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Australia’s housing market has crossed a threshold that marks a genuine shift in the cycle. Cotality’s National Home Value Index fell 0.4% in June 2026 — the third consecutive monthly decline and the largest single-month drop recorded since December 2022. The national index now sits 0.7% below its March peak, and the momentum carrying values…
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my many years of business, it’s that change is the one constant. Just when you think things are settled, something will happen to upset the apple cart. Investors and entrepreneurs may think this is only happening to them, and that it’s their bad luck. It’s not. It’s the…
There is no doubt that our housing markets are facing challenges from all directions, but clearly, they have remained resilient. To better understand what’s happening, this monthly collection of charts from Cotality paints an interesting picture. According to Cotality, Australian property vendors are increasingly turning their backs on auctions as cooling buyer demand reshapes the market….
Domain’s June 2026 Rental Report confirms what many tenants, landlords and property managers have been feeling on the ground: Australia’s rental market remains tight, but it is no longer moving in one uniform direction. According to Domain, combined capital city house rents re-accelerated in the June quarter, rising by $20, while unit rents increased by…
According to A well-known study, conducted in 2013 by PEW Charitable Trusts, 70% of those born and raised in poverty, remain poor as adults. And this “cycle of poverty” continues generation after generation. Why? Inferior education, absentee parents, toxic stress, poor nutrition, few, if any mentors and a lack of opportunities are all blights inflicted upon…
Here’s the uncomfortable truth many Australians are starting to realise – you can work harder than ever, do everything “right”, yet still fall behind financially. It’s not due to buying too many lattes or smashed avocado sandwiches, and it’s certainly not due to a lack of ambition. It’s because the rules of money quietly changed…
If I asked you to name the most important ingredient in building long-term wealth, what would your answer be? Most people would probably say hard work. Others might suggest intelligence, discipline, good timing, or perhaps choosing the right investments. They’re all helpful, but after more than five decades of investing through property booms, recessions, share market…
Are you looking for a sign to make sense of our crazy property markets? Australia’s property markets are sending mixed signals right now, and the only way to make sense of them is to break the data down into a series of indicators. Some tell us what has already happened, some tell us what’s happening…
Most investors are obsessed with what’s going to happen in the next 3 months, yet the ones who actually build serious wealth are thinking in decades. If you really want to change your financial future, don’t focus on the next quarter; commit to the next 25 years. Shift your timeframe, change your decision. Because something…
Despite all the talk about falling property prices, there’s a property market boom taking place where prices have risen by over 10% in the last year, with even stronger growth forecast. This a hidden boom, that no one is talking about – yet. The latest data from PropTrack shows that median housing prices fell in…
