What’s ahead for property in the new financial year? Well, Australian home prices are forecasted to rise again over the next 12 months, although the pace of house price growth is expected to be slower compared to the last 2 years, according to Domain’s FY 25 Price Forecast Report. However, there will be a marginal…
Articles by Brett Warren
Brett Warren is National Director of Metropole Properties and uses his two decades of property investment experience to advise clients how to grow, protect and pass on their wealth through strategic property advice.
Governments are using private investors as scapegoats for a shocking underinvestment in social housing while raking in tens of billions of dollars in property taxes each year, according to the Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA). Right now, about 175,000 households are on waiting lists for public or community housing across Australia, up by 20,000…
Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick unveiled the 2024-25 Budget, a mixed bag of cost-of-living relief and new taxes targeting the property industry. One of the key highlights is the increase in transfer duty concession thresholds for first-home buyers. The ceiling has been raised from $500,000 to $700,000, with partial concessions available up to $800,000. This measure…
It seems as though there are always stories about the challenges of housing affordability in the media. And this seems to be dividing us into a nation of those who are property owners and those who believe property will always be unaffordable. I remember during the property boom of 2106 and 2017 it was all…
When it comes to buying an investment property, you want to make sure you’re putting your money into an investment-grade property in a growth suburb. This is why it’s so important to look at the average house price growth over at least 10 years – it helps give a great indicator of what to expect from your…
At a time when affordability issues make headlines every day, Australians are feeling the pinch, and properties are both low in supply and high in price; many fingers are pointed at property investors. The problem is many believe that so-called ‘greedy property investors’ are to blame for market and financial woes. After all, aren’t these…
Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad real estate blog carried a great article giving some ideas about how to escape the rat race and develop financial freedom. While this was written some time ago and as you read them you may initially be surprised by the advice. On the other hand, if you’ve been following my philosophy of…
I’ve met so many investors who are fixated on rental yields – but for me, capital growth is always the number one thing to look out for when buying an investment property. Building wealth through real estate is best achieved by buying quality investment-grade properties and holding them for the long term, allowing the market to…
The statistics say it all-around 92% of Australians who invest in property never make it past their first or second investment. This is in spite of the fact that one property will never make you rich…it will never even make for a comfortable retirement when you consider that this stage of your life could represent…
The prospect of cash rate cuts in 2024 remains in doubt following higher than expected inflation figures released today from the ABS. The monthly CPI indicator shows annual inflation rose 3.6 per cent in the 12 months to April 2024, the highest annual rate since November of last year and up for the second month…