What could I possibly learn from a SAS Commander that would make me a better property investor? All things considered, it seems impossible to be able to draw a comparison between the two. There were several things that struck me after spending a weekend away with an ex-SAS Commander, but one thing stood out. It…
Australia has some of the most luxurious properties, best beaches, and now… some of the ‘coolest’ streets in the world. So what makes a street particularly ‘cool’? That’s what Time Out asked more than 20,000 people for their Time Out Index for 2022. According to the locals in each city, it’s down to a whole…
There’s no doubt we’re currently in a buyer’s market. Australia’s property market peaked in April 2022 and now we’ve moved to the next stage of the property cycle, the adjustment phase, and at the combined capital city level, housing values have fallen -6.5% following a 25.5% rise through the upswing. What this ultimately means is…
Most investors think of building and pest inspections as part and parcel when buying a property. In other words, it’s one of the slightly annoying, yet completely essential, steps to safeguarding your purchase when buying a property. They tend to be viewed as a kind of insurance policy, helping you ensure you don’t end up…
For decades, most people’s money mindsets were focused on reducing debt as quickly as possible. A newly married couple would buy a house and then diligently pay off the mortgage over the next 20 or 30 years. Then, when they retired, they owned their own home, but they generally didn’t have much money apart from…
Inflation is soaring, and the price of living is going up, but thankfully our wages are also rising. According to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the average Australian income has risen 1.8% to $52,338. Sure, it’s not enough to cancel out the pushed-up cost of our bills, but it is…
Are you considering investing in property to fund your retirement? There are many factors to be considered here, but perhaps one of the most crucial, may not be on your radar. In the short term, it may be your salary, your ability to borrow money, and growth that will play a role. But as you…
Property investing doesn’t seem like it’d be all that difficult, right? You buy a place, jazz it up, rent it out and enjoy the returns. How could anyone make too much of a mistake? Right? If only it were that easy. In reality, there are actually plenty of different mistakes, missteps and errors that can…
In the midst of the property market upswing, property across the country was selling at lightning speed, with countless reports of property sales happening within hours of being listed for sale. Now that the market has cooled and prices have fallen from their peak, higher lending costs and dampened demand means the time it takes…
Climate change is causing increased drought, hotter temperatures, and more extreme storms and these changes are endangering our environment, lifestyles, our jobs and livelihoods, our crops and therefore food prices, our health, and even our air quality. But did you also realise how much climate change is endangering our property and property investments? New analysis,…
