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What was different about our housing markets in 2023? As we close out 2023, the Australian property market looks significantly different from 2022 – we’ve defied all the naysayers and property pessimists and experienced eleven consecutive months of national price increases. Clearly, this strong price growth is the biggest difference to the markets of 2022…
One of the biggest changes over the time I’ve been investing in property is the abundant availability of property research data. Today there’s a plethora of statistics offered about Australia’s property scene – median house prices by the year, the quarter, the month or day, median advertised rents, rental vacancy rates, auction clearance rates, days…
Happy New Year – 2024 promises to be a fantastic year. 2023 delivered more than the usual number of challenges but looking back over the year I am happy, and grateful and have developed the “useful belief” that 2023 was one of the best years of my life. Finding a “useful belief” is a concept…
Why not start your New Year with a little fun? Here are some rhetorical questions you may like to ponder: If it’s true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for? How come no one ever says, “It’s only a game” when their team is winning? If a pig…
Human beings are simply amazing. They are the only species on earth that have the innate ability to convert outlandish thoughts into reality. We see a beautiful woman and paint the Mona Lisa. We see a bay, and we build a bridge to cross that bay. We see birds fly and build airplanes, so humans…
Imagine the dentist has just said you urgently need a $2,000 dental crown. A week later, a pipe in your bathroom bursts, causing $8,000 worth of damage. Suddenly, you’ve been hit with a $10,000 financial shock. As the cost-of-living crisis plunges more households into financial uncertainty and at least one-third of Australians struggle to make…
New Years is a fantastic way to start afresh and switch your mindset back to positive. Lifehack has listed some top inspirational quotes from around the world. Here’s 100 quotes to bring in 2024: 1. “Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand…
With a new year upon us – let’s make 2024 the best year ever. Sometimes the route to happiness depends more on what you don’t do. Happiness–in your property investments, business life and your personal life–is often a matter of subtraction, not addition according to an article on Inc.com. The author Jeff Haden asks you to consider,…
As we go through life, we encounter various experiences that shape us into the person we are today. Some of these experiences come with valuable lessons that we could have learned earlier. Unfortunately, we can’t turn back time, but we can always share these lessons with others in the hopes that they can avoid making…
As we move into 2024 — can you believe another year has passed so quickly — it’s a good time to sit back and look at how your money is working for you. How have you gone with your finances last year? Sure it was a strange year, but how are you doing financially? Did…
