Simon Buckingham
Simon Buckingham is Director of Results Mentoring and a highly experienced investor. Simon has been investing in property for over 15 years using a broad range of strategies including positive cash flow, renovations, property development and commercial properties, both within Australia and overseas.
Holding university degrees in Commerce and Law, and with over 10 years' experience as a business consultant, Simon turned his back on corporate life forever following the births of his two children and now spends his time investing, developing property, supporting multiple charities, and building businesses - while teaching others how they can do the same. He has personally coached hundreds of investors in techniques that can be used to profit from property in any market conditions, regularly facilitates public workshops and provides other free resources for property investors through ResultsMentoring.com, and has presented to thousands of people at property conferences and seminars around Australia and New Zealand.
Simon writes the highly regarded Sophisticated Property Investor e-newsletter and his opinions on the property market and real-world investing strategies have featured in Your Investment Property magazine, Smart Property Investment, Channel7 News at 6, Kevin Turner's Real Estate Talk, and Property Observer. He is co-author of the critically acclaimed property book The Real Deal: Property Invest Your Way to Financial Freedom, and a founding Mentor in Australia's award-winning personal mentoring service for property investors: the RESULTS Mentoring Program.
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With several lenders recently increasing their interest rates on home loans, some people are worried that rising interest rates will cause property values to plummet.
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Here we go again! Every few months, the media spotlight focusses on a property market doomsday scenario, predicting the end of the world for property owners in Australia - in spite of the fact that such predictions have been proven wrong time and time again...
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There have been a lot of changes in the lending environment over the past 3 years, but one of the most recent - and something that's tripping-up investors and home buyers right now - is a change in how banks assess your living expenses.
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I'm all for responsible lending, as long as a healthy dose of common sense is applied when implementing the lending standards.
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The "death" of negative gearing may have ALREADY occurred - without any direct action by the political left wing …thanks instead to the actions of finance industry regulator APRA and the banks.
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When considering the likely practical impact of the Royal Commission, it's worth noting that most of the instances of irresponsible lending identified in the testimonies actually pre-date changes to lending standards that have occurred over the last few years.
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Speculation that lenders - including the Big 4 (CommBank, NAB, ANZ and Westpac) - might increase rates is stoking fears of an approaching tidal wave of higher home loan interest rates.
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With all the drama in the media about the big banks' bad behaviour as exposed by the Banking Royal Commission, and headlines about property prices falling in many of Australia’s capitals, it's easy to become overwhelmed, confused and even fearful about the future.
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...and the problem with borrowing against one property to buy the next... and the next...
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Many investors are reluctant to sell an investment property because, if they do, then they may have to pay capital gains tax on any significant increase in the property's value since it was purchased.
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