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If someone had sat you down in January 2020 and described what the next six and a half years would bring, I doubt you would have bought another property. A global pandemic, closed borders, the fastest rate hiking cycle in a generation, a war in Europe, bank collapses overseas, a conflict that closed the Strait…
Australia will have almost 40 million people by 2066, our economy will be more than twice as large and average real incomes will be considerably higher. Yet beneath those reassuring headline numbers, Treasury’s latest Intergenerational Report describes a country that is growing more slowly, ageing rapidly and relying heavily on migration, productivity and housing policy…
The slingshot effect is about to occur and that it has the potential to deliver strong price growth in many areas where prices are falling right now. This is how it works. We all know that housing demand increases in line with population growth, but doesn’t translate into price growth during times of uncertainty or…
There are moments in life when a single sentence hits you so hard it rearranges your thinking. Not a long seminar. Not a complex strategy. Just one line that quietly exposes the flaw in how you’ve been operating. For me, that moment came when I read the following words from one of my early mentors,…
There’s an interesting debate that’s been going on for years, not just among scientists and philosophers but also in business circles, and it has a lot more to do with property investment than most people realise. At its core, it comes down to two very different ways of looking at the world, and once you…
Home auction markets have returned another week of generally underwhelming results with both clearance rates and auction numbers substantially lower than those recorded over the same week last year. Weekly Auction Results to Saturday, October 24th 2026 Capital City This Week Last Week Same Week Last Year Auctions Rate Auctions Rate Auctions Rate Sydney 885…
Australia is going to look very different in ten years’ time. We’ll have millions more people, an older population, smaller households and technologies that will change how we work and live. Our cities will evolve, new industries will emerge, and different governments will introduce policies that reshape our economy. But after more than five decades…
I learned the rich don’t rely on one paycheque. They rely on multiple paycheques by building multiple streams of income. In my Rich Habits research, I studied 233 wealthy people for five years and found 65% maintain three or more income sources. Only 5% of the poor do this. I learned from the poor that…
If you’re interested in property, do you have all your ducks in a row and are ready to negotiate? At this point in the journey, it can often feel like all the heavy lifting is done and that negotiating and buying a property is just a small piece of the puzzle. While it can feel…
After years of property investors feeling that Victoria sees them as an easy source of extra revenue, there is finally an encouraging change in direction. The Victorian Government has announced plans to ease the Absentee Owner Surcharge for eligible developments, recognising that attracting investment can help get more homes built. Introduced in 2016, the surcharge…
