Grow Rich with the Property Cycle

by Trass, Kieran

• ISBN13: 9780143019435
• ISBN10: 0143019430
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-16
• Publisher: Penguin Global

Summary

Understand the way the property market functions - the slump, recovery and boom - to make money. The culmination of more than twenty years observing the property cycle in action, the book teaches the basic principles of the cycle, how to identify each phase, the key indicators driving the market through each phase and how to make this knowledge work. Aimed at novice investors and serious players.

Author Biography

Kieran Trass has worked in property for two decades as an investor, financier and advisor. He runs his own mortgage broking company, Hybrid Group, specialising in financing investment property.

Table of Contents

Foreword	7	(2)
Introduction	9	(4)
Acknowledgements	13	(4)
Part 1 The Property Cycle
What is the Property Cycle?	17	(18)
Why the Property Cycle is Predictable	35	(8)
The Property Cycle Clock	43	(6)
Fear and Greed in the Property Cycle	49	(10)
Key Drivers of the Property Cycle	59	(14)
Market Influencers of the Property Cycle	73	(12)
Part 2 The Phases of the Property Cycle
The Recovery Phase	85	(8)
The Boom Phase	93	(18)
The Slump Phase	111	(14)
Part 3 Investment Strategies Throughout the Property Cycle
How to Survive the Property Cycle	125	(20)
When is it a Good Time to Buy Property?	145	(14)
Part 4 Cycles Within Cycles
Finance and the Property Cycle	159	(4)
The End of the Property Cycle?	163	(8)
Appendices	171