It’s a question that echoes through conversations among frustrated Australians, especially younger generations who find themselves priced out of the housing market: Is this all a Ponzi scheme? The surge in property prices over the last few years has not only locked out many potential first-time home buyers but has also sparked a fiery debate…
Imagine stepping out your front door and knowing that almost everything you need – your local shops, a good coffee, schools, parks, a medical centre, the train station, even local jobs is just a short stroll away. You don’t waste time stuck in traffic. You don’t drive across town for basic errands. And you feel…
We often hear that the rich keep getting richer, and there is plenty of evidence to support that observation. From the outside, it can appear that wealthy people were born lucky, had access to opportunities unavailable to everyone else or knew some financial secret the rest of us somehow missed. Of course, family wealth and…
Imagine being told that there’s a very good chance you’ll celebrate your 100th birthday. Not because you’re exceptionally lucky, not because you’ll have access to some futuristic medical breakthrough. But simply because you’re living in Australia at a time when life expectancy continues to rise, and healthcare keeps improving. For most people, that sounds like…
Let me tell you something that might surprise you. The reason property has made more Australian millionaires than any other asset class isn’t because “bricks and mortar always goes up in value.” That’s a feel-good phrase, but it doesn’t actually explain anything. Property doesn’t always go up in value as many property investors are finding…
There is an uncomfortable contradiction at the heart of Australian politics. We want more affordable housing, a stronger economy, better hospitals, dignified aged care, reliable infrastructure, lower taxes and a budget that does not keep handing a larger bill to the next generation. Yet the political conversation usually proceeds as though all these things can…
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Right now, thousands of Australian property investors are being drawn to off-the-plan properties like moths to a flame. And I understand why. After the 2026 Federal Budget changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax, new properties are suddenly looking very attractive. The marketing is glossy, the tax benefits sound compelling, and the salespeople are…
For the last few years Australia’s property markets seemed almost unstoppable, but the latest Domain House Price Report suggests we’ve now reached a very different stage of the property cycle. Domain’s June Quarter 2026 House Price Report revealed the broad-based housing boom that has driven Australian property markets for more than three years has come to…
What happens to property prices when the cost of building a home begins to settle, but the price of the land underneath it keeps climbing? That is the contradiction emerging in Australia’s housing market right now. In this week’s Property Insider, Dr Andrew Wilson shows that annual growth in house-building costs has slowed considerably from…
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Today, I want to share 25, let’s call them commandments, for financial wealth and success. And to get the message across best to you, I decided to do something a little different. Normally, I have a guest, but this time it will be just you and me as I share these ideas with you. These…
