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.
This week a Senate inquiry will look at the federal government’s controversial legislation to cap international student numbers in Australia from next year. University-commissioned research predicts caps will cause a significant loss of revenue and jobs, including flow-on effects on the broader economy. But my new report for the ANU’s Migration Hub, argues there are…
You’ve probably heard that most wealthy people own nothing in their own names, but control everything through structures such as a trust. If Australia’s richest people use trusts, maybe it’s something you should consider also. Did you know that trusts have been around since the 12th Century? The Lord Chancellor at that time could decide…
The Reserve Bank of Australia kept the cash rate on hold for the sixth consecutive meeting, continuing its ‘wait-and-see’ approach, after last week’s CPI results landed broadly as forecast. Headline inflation rose from 3.6 per cent to 3.8 per cent annually, in line with RBA forecasts, however, trimmed mean inflation, the central bank’s preferred measure,…
In this continuing series of articles, I’ll take readers on a step-by-step journey through the property development process. Once you understand the importance of securing a development site in the right location and you have the big picture firmly in mind, including your target market, it’s time to move from theory to practice. Finding the…
Daily we see sombre images from conflict zones like Gaza, Ukraine, Haiti and along the Coup Corridor in Africa. These evoke a mix of compassion and concern. For many, the sight of fellow humans fleeing from violence and upheaval provokes empathy, yet it also sparks apprehension, particularly among residents of affluent and much more secure…
Look what’s happened to property prices!
Knowing what you know now, who wouldn’t have liked to buy their parent’s house for what your parents paid years ago?
Are you looking at buying your first home in Australia in 2024? It can be exciting, terrifying, daunting, frustrating, and expensive – all at the same time! Property markets are strengthening by the day, with prices in most states close to or surpassing their COVID-19 pandemic peaks. While the strengthening market and climbing property prices…
On today’s episode, I chat with Brett Warren about asking the right questions before buying that next property because doing that can make all the difference between a profitable venture and a costly mistake. I’m sure you’ve heard me say before that property investment is a process, not an event, and the property that you’re…
Foreign cash flowing into Australian homes has surged by an additional $400 million, according to new figures, solidifying Queensland as the new hot spot for overseas investors. Data from the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) for the October to December 2023 quarter shows 1,580 residential real estate investment proposals worth $1.9 billion were approved. The…
When will we reach peak humanity? When will the largest number of people ever walk on planet Earth? And what does it actually mean for Australia? Firstly, the simple question is where do we get that population projection from? The most famous big-picture global population projection figures come from the United Nations population division. They…
