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Everyone wants cheaper housing, but the latest building approval numbers show Australia is still failing at the one thing that would actually help – building more homes. In other words, Australia’s home building crisis is getting worse, not better. As I see it, what’s happening right now in building approvals are one of the most…
As widely expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia has held the cash rate today at 4.35% at its June meeting. But in a move that was less expected, it explicitly signalled that further hikes remain on the table. The final sentence of the media release added the clause “including increasing the cash rate target further if…
The Australian housing market has entered a new phase of weakness, with Cotality’s National Home Value Index recording a 0% change in May 2026 — effectively stalling for the first time since the current cycle began. Sydney and Melbourne are leading the market into a clear downturn, with values now sitting measurably below their November…
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Today’s podcast is a little different as it is a replay of a discussion I had with Joey D’Agata on the Property Strategy Podcast about the evolution of my investment philosophy and the lessons learned over the five decades I’ve been involved in property. We explored my investment philosophy and how my thinking has evolved…
The past two weeks have delivered a lot for property investors to process, and if you’ve been watching the news closely, you’d be forgiven for feeling uncertain about where things are headed. The RBA delivered its third consecutive rate hike in May, lifting the cash rate to 4.35% – effectively wiping out every cut made…
Australia’s population just ticked past 28 million people, and the timing tells you everything you need to know about the forces driving our property market. Back in 2003, the ABS published its official population projections and forecast that Australia would reach 26.4 million people by the year 2051 – assuming net overseas migration of around…
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Melbourne’s housing market is in a position unlike any other capital city in Australia. Home values fell 0.8% in May 2026, extending a correction that has now carried the market 3.2% below the record highs set in March 2022 — meaning Melbourne never fully recovered from its previous downturn before the current one began. The…
SQM Research released its latest data on residential rental property vacancy rates. Australia’s national residential vacancy rate remained unchanged at 1.2% in May 2026, with total residential vacancies increasing from 35,258 to 37,844 dwellings over the month. While vacancy rates rose in several capital cities, conditions remain tight overall, with all capital cities continuing to…
Turn on the news or check out social media morning and you’d be forgiven for thinking the property market is on borrowed time. Interest rates, housing affordability, cost of living pressures, geopolitical tensions and now the budget change – the list of worries seems to grow faster than property values. Yet, after watching markets move…
For years, we’ve been told that property investors are the big winners when it comes to tax breaks. I’m sure you’ve heard the narrative: investors get negative gearing, capital gains tax discounts and all sorts of incentives that ordinary Australians don’t receive. But when you step back and look at the numbers objectively, that story…
