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Houses vs. Apartments Strategy

Houses

Advantages:

  • More consistent growth over long-term in established areas
  • You usually own the land
  • You have greater control over what you want to do with the land
  • High land content for better future growth if it is in established areas
  • Usually easier to get finance
  • More room for value adding and modification
  • Town houses are gaining popularity with smaller families and retirees

Disadvantages:

  • Usually lower rent as a percentage of the value
  • Can be higher maintenance
  • Can occasionally be difficult to get decent rent for large houses
  • Less security and facility

Apartments

Advantages:

  • Higher rental as a percentage to price
  • Less hands-on maintenance
  • Good growth in fully built up areas with height limit
  • Increasingly popular with generation Y Meets the demographic trend of smaller family size

Disadvantages:

  • Less consistent growth in areas that are not fully built up
  • Body corporate fees
  • Less control
  • Less room for value adding
  • Can be hard to get good finance for company title properties and very small apartments
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