What’s ahead for Australia’s economy? While it looked like we were coming out of of a deep but short recession rather quickly, we were then hit by an unexpected a second wave of Covid-19 which locked down Victoria. Obviously this is not good for our economy in the short term – it may knock $12Billion…
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If I had told you this time last year that we’d be in the midst of a global pandemic, with our borders closed, footballers playing in front of empty stadiums, the Olympics postponed and Melbourne in lockdown, there’s not a chance you would have believed me. Yet, here we are. The world is a crazy…
It’s an irony that Melbourne, which has won the mantle of the world’s “most liveable city” more times than any other city in the last decade, has now gone into Victoria Stage 4 lockdown. So what does this mean for the Melbourne property market? This information current as at Sunday 9th August and will be…
Need some motivation? Then my weekly Monday Motivational Message video is just for you. Today I share Jim Rohn’s philosophy that there are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or.. to accept the responsibility for changing them. Have a great week… Make it a great week. Jim Rohn said… The first choice we can make…
Do you ever feel like you’re addicted to email? Do you find it impossible to ignore checking your inbox? Email is a known time-waster but a few years ago study from Adobe Systems suggests it’s worse than anyone thought. It turns out that the average worker spends around 30 hours a week checking email. Now…
It was a tale of 2 cities with regards to auction results this weekend, as it has been for the last few weeks. Sydney delivered a solid preliminary auction clearance rates of 61%, a little lower than last week. But unfortunately vendors who had planned to sell their properties in Melbourne this weekend had the…
August 2020 Property Market Update: Victoria Level 4 lockdown & property | Property Insiders [VIDEO]
It’s ironic that Melbourne, which has won the mantle of the world’s “most liveable city” more times than any other city in the last decade, has now gone into Stage 4 lockdown. And while this will clearly impact the Victoria property market there will also be implications for the Australian economy and our housing markets….
Success isn’t genetic. And it’s not something that simply ‘happens’ to lucky people. Instead, it’s a result of the everyday habits that give successful people the ability to achieve greatness. Put it this way: they didn’t become successful from binge-watching Netflix on the sofa all weekend. Habits that underpin success (no matter what your definition…
Do you enjoy your coffee? I know I do, so I was pleased to read that moderate coffee consumption is linked to both mental and physical health. A study published in The British Medical Journal (Poole et al., 2017) shows that moderate coffee intake reduced depression risk and lower levels of Parkinson’s and dementia. I knew I was drinking…
There are more interesting articles, commentaries and analyst reports on the Web every week than anyone could read in a month. Each Saturday morning I like to share some of the ones I’ve read during the week. The weekend will be over before you know it, so enjoy some interesting reading. First-home buyers, investors and…