Michael has been once again voted Australia’s leading property investment advisor by the readers of ‘Your Investment Property Magazine’, but he’s not a theorist… He has been successfully investing in property since 1971 and is a leading property commentator and Australia’s most widely read property investment blogger. Join over 115,000 others who get their updates from Michael and his group of expert guest bloggers and benefit from their perspective.
Something interesting is happening in Australia’s property market, with auction clearance rates only telling part of the story. Auctions work best when several motivated buyers compete for the same property, creating urgency and pushing prices higher. But as buyer demand has softened in 2026, that competition has become harder to generate. New Domain research shows…
You may have spent decades building your superannuation, carefully chosen who should inherit your assets and even prepared a legally valid will. Yet when you die, your super could still be distributed differently from the way you intended. That is the uncomfortable message from new research suggesting approximately 15.7 million Australians do not have a…
Every now and then, a set of statistics comes along that appears to be about one thing, but actually tells us something much bigger. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures on marriages and divorces might seem relevant only to couples planning a wedding or navigating a separation. But if you look beyond the headline…
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What if the greatest threat to your property investment success isn’t choosing the wrong suburb, paying too much or getting your timing wrong? What if it’s your inability to remain disciplined when the headlines become frightening, the forecasts turn gloomy and everyone around you starts questioning whether property is still a good investment? Over the…
If you could step back into Australia in 1981, you would recognise the country, but much of everyday life would feel surprisingly foreign. Australia was younger, smaller, less diverse and more traditional. Families were larger, manufacturing played a much bigger role in employment, overseas travel was a luxury, and the typical worker was more likely…
There is a dangerous tendency in Australia’s housing debate to assume that anything that makes life harder for property investors must automatically make life easier for first-home buyers and tenants. It’s a good political argument that sounds appealing, particularly when housing affordability is such an emotional issue, but housing markets don’t work in isolation. Investors,…
Buying a property can be exciting, but it can also be stressful, even when market conditions favour buyers. At present, many Australian property markets are experiencing softer conditions, stock levels are healthier and there is less competition than we have seen in recent years. On the surface, that may make buying seem easier. However, having…
When I was about six or seven I wanted to play the drums. My parents went out and bought me a small snare drum along with a pair of drumsticks and brushes (I still can’t use brushes, but that’s another story). I remember the day my father brought the drum home, it was shiny silver…
Australia’s housing market has entered a new phase, and the consequences are likely to extend well beyond homeowners watching the estimated value of their property decline. According to a new NAB Economics report, national dwelling prices are expected to fall by around 7% from peak to trough, following growth of 8.8% during 2025. NAB forecasts…
Australia’s rental markets are tightening again, with vacancy rates falling across most capital cities and remaining at historically low levels. Yet, rather surprisingly, asking rents eased in many cities over August. So, has the rental crisis finally reached a turning point, or is this simply a temporary pause before rents begin rising again? And what…
