Hoarding housing down under, plus all the week’s good reads…
Property
Who’d want the hassle of being a landlord if you can get the same return from share?
You know lots of people with houses worth hundreds of thousands of pounds – or even a million-plus – but a lot fewer with six- or seven-figure share portfolios. Why is that?
Is your house an asset that you can count towards your freedom fund financial status – or should you put your own home to one side?
Property prices have begun to soften in several of the world’s global cities. Is this the start of the end of the mega asset boom?
The UK house price crisis has been a long time on the boil. Here’s a suitably long post on ways we might constructively burst it.
Property may seem an appealing way to generate an old-age income, but swapping your pension for a BTL has serious tax implications.
Some people spend 25 years working to pay off a mortgage then claim their house is neither an asset or an investment. Huh? No wonder we have boiler room scams.
An interest only mortgage gives you more control over a huge chunk of your money, but with responsibility comes risk.
Property has bond-like qualities, in that it represents a solid asset that produces an income via rents.