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Measuring subjective ideas like happiness and life satisfaction is tricky business. Are wealth and prosperity legitimate measures of happiness? How about safety and health outcomes? In the West, we view democracy as a key component to happiness, yet there are countries under authoritarian rule that score high on the Happiness Index. Questions like these make “ranking happiness”…
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Today I’ll be chatting with Mark Creedon, and unpacking a somewhat controversial topic: Why, despite all the challenges and problems we face today, this is truly the best time in history to be alive? I’ve found that in this fast-paced world filled with uncertainty, it’s all too easy to get bogged down by the negative…
Building approvals continued to crash in April, with unit approvals soft all year in Sydney and Melbourne. Unit approvals were -35 per cent lower than a year ago, with Sydney and Melbourne leading the plunge. House approvals are also declining across the board, with only the strong Adelaide market holding the line. Overall, building approvals…
How would you use your tax returns? According to new research from Finder, 1,077 respondents revealed a worrying 1 in 8 Australians (12%) – equivalent to 2.4 million people – admit this year’s tax refund is ‘critical’ to their financial health. Almost 1 in 4 (23%) say cash injection at the end of the financial…
The Reserve Bank could deliver a further 0.25 percentage point hike in the next few months, potentially as early as next Tuesday, after today’s CPI figures confirmed inflation has remained stubbornly high in some categories. In a mixed bag of results, the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows annual inflation increased from…
Strong tenant demand for capital city unit rentals and a shortage of available listings has drastically closed the gap between median house and unit rents, with the gap dropping from $64/week to $39/week in the space of a year. CoreLogic’s monthly Australian Unit Market Update shows growth across capital city unit rents continues to outpace…
Where are the wealthiest cities in the world? Well, Henley and Partners, a firm specializing in residence and citizenship planning, has unveiled the top 10 richest cities for the year 2023. The list ranks each city based on its resident millionaires. One city in Australia has made it onto the list, highlighting the wealth of…
Selling your home is always a time of excitement because it often means you’re moving somewhere new perhaps because of a work promotion or even a new addition to the family. Regardless of the reason, people buy and sell in every market, so it’s always wise to do what you can to potentially increase the…
Over the past 20 years, the US share market has risen 5-fold, the Australian share market 5.4-fold, and Australian property 4.2-fold. That means if you invested half a million dollars 20 years ago, in either shares or property, it should be worth between $2 and $2.5 million today. You’d have even more money if you…
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In today’s monthly Big Picture episode Pete Wargent and I will be exploring the nightmare ahead because of our capital city housing shortage, how the Budget will affect our property markets, and how Build to Rent works because as a property investor, you must know about it. We’ll also discuss the retreat from the regions…
