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There’s a lot of noise in the property market right now isn’t there? Depending on who you listen to, we’re either heading for a property boom or staring down the barrel of a housing market collapse. Social media is flooded with opinions, economists are debating the impact of government policy, and buyers and investors are…
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The Perth property sector continues to outpace the rest of the country, with Cotality’s latest figures capturing a significant 1.5% jump in dwelling values throughout May. This monthly shift added roughly $15,100 to the local median house value. While the eastern seaboard grapples with compounding economic pressures and falling values, the WA capital maintains its…
Playing monopoly was a tradition in our family for a long time. Unfortunately, the game doesn’t come out as often these days – I guess I don’t play board games much anymore. In the good old days, I played Monopoly with my parents when I was young, with my children when they were young, and…
Every now and then in life, we find ourselves nodding along, agreeing with decisions, following plans, or chasing goals that – if we’re brutally honest – we don’t actually want. Not because we’re weak. Not because we’re confused. But because we assume everyone else wants it. That’s the Abilene Paradox in action – a strange…
If a picture paints a thousand words, then this collection of charts should do a pretty good job of painting the landscape as it affects our economy and our property markets. Each month the RBA summarises macroeconomic and financial market trends in Australia by providing a detailed chart pack. World Economy Australia’s economy doesn’t operate in…
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Brisbane finds itself at an uncomfortable inflection point. Home values rose 0.9% in May 2026, and on paper that looks like a healthy result — but the number that matters more is the one it replaced. As recently as October last year, Brisbane was recording monthly growth of 2%. The May figure is less than…
There is a line doing the rounds in overseas journals and podcasts about the death of the first-time home buyer. In Australia, I would not call it death just yet. But it is certainly prolonged suffocation. The desire is still there. The aspiration is still there. The cultural pull of owning your own home remains…
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Most investors say they’re long-term investors. But then they check auction clearance rates every weekend, worry about the next interest rate decision, chase the latest hotspot, and get distracted by whatever the media says is working right now. And that’s a problem, because real wealth rarely comes from the investment that looks exciting today. It…
Imagine opening your payslip and discovering the government was taking half as much income tax as it does today. It sounds like the sort of promise politicians make before an election and quietly forget afterwards. After all, governments need revenue. They have to fund hospitals, schools, roads, aged care, defence, social security and the growing…
There is more conflicting information about property right now than at almost any point I can remember. Turn on the news and you will find someone warning that prices are about to fall. Scroll a little further and you will find someone else forecasting another year of growth. Somewhere in the middle of all that…
