A recent survey by Newcastle Financial Planning revealed that nearly a third (28.75%) of respondents plan on making a property transaction in the next 12 months. Over half (51.5%) of those transactions are indicated to be property investments and at a minimum nearly half (45.5%) of the property investments made are likely to be in the Hunter region.

The second biggest source of funding for these property investments is likely to come from superannuation. Over a third (36.36%) of respondents indicated that superannuation will be a significant source of funding. Newcastle Financial Planning has launched a service, called Property Thru Super (www.propertythrusuper.com. au), which facilitates the entire process involved in setting up an appropriate super fund to purchase direct property, to the ongoing management and administration of the fund.