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Where do you start your search for an investment property? It’s the classic question every property investor asks, but the order of those decisions matters. What should I buy, where should I buy it, and when? At every seminar we used to run, Michael Yardney would put this question to the room. Almost without fail,…
Affordability and cost-of-living pressures have taken the heat out of Australia’s rental market, driving a marked slowdown in rental growth during the September quarter as vacancy rates rose to their highest level since January 2025. Cotality’s latest Quarterly Rental Review shows national rents increased 0.5% in the three months to September, a marked slowdown on…
If you’ve ever told your children that buying a home was harder when mortgage rates reached 17%, the latest research might make you reconsider. Those interest rates were painful, and many Australians made considerable sacrifices to keep their homes. But today’s buyers face a combination of larger loans, higher deposit requirements and housing costs that…
There’s something psychologically powerful about a suburb joining the “million-dollar club”. Crossing that seven-figure threshold attracts headlines and creates the impression that property values have permanently moved to a higher level. Yet property markets don’t move in straight lines, and the latest figures are just another reminder that median prices can move backwards. According to…
Here’s something that should concern every parent and grandparent in Australia. If you were born in the late 1940s, there was a 54% chance you owned a home by your late twenties. If you were born in the early 1990s, that figure has fallen to 36%. Now that’s a significant change in how wealth gets…
For the last few years, Australia’s rental market has followed a fairly predictable pattern. There haven’t been enough rental properties available, vacancy rates have fallen to extraordinarily low levels and rents have risen as tenants competed for the limited stock on offer. But something interesting is now happening. The rental shortage remains, vacancy rates in…
Earlier this month I had the pleasure of speaking at the Brisbane branch of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Australia. The organisers asked me a dozen or so questions covering everything from affordability and population growth through to construction costs, infrastructure and the Olympics. Looking back on the discussion, four themes seemed to emerge. 1….
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Right now, there are two types of property investors in Australia. Those who bought before 7:30pm on the 12th of May 2026, and those who bought after it. And depending on which camp you’re in, the entire economics of your next move just changed. If you already own an established investment property, you’re sitting on…
Every few months, another report lands telling us everything is about to change. Interest rates, artificial intelligence, migration, climate change, tax policy – take your pick. Some forecasts will prove correct, many will be exaggerated, and plenty will eventually be forgotten. The challenge is separating the structural changes that will genuinely reshape Australia from the…
With national property values down by 5.2% in September from their March peak, Australia’s housing market is in a distinct downturn. This has sparked concerns voiced by Opposition Leader Angus Taylor of a housing market “in freefall”. Translated into dollar terms, using the Domain property price series, the price of a typical home has dropped…
