| Thousands of Victorians (Australia) risk losing their | | | | on their loans will be paying big weekly repayments |
| homes for falling behind in their loan repayments. | | | | already. And going back to renting will seem like a |
| Around 3700 home owners have been issued with | | | | breeze after struggling through high mortgage |
| property repossession warnings in the courts already | | | | repayments as well as all the outgoings associated |
| this year. This wil be triple last years total.Causes for | | | | with owning a property.It is forcast that the |
| this are being blamed on easy credit, soaring petrol | | | | percentage of people renting will increase upto 36% |
| prices, tighter household budgets and new home | | | | of the population by 2015 compared to 26% now. A |
| owners not allowing for rates, property maintaince | | | | lot of people are more than happy to just pay their |
| and insurances when purchasing their first home. | | | | rents and not be bothered with the hassles of |
| When they were renting they didn't have to pay | | | | owning their own home. Generally these people are |
| these outgoings. Many home owners are living on the | | | | very good tenants, they look after the property and |
| edge and more pain is on the way with a likely rate | | | | always pay their rents on time.These are the type I |
| increase.Australians owe $753 billion on home loans. A | | | | ensure my property managers put in my investment |
| .25 % rate rise would add an extra $14 a fortnight to | | | | properties.They give me less problems and I am able |
| an average $225,000 loan. People are loading up their | | | | to increase the rents in line with the CPI increases. |
| credit on up to ten credit cards and they are not | | | | There will be some great opportunities for smart |
| allowing for any hiccups that can occur. An illness or | | | | investors in our present economy. What I intend to |
| rate increase can cause every thing to go pear | | | | do is off load any under preforming properties and |
| shaped. Then they risk losing everything. Some home | | | | replace them with some of the gems that will be |
| owners are desperate and are taking on no deposit | | | | coming up in the near future. There will be some |
| loans from last resort lenders preying on them.There | | | | great deals available to savvy investors who are able |
| were nearly 3700 court writs against loan repayers | | | | to strike as they come up. It will be a good time to |
| this year compared with 2581 last year.Some people | | | | reshape your portfolio to ensure you have blue chip |
| end up paying the debts or refinancing to another | | | | properties in it. The real kicker is it will not cost you |
| institution. But the rest are opting out of their | | | | any more to replace any of your underperforming |
| mortgage and going back to renting. People are being | | | | properties as you will be buying in these new ones at |
| taken to court for being behind in only two | | | | heavily discounted prices.As these lean times move in |
| payments on their home loan.What some finance | | | | I intend to keep an eye on my own gearing. The last |
| brokers are doing is reaping in commissons by signing | | | | thing you want is to end up on the scrap heap as |
| up people to loans that they cannot afford. There | | | | well.To your investing success.Leo LovePS If any of |
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| unsurspecting home owners get trapped into home | | | | will help to prevent you falling into the traps the |
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| push up rental prices because the people that default | | | | |