On the question of choosing a property investment portfolio over investing in stock, the results over the last 10 years for Australian investors will definitely show that a well-selected property investment portfolio was, from all points of view, the best decision. Stock, government bond and mixed mode managed fund portfolios have all taken a battering in the past 4 years. So much so that many investors have closed their investment fund certificates in the bottom drawer of their desk to be re-opened some time in late 2012.
Investing in property in Australia has, according to many experts, been the better option. They can use many arguments to back this statement up. A property investment portfolio has delivered better results than 85% of managed mixed stock and bond funds, according to most Australian investment analysts. Why is this situation prevalent? And what are the criteria they have used?
There are, according to investment analysts, a number of good reasons why building an Australian property investment portfolio is the best option compared to investing in international stocks and shares managed plan. Investing in bricks and mortar is, by nature, a solid plan. Whilst there may be seasonal fluctuations, the facts speak for themselves. Australia has a strong economy, is trading with the rest of the world with a healthy export trading surplus, and has a housing market where demand is outstripping supply. Better still, this situation is not expected to change in the short (1 Year) or medium (5 year) term.
Australia banks a minimum of $1.3 billion dollars a month in trade export surpluses for the commodities it exports to high demand foreign clients. This is resulting in extremely high employment and better salaries for employees. In the past 12 months many young people and couples are looking to buy into property of their own and avoid increasingly high rents. This is a double advantage for you as the property investment portfolio owner. You can either decide to sell your attractive properties to those buyers who are ready to pay the asking price at a good profit, or expand you property investment portfolio to offer new properties at rents that 12 months ago would not have been considered possible.
Those who have invested in stocks and shares will admit that they could never have imagined that huge corporate entities such as Enron, Lehman Brothers and AIG could suddenly go from boom to bust. How would they know? And what could they have done? In the end they lost nearly all of their investment. An Australian property investment is by far a better option. Your property investment will not, in most cases, make spectacular earnings in the short-term. However, over a medium to long-term period you will get excellent sustainable returns. If your reason for property investment in Australia is to provide income for your retirement, this is a smart choice. Should you need cash liquidity at any time you can sell you principal residence, downsize and use the capital gains tax exempt profits to strengthen your property investment portfolio.
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