Michael has been once again voted Australia’s leading property investment advisor by the readers of ‘Your Investment Property Magazine’, but he’s not a theorist… He has been successfully investing in property since 1971 and is a leading property commentator and Australia’s most widely read property investment blogger. Join over 115,000 others who get their updates from Michael and his group of expert guest bloggers and benefit from their perspective.
Why is it that some property investors seem to make steady progress year after year, calmly building substantial portfolios and growing their wealth, while others stay stuck in place despite reading the same books, attending the same webinars and listening to the same podcasts? And why do two people with similar incomes, similar opportunities and…
SQM Research’s Weekly Asking Prices Index for the week ending 30 March 2026 showed mixed short-term movements, though annual growth remains strong. Nationally, asking prices eased slightly over the month, with houses down 0.5%, units up 0.3%, and combined dwellings falling 0.4%, while still 12.0% higher year-on-year. Sydney (-0.8%) and Melbourne (-0.1%) recorded slight monthly…
Most investors are watching the wrong scoreboard. They’re fixated on the headline numbers: total population growth, migration caps, whether Australia hits 40 million by mid-century. Those figures make good media copy. But property markets aren’t driven by how many people we have. They’re driven by who those people are, what stage of life they’re in,…
Low vacancy rates have driven home rents higher over March with most capital cities again reporting higher results for both houses and units. Darwin was the top performer with house rents up by 5.5% followed by Sydney and Hobart each higher by 2.5%, Canberra up 1.7%, Perth higher by 1.4%, Melbourne up 1.3%, Adelaide higher…
Talk of a recession in Australia has picked up in recent weeks. Rising fuel prices, a sharp fall in consumer confidence, and signs of softer spending have all added to concerns the economy may be losing momentum. A recession is commonly defined as two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth. By that standard, Australia is…
If you have ever checked your super balance and wondered whether you are “behind” for your age, you aren’t alone. To see where you truly sit, you should ignore “averages”, which can be skewed by a small number of very large balances. Instead, we look at the median, which is the middle value. Half of…
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Imagine you were able to transform your relationship with time so that you had more balance, were better organized and focused so that you were able to work less and accomplish more. How would that impact your life? Well, that’s what we are going to talk about today as I speak with Louise Bedford about mastering time for wealth creation. We explore how…
Australia loves a big housing target. A million homes here, 1.2 million there – bold numbers splashed across press releases and podium backdrops. But the latest BuildSkills Housing Workforce Capacity Study makes one thing painfully clear: We don’t have the people to build the homes we keep promising. And nowhere is that shortage sharper than in regional…
Most people wait until they feel confident before they act. That’s usually a mistake. In fact, the people who achieve the most rarely wait for permission, proof, or perfect conditions. They move first. They believe first. And the confidence often comes after the action. There’s a name for this mindset, and once you understand it,…
This week is Part Three of our three part series on The Seasons of Life. In Part One of the series we discussed: a) That life is about constant, predictable patterns of change. b) For all of us, the only constant factor is our feelings and attitudes toward life. c) We as human beings have the…
