Current issue - June 2012
Cover story
Young millionaires
Five groups of investors aged 40 and under spare some time between giving birth, washing windows and flying in and out of mines to tell API how they grew more than $1 million in equity.
Research
Benefiting from price ripples and rent splashes
Where can you find the next places for high potential and short-term growth? We tell you.
Features
Going it alone
Meet three women who are successfully investing in property, minus the male accessory.
Housing shortage: fact or fiction?
API uncovers 30 hotspots across Australia where investors will most likely benefit from a housing undersupply.
Market insider
WA - the real thing
John Edwards explains why Perth is emerging as the national property market leader.
My Development - Part 2
Selecting the right property
After eight investments, Troy Harris shares his development journey from strategy to acquisition.
Think Matusik
Affordability nowhere near crisis
Michael Matusik busts the myth about housing affordability in Australia.
Renovation secrets
How to find a good tradie
Cherie Barber knows all about nightmare tradespeople. She also knows how to find a good one. Learn how.
Profiles
Where are they now?
Harry Charalambous' strategy has changed since he was profiled in API four years ago. Find out how he's clocked up a cool $26 million with his new direction.
Investor profile: Brett Ferguson
How a redundancy helped refine one investor's outlook on property investment.
My most profitable deal
James Freudigmann bought the house others avoided and achieved a $200,000-plus equity gain in just six weeks.
Young Gun: Harman Singh
Onto his 10th investment property, this 33-year-old investor explains how he overcame a major mental block to build his empire.
Finance
Got a question?
Mitchell Watson answers more hard-hitting money questions from readers.
Tax
Things to do before June 30
Julia Hartman talks about last minute tax strategies.
Regulars
News and Views
Dash of Salt
Real Estate Escapes
My Property Nightmare
Bricks and Mortar
API Connect
Legal Help Desk
Investor Psychology
The States
Where's hot and what's happening in property in your state. More
API Databank - your vital property statistics
In our Market Watch section, for thousands of individual Australian suburbs you'll find:
- House and unit median prices and gross rental yield
- Number sold
- Capital growth over three months, 12 months, three years, five years and 10 years
- Stock on market
- Median advertised weekly rent
- Gross rental yield
- Average number of days on the market
Our Home Loan Tables (by CANSTAR CANNEX) include:
- The Top 10 Basic Variable Home Loans
- The Top 10 Premium Variable Home Loans
- The Top 10 Introductory 1-year Home Loans
- The Top 10 Equity Line of Credit Home Loans
- The Top 10 1-year Fixed Home Loans
- The Top 10 3-year Fixed Home Loans
- The Top 10 5-year Fixed Home Loans
- The Top 10 Transactional Home Loans
- Plus additional vital information to help you choose the right loan.
In our API Databank you'll also find:
- Vacancy rates for thousands of Australian postcodes (from SQM Research) About SQM's methodology
- Auction clearance rates for many Australian cities
- Average days on market and private treaty discount percentage for major Australian cities
- A vast range of important market indicators from Herron Todd White such as stage of property cycle, rental vacancy trend and much more.
