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.
If I asked you to name the most important ingredient in building long-term wealth, what would your answer be? Most people would probably say hard work. Others might suggest intelligence, discipline, good timing, or perhaps choosing the right investments. They’re all helpful, but after more than five decades of investing through property booms, recessions, share market…
Rental vacancy rates eased slightly over June, but rents kept climbing in almost every capital city, with Sydney and Melbourne leading the charge. Sydney house rents are now up 9.4% over the year, the strongest annual growth of any capital, while Melbourne unit rents jumped 6.8% in June alone. New federal and state taxes designed…
There’s a widely accepted belief among property investors that strong population growth automatically leads to rising property prices. It sounds logical, and at a surface level it makes sense, but once you dig a little deeper the relationship becomes far less reliable than most people assume. In fact, some of Australia’s best-performing property markets have…
Thinking of investing in Sydney property? You’re not alone, but that doesn’t mean it’s straightforward right now. “Sydney’s too expensive,” “you’ve missed the boat,” “now’s not the time to invest,” these are the lines doing the rounds at dinner tables and on social media, and none of them tell you much about what’s actually happening…
Good locations tend to get better over time because they have something most other locations can’t manufacture quickly – scarcity plus enduring demand. And in property, that is the combination that quietly does the heavy lifting. Good locations have advantages that compound A good location is usually good because it already has a cluster of…
Let me tell you something that might surprise you. The reason property has made more Australian millionaires than any other asset class isn’t because “bricks and mortar always goes up in value.” That’s a feel-good phrase, but it doesn’t actually explain anything. Property doesn’t always go up. History shows us there are periods of stagnation,…
SQM Research’s Weekly Asking Prices Index for the week ending 30 June 2026 showed a softer month for asking prices across many capital cities, although annual price growth remains positive. Nationally, asking prices declined 1.4% for houses and 0.7% for units, with combined dwelling asking prices down 1.3% over the month, while remaining 7.6% higher…
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Australia’s property market has changed gears again. For the last few years, we’ve had a market driven by strong population growth, a chronic shortage of homes, tight rental markets and buyers who were desperate to get in before prices moved further away from them. But according to Domain’s latest FY2027 Forecast Report, we’re now entering…
Suburbs with a higher share of owner-occupied homes recorded significantly stronger long-term capital growth between 2010 and 2026, driven by a 34-percentage point performance gap across the unit market, according to new analysis from Cotality of 3,000 suburbs over 16 years. The performance divide is steepest in the unit market, where owner-occupied areas deliver more…
If you’ve bought or sold a property recently, you’re used to a familiar process involving contracts, finance approval and a straightforward path to settlement. That process has just changed, and it has changed for everyone, including experienced investors who’ve done this dozens of times before. From 1 July 2026, Australian real estate agents, conveyancers, lawyers,…
