Australia will have almost 40 million people by 2066, our economy will be more than twice as large and average real incomes will be considerably higher. Yet beneath those reassuring headline numbers, Treasury’s latest Intergenerational Report describes a country that is growing more slowly, ageing rapidly and relying heavily on migration, productivity and housing policy…
Albert Einstein’s theory about how fast the universe is expanding has been proved correct by British scientists who praised his “incredible accuracy”. He was always known for his insightful words, so here are 10 of his best quotes. 1. A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. 3. Science is a wonderful…
If you had $1 million to spend on property investment in Australia today, where would you invest it? What location would you buy in, and why? And what about if you only have $500,000 to invest? Where is the best place to buy an investment for this budget? What are the top 10 hotspots now…
For the last 20 years, one of the defining stories of Australian housing has been the rise of the apartment. Look at the skylines of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane and you can see the evidence everywhere. Cranes filled our CBDs, high-rise towers appeared around transport hubs and former industrial precincts were transformed into dense residential…
Many property investors don’t fail because they bought a bad property. They fail because they weren’t prepared for the discomfort that comes with holding a good one. At some stage every investor is tested. It may be a rising interest rate, an unexpected repair bill, a difficult tenant, a vacancy, a finance knockback, or a…
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Twenty years ago I wrote a book that I honestly thought would sell a few thousand copies to friends and colleagues. Instead, it became Australia’s best-selling property investment book, and it’s sat on the bookshelf of tens of thousands of investors who’ve gone on to build genuine wealth using the strategies inside it. Today we’re…
By almost every traditional measure, Australians should be happier than previous generations. We are wealthier. We live longer. Our homes are larger and more comfortable, and we have access to healthcare, technology, entertainment, education and travel that our grandparents could barely have imagined. We carry devices in our pockets that give us instant access to…
Australia’s migration boom is losing momentum, and that raises some important questions for our property markets. Migration has been a major driver of housing demand in recent years, particularly in our capital cities, where most new arrivals initially settle. However, the latest ABS figures confirm that the extraordinary post-pandemic surge is continuing to ease. At…
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In this episode I speak with Scott Chapman, Managing Director of Opteon, about the signals shaping Australia’s property markets. We examine how the current downturn compares with previous cycles and why Sydney and Melbourne are experiencing different conditions from other markets. We explore how interest rates, lending restrictions, buyer sentiment, open-home attendance and auction results…
Australia’s property market continues to adjust, and the latest data reinforces something I’ve been saying for some time: there is no single Australian property market. One of the key developments this week was confirmation that the post-pandemic migration surge continues to ease. Net overseas migration fell to 292,100 in the year to March 2026, although…
