John Lindeman has well over a decade of experience researching the nature and dynamics of various types of assets at major data analysts and is a leading property market researcher, author and commentator. For more information visit Lindeman Reports.
Many investors are wary of buying properties in areas with a high percentage of rentals, perceiving them as being low-income, socially disadvantaged areas with high levels of unemployment and public safety issues. But, is there really any logic to this anti-rental stigma? Such negative thinking could even lead some of us to miss out on…
Predicting the future of housing is a science many experts get wrong, probably because they are looking in the wrong direction. Virtually all of the common housing market forecasting methods we use rely on the past to predict the future. These include: the property market cycle of endlessly recurring booms and busts, the long-term growth…
Buyer demand is falling in all our property markets, yet the cause of this hesitancy is not solely due to interest rate rises, but the fear and even panic that rate hikes create about possible housing price falls or even crashes. This fear of the unknown explains why potential property buyers are holding back, even…
As each spring approaches, so do those blogs and click baits assuring us that spring is the best time to sell a property. John Lindeman busts this urban myth wide open, explaining that it’s actually the best time to buy. Potential sellers are often told that spring is the best time to sell their property…
Rising interest rates, strong population growth, and a worsening housing shortage are pushing rental demand well ahead of rental vacancies. While the outlook for renters is bleak, with asking rents about to surge strongly in many areas, this also means that property investors seeking positive cash flow properties will be the winners. There are two…
The last Census was conducted in August 2021, when our international borders had been closed for over eighteen months, State borders were firmly shut and the southern capital cities were in lockdown. Much of the data illustrates the abnormalities that these restrictions on movement caused, but the stats also reveal how some people simply avoided…
We all know that all property booms eventually come to an end, so what will happen to property prices when the current boom is over? Property booms don’t all finish in the same way. Booms, where investors have been heavily involved, can become superheated bubbles, and then they bust, with prices crashing. In fact, as…
While some bank economists are predicting that house prices will fall this year or in 2023 as interest rates increase, I’d like to explain why property prices will continue to rise. Economists are concerned that the Reserve Bank will soon raise interest rates to slow down inflation because inflation is very hard to reign in…
Virtually all of our major property markets experienced dramatic price rises during 2021, but the rate of growth is now starting to vary across our capital cities. Some housing markets are going into decline, while the rate of growth in others is accelerating. John Lindeman explains why this happens. The recent price growth slowdown in…
Do headline-grabbing horror stories about murders or riots steer potential property buyers away from some suburbs? Does the “celebrity effect” really does improve buyer demand in others? In late 2005, thousands of angry, alcohol-fuelled rioters engaged in an orgy of assaults and violence now known as the “Cronulla Riots”. It was widely considered that these…
