One of the great misconceptions of real estate at present is that high interest rates mean it’s pretty much impossible to find positive cashflow investments.

 

But the opposite is true. Australia abounds with locations where rental yields are well above average, which means there are good possibilities for securing properties that pay their own way.

 

And, as a bonus, many of the high-yield places we’re comfortable to recommend to our customers also have great prospects for future capital growth.

 

That old furphy in real estate that many people still believe – that you need to choose between high yields or capital growth but you can’t have both – has never been true and it’s certainly not so right now.

 

Our capital cities and many of our key regional markets have opportunities for the winning trifecta of real estate:-

 

1. Affordable purchases

2. Above-average rental yields

3. Great prospects for capital growth

 

In the past year, there have been multiple locations across Australia where there has been double-digit growth in prices, similar uplift in rents and gross yields well above 6% - and, in many cases, yields above 7%.

 

Many of these locations have been found in the boom states of South Australia, Western Australian and Queensland – but they can be found almost anywhere in the nation.

 

One of the reasons for that is that attached dwellings – units, townhouses and apartments – are being seen increasingly as a good alternative.

 

Units are challenging houses on capital growth, as more and more people opt for their lower prices, lifestyle features, the low maintenance factor and the important safety and security aspects in many unit buildings.

 

It means that there are positive cashflow possibilities in inner-city locations in our biggest cities as well as houses and units in smaller, less expensive, cities and in many regional markets.

 

For all those reasons, our National Top 10 Positive Cashflow Hotspots report is becoming one of our most popular products.