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 people are becoming increasingly dismayed and disillusioned with the impact that the pandemic is having on their personal, social and financial circumstances. While some are looking for any opportunities that the new normal is presenting, others are taking action – they’re moving. More and more people are making plans to move as soon as…
Which suburbs are at low risk and which areas could even thrive despite the current environment of uncertainty. The property market is unlike other assets such as commodities, bonds or shares, because around sixty per cent of our dwellings are owner occupied. Their owners have no interest in cash flow, leveraging, depreciation, rental yields, capital…
One of the biggest mistakes that property investors can make is relying on the wrong experts. One expert is urging you to invest in central Queensland, another says buy in Melbourne, still another tells you that Port Hedland is about to boom again, while another urges you that Perth is set to go gang busters…
As each new set of property data is released, it becomes more obvious that some housing markets will be in for a rough ride. Interestingly, many experts fail to grasp the reasons why property prices rise quickly during booms but slide backwards slowly during downturns. Sales increase quickly when markets are hot, and prices shoot…
Why are some property markets likely to buck the downward trend and where can you find them? As the recession deepens, price and rent falls are emerging in inner urban unit markets due to the collapse of short term rental demand. In addition, aspiring first home buyers and investors are finding it more difficult to…
In these unprecedented times, if there is one certainty that we can hold on to, it is that growth will return to our property markets. As the restrictions on movement and travel are eased, some areas will experience greater demand for accommodation than others, and they hold the key to finding post COVID boom towns….
Commentators are referring to the current crisis as a black swan event, which is something that is totally unexpected and has a major impact. Does the property market have its own black swans? As our European forebears ventured out into other continents such as Asia, Africa and then finally the Americas, all the swans they…
When we finally emerge from this crisis, our lives will be changed forever, but what will the ‘next normal’ be like? No matter how confusing and uncertain things are right now, let’s not lose sight of one certainty – that the virus will be defeated. Soon, we will be able to catch up with friends…
Many of us were amazed by the recent scenes of people stampeding to buy toilet paper, and some of us may even have joined the frantic rush to grab a few rolls before supplies ran out. Supermarkets were left without toilet paper for weeks afterwards and with toilet paper supplies only now slowly returning back…
Given the unprecedented situation in which we find ourselves, what will the impact on the value of your homes and investment properties is likely to be given the unprecedented situation in which we find ourselves. It is a sad fact that apart from the impact of the virus itself, the ever more restrictive controls on…
