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You can spend all day debating interest rates, immigration, building approvals, auction clearance rates and what the RBA might do next. But if you want to understand what really drives capital growth in the medium term, you need to look past the property headlines and follow the money. And in a city or region, money…
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…
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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…
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…
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…
The 1970s may have been known for flamboyant clothing, but their architecture was somewhat less exciting. In fact, property from that time period could almost be described as quite “bland” – at least from the outside. Inside, of course, was a different story with the wallpaper often featuring paisley motifs and the floors festooned with…
Most Australians think short term. They’re wondering what they’ll do this weekend, what’s for dinner, or how to stretch the next pay cheque. And most beginning property investors aren’t much different. They obsess over today’s interest rate rise, this week’s media headline, or whether their investment property will be cash flow positive right now. But…
Turn on the news or scroll through your feed and you’ll see the same pattern playing out again. Confident forecasts, persuasive arguments, and a steady stream of opinions about where property markets, interest rates, and the economy are heading next. Some say prices will fall. Others insist we’re on the verge of the next upturn….
Australia seems obsessed with generational warfare. Baby boomers are accused of pulling up the ladder behind them. Millennials complain they’ve been locked out of the property market. Gen X feels forgotten. Gen Z believes they have inherited an impossible future. And politicians, commentators and social media influencers are only too happy to keep the argument…
