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.
Australia’s housing market isn’t just about affordability, wealth creation, or investment returns. Believe it or not, it’s also quietly reshaping some of the most personal aspects of our lives: love, relationships, marriage, and family stability. We’ve long discussed how demographics influence housing. But what’s less often recognised is how housing costs, in turn, influence our…
What really drives property prices in Australia? Ask 10 people and you’ll get 12 opinions, most shaped by headlines, hip-pocket pressure, or political spin. But property markets don’t run on noise. They’re powered by a complex web of economic levers, social trends, and psychological triggers. We are now at the beginning of a new year…
What if the latest idea to fix Australia’s housing crisis is actually a ticking time bomb? Politicians and banks are floating the concept of 50-year mortgages as though they’re a lifeline for struggling buyers, promising smaller repayments and an easier path into the market. But look a little closer and the picture becomes far less…
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Today reflect with Ken Raiss and I reflect on the evolution of property investment over the past two decades, discussing significant changes in demographics, market conditions, and more importantly, what hasn’t changed Because if you understand that, you’ll be far better positioned to thrive in the next property cycle. Takeaways Investing in property requires a…
Immigration has become a hot-button issue in Australia, particularly amid specious claims it is responsible for the housing crisis and straining the economy. Recent anti-immigration rallies across the country have brought it further into the public spotlight. With the next federal election less than three years away and the Coalition set to release its migration…
There are a growing number of people in Australia wanting to create wealth by undertaking a small property development. Unfortunately, many people attempt it when they don’t have the knowledge or the know-how, and they end up financially worse off than they were before. Others, while clearly capable of managing the project, don’t set up…
Anthony Albanese has done what many Australians dream of doing. He bought property. He held it. He watched it grow in value. And then he sold down investment properties and locked in some very healthy profits. So far it’s practically the Australian dream, but here’s where the story gets interesting… Much of that profit was…
While the rest of Melbourne’s property market is in the first stages of recovery and growth, the Melbourne CBD unit market continues to struggle. The Melbourne CBD unit market is the second largest in Australia, with over 28,000 units, but it’s also in trouble, with prices falling by 10% over the last five years. There’s…
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Today, Simon Kuestenmacher and I examine the evolving landscape of home ownership in Australia. For generations, owning a home has been at the heart of the Australian dream. In 1966, nearly three-quarters of Australian households owned their home, either outright or with a mortgage. Fast-forward to the 2021 Census, and that figure had slipped to…
What if the biggest problem in Australia’s housing market isn’t greedy landlords, foreign buyers, or even population growth? What if the real culprit is something far more mundane – the way we’ve drawn lines on maps? A new proposal from the Grattan Institute claims we could knock more than $100,000 off the price of the…
