SA Adelaide inner south (rent or sell?)

Discussion in 'Where to Buy' started by Noodlesm, 13th Oct, 2016.

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  1. Noodlesm

    Noodlesm Active Member

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    Any thoughts of keeping or selling of this property?

    $700k at Adelaide inner south. Good condition (renovated), purchased 3 years ago. 3 bedder with decent landsize.
    5km from the city, good school zone and transport
    Currently mortgaged around 80%, so $550k remaining in the loan

    Rental option:
    Weekly rent around $500(?), not sure about the rental demand...
    Rental loss at current interest rate would be around $10-15k a year. Family has sufficient disposable income to support the the cash loss.
    Area growth rate is around 2.5% (not sure if this is under-estimated)
    After taking consideration of the negative gearing effect and area growth, it is at a neutral position.
    The house has a large backyard so the concern is garden maintenance may put of renters.

    Sell option:
    Property probably will sell around $700-750k. No gain no loss after taking account of the agency fee. I guess this is a stress free option.
     
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  2. D.T.

    D.T. Specialist Property Manager Business Member

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    Which suburb is it in?

    Rent - I've had massive demand for our other inner south properties like goodwood and wayville recently.

    And long term growth is a sure thing in areas like that.
     
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  3. Noodlesm

    Noodlesm Active Member

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    Fullarton area (zoned for Unley high).
     
  4. Corey Batt

    Corey Batt Well-Known Member

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    What do you do with the funds after selling - I'm assuming this is currently a PPOR and you're buying/bought another?

    Adelaide is going quite a healthy growth phase at the moment, particularly in the inner suburbs so people are trying to grab onto as much as they can. It may be worth considering where we are in the cycle and whether you want to deleverage out of an area prior to any major growth in a long term tightly held area (inner south/east).

    A loss at 10-15k/yr sounds like the interest rate might be a tad higher than necessary - if this is a primary motivator to selling up might mean it's worth considering what mitigants (reducing your loan costs) can be achieved to make it a more viable/stronger investment.
     
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  5. Noodlesm

    Noodlesm Active Member

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    It's a PROR at the moment. We are moving so looking to buy in Melb. Melb is at the top of the cycle we aim for a more conservative buy there (if lucky) and hopefully to keep the one in Adelaide like you said, Adelaide is at the healthy growth phase.

    $10k-15k loss is a conservative estimate considering other cost which includes ppty management fee, council rate, maintenance and etc. As this will be an investment property, I think I should max out interest on this to free up the capital for the future PROR in melb.... having said that I am currently looking for a broker who knows Melb mkt....
     
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  6. Noodlesm

    Noodlesm Active Member

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    Hi D.T.,
    Are you able to send your rate for ppty management? Cheers
     
  7. Dave Radelaide

    Dave Radelaide Well-Known Member

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    @Noodlesm : Just saw this thread - did you end up keeping the property? Based on your info and you said 'large land area' I'd expect this would be worth over 1.5m now....
     
  8. igor1234

    igor1234 Well-Known Member

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    how did u get to 10-15k negative?
    eye balling: 550*0.044= ~ 24k interest
    rent 500*52*0.9 (for agent) 23.4
    council+insurance ~ 3k.

    so holding costs around 5k.