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Most of us do as we are told. This habit forms early in life. Our parents, for our own good, make us do things we don’t want to do: wake up early for school, eat broccoli, do homework, do house chores, etc. Doing what we are told is conditioned into us from the very beginning….
Every few decades, a city gets a moment that changes its trajectory. Brisbane is in the middle of one right now, and most investors haven’t fully grasped what that means for property values over the next ten years. Of course, the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games are much more than just a sporting event. They’re…
I recently ran a LinkedIn poll asking a simple question: What is actually driving Australia’s new housing stress? LinkedIn only gives you four options. So I went with what I thought were the big ones: • Lack of new housing supply • Planning approvals and delays • Interest rate settings • Population growth The result?…
Right now, Sydney and Melbourne look like the laggards of Australia’s property market. Prices are soft, consumer confidence is at record lows, and most of the headlines are celebrating Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. But if you’ve been around property long enough, you know that today’s underperformer is often tomorrow’s leader. That’s exactly what the latest…
After an extended period of strong growth, the latest data suggests Australia’s housing markets are beginning to move into a new phase, with the early signs of fatigue now becoming evident in Sydney and Melbourne. Australia’s two largest housing markets are showing clear signs of strain, with Sydney and Melbourne recording their first quarterly house…
It’s shaping up to be another uncomfortable week for borrowers, with most economists expecting the Reserve Bank to raise interest rates yet again. In this month’s Finder RBA Cash Rate Survey™, 36 experts and economists weighed in on future cash rate moves and other issues relating to the state of the economy. Three-quarters of the…
What if the biggest mistake property investors are making today isn’t about timing the market… but misunderstanding the people in it? We tend to analyse Australia through broad lenses – interest rates, supply shortages, government policy. They all matter, but they only tell part of the story. Because beneath those headlines, something more powerful is…
National home prices in April marks a turning point in the housing cycle according to PropTrack, which reports that national home prices fell 0.1% in April, marking the first monthly decline in 2026, and taking the national median home value to $910,000. However, prices remain 8.5% higher than a year ago, adding about $92,200 to…
Every few months, the debate about short-term rentals flares up again. Policymakers point the finger at Airbnb and similar platforms, hoping that stricter regulations will somehow free up more homes for long-term renters. But a new survey has revealed something that may surprise many: the overwhelming majority of short-term rental hosts have no intention of…
While intelligence can be a lottery based on your genes as well as your upbringing, that doesn’t mean we can’t all become smarter. I’m sure we all know of people from our childhoods who ended up running successful businesses when at school they didn’t seem that different from the rest of us. Sure, education would…
