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.
If you’ve been watching the property market and wondering where the opportunities lie, here’s something that might surprise you – more than 60% of Australian households are made up of just one or two people, yet, most of our housing stock is still geared toward families. That’s the “great mismatch” highlighted in Cotality’s latest research…
Buying a first home is one of the biggest financial decisions a person can make. There are so many questions to consider it can be hard to know where to begin. Where should I be looking to buy? Should I buy a house, or an apartment? And should it be an established home, an apartment…
Move over, smashed avocado and flat whites, there’s a new national obsession taking hold across Australia. And no, it’s not the latest streaming service or tech trend. It’s wellness. Australians are now spending far more on their health, vitality, and wellbeing than on our once-sacred café culture. In fact, over the past six years, Australians…
Have you noticed how many people around you are talking about moving? It seems like every second person is either packing boxes, searching for rentals, or dreaming about upgrading their home. And the data backs this up. According to the latest Muval Index 2025, more Australians than ever are on the move — or at…
What do Tiger Woods, Ben Stiller, Australian pensioners and dating app users have in common? Despite being from different walks of life, they have all fallen prey to various scams. In 2024, more than A$2.03 billion was lost to scams in Australia across 494,732 reported cases. Most of these scams were enabled by technology, with…
Lower interest rates continue to activate capital city housing markets generally with monthly prices growth for both houses and units accelerating over October. The national capital city median house price surged by 1.6% over the October quarter to $1,253,522 compared to the September quarter, according to the latest data from My Housing Market. The October…
Inflation jumped 1.3% in the September quarter, above economists’ and the Reserve Bank’s own expectations. That is likely to rule out a cut in interest rates next week. The Australian Bureau of Statistics today released the consumer price index (CPI), showing headline inflation was almost double the 0.7% increase recorded in the June quarter. Over…
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Are you in your 20s and just starting out, in your 40s and hitting your peak earning years, or in your 50s and wondering how to secure your financial future? No matter where you are in life, your property investment strategy needs to evolve with you. Too many investors treat property as a one-size-fits-all game…
Look up at the gum trees in your backyard and imagine something looking back, not a neighbour, not a cockatoo, but your insurer. Increasingly in Australia, that’s not science fiction. Our insurers are quietly embracing drone technology and aerial imaging to assess properties, spot risks, and in some cases, decide whether you can even get…
For homebuyers and savvy investors alike, the latest insights from Cotality offer a fascinating look into the value of location – especially when it comes to school catchments. In Sydney and Melbourne, families are paying premiums of up to $1.3 million to secure properties inside top public school zones. That might sound steep, but here’s…
