MCG QUANTITY SURVEYORS BLOG
The cost of a Natural Disaster
, in Business, Construction, construction cost, House Prices, Information, Media, News, Property Insurance Australian Research In 2000, the Construction Data division of Reed Business Information Systems (Reed) surveyed 1000 randomly selected homeowners. They concluded that: 87% of homes were under-insured by any amount The average level
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Case Study – August 2019
In a recent expert witness case that I was asked to provide my opinion of costs on, the result has now been published. Background The background to both applications is best described as:
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Why the kids are doing OK
, in Data, Information, Investment Property, Landlords, Media, News, Property Investing, Tax Depreciation, Tax Legislation Like any good analytical thinker, I love to hypothesise. Some think it’s a character flaw, whereas I – and those of my quantity surveying ilk – enjoy nothing more than ingesting data, extrapolating
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Insights into property investor behaviour
, in Budget2017, Construction, construction cost, Economics, Information, Investment Property, Media, Property Investing, renovation, Tax Depreciation Since we started preparing depreciation reports for property investors back in 2011, I wanted to collect data that I thought would illuminate the property industry as to the types of acquisitions the average
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