Michael has been once again voted Australia’s leading property investment advisor by the readers of ‘Your Investent 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 1 million others who get their updates from Michael and his group of expert guest bloggers and benefit from their perspective.
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Despite what is now more than 3 months of lockdown in Sydney, and Melbourne still in lockdown number 6 – in fact with more Australians in lockdown than are not – our real estate markets are still in good shape with boomtime auction clearance results over the weekend and rising property values around Australia (see…
The facts are in, the average Australian is getting richer. Australian total household wealth (net worth) rose by a record $735 billion or 5.8% to record a high of $13,433.7 billion in the June quarter. Despite all the challenges Covid has thrown at us wealth is up 19.7% on a year ago – the strongest…
Today I would like to share a memory from when I was still a novice investor. One of my early mentors taught me that the four most dangerous words a property investor could say were… “This time it’s different.” Unfortunately, I ignored his advice in my early days of investing to my detriment, as I…
Morgan Housel wrote a great column at Fool.com where he explains that people usually get better at things over time, but there’s something about money that gets the better of us. It’s one of the only areas in life we seem to get progressively dumber at. He then outlined 77 Reasons You’re Awful at Managing Money….
Wondering what will happen to the Melbourne property market this year? Are you wondering what will happen to the Melbourne property market over the balance of 2021 and into next year? Well… based on how the market has been performing so far it’s likely that will see high double-digit Melbourne house price growth in 2021,…
Play this important message from Michael Yardney Are you wondering what will happen to the Brisbane property market moving forward? Well… based on how the market has been performing so far it’s likely that will see high double-digit Brisbane house price growth in 2021, with most segments exhibiting strong price appreciation other than the inner…
What’s the outlook for the Australian property markets for the rest of 2021 and beyond? This is a common question people are asking now that our real estate markets are experiencing the challenges of lockdowns. However, despite a sequence of fifteen State or Territory lockdowns so far this year, property prices have been largely unscathed….
It’s going to be a busy week for most of us – a short week at work and lots to organise. So to help kick your week off, here’s 10 inspirational quotes from some of the masters of investment, business and personal development. 1. “In expert tennis, 80% of the points are won, while in…
A lot can happen in one week in our property markets, can’t it? So here’s a look back at some of the things I read or learned this week, that I believe you should also know. 1. Here’s what’s happening to Australia’s population thanks to Covid The records continue to tumble when it comes to…
With increasing confidence from both buyers and sellers that we’re working our way through the ‘delta’ disruptions, the last auction weekend of September has delivered strong auction results despite the burden of ongoing Covid restrictions in most capital cities. Despite being in lockdown for thirteen weeks, the Sydney auction market returned another boom time result,…
