fallen in 2002 and 2003 they risen since. Rental rates have increased in London by about 12% over the last year. Read More...

A Global View on Performances of Commercial Property Markets in all Emerging and Developed Regions.This latest edition details market conditions for the second six months of 2006 based on information collected from leading international real estate organizations and local firms. Survey covered extensive geographical scale from Europe and USA to Australia, Africa, Middle East and Asia.

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The latest Australian Property Market update June 2007 shows that inner suburbs in cities are booming and that Investors are returning to Sydney. Whilst house price growth remained stable in Sydney units grew by 2.2%. Inner suburbs of Melbourne (Port Melbourne, Malvern and St Kilda) surged 10.7% for the quarter and Brisbane (Balmoral, Hawthorne and Kangaroo Point) 15.4% for the quarter. Read More...

School holidays are here and many people across the State are likely to return home from their hols with something much more positive than a case of back to work blues. Read More...

In case you haven't had a chance to read the latest Real Estate Institute of WA update they announced on the 20 April that " Perth's preliminary median house price reached $470,000 in the March quarter. This represents growth of 2.2 per cent during the March quarter, lifting the new median price by $10,000 in the first three months of this year." Read More...

Employees in mining and inner metropolitan areas generally had the highest average wage and salary incomes in Australia in 2003-04, according to figures released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Read More...

Gen X and Y Australians, stuck in the rent trap and struggling to save a deposit for a first home purchase, may well be called the Rent Generation, Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) President Graham Joyce said this week.

Home loan affordability plunged in the December quarter 2006 with 35.2 per cent of median weekly family income required to meet average loan repayments, according to the Deposit Power/REIA Home Loan Affordability Report. Read More...

Delays with development assessments and the associated blow out in holding costs is hurting the new housing sector. Dwelling approval figures released today for the month of January show further falls in the approval of new houses, down by 2.2 per cent over the month. For flats units and townhouses, approvals rose 2.2 per cent but this wasn’t enough to stop the overall fall in total approvals, down 0.9 per cent for the month. Read More...

Gold Coast developer Resort Corp has received development approval for a five star resort and convention centre at Waterson Way, Airlie Beach, on the Whitsunday Coast Read More...

Why invest in Yandina Glen. Where is Yandina Glen. The key strenths of investing in Yandina Glen Read More...

Buying a beach house in New Zealand offers many possibilities.

New Zealand is made up of two main islands, North Island and South Island, giving it miles of coastal lands and perfect beaches to live by. Each island offers its own unique climate conditions and way of life. Read More...

Vendors of Brisbane inner-city units this year have reaped an average capital gain of close to $50,000 and tbe western suburb of Auchenflower is emerging as a hot locality. Read More...