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If you are serious about growing a very significant property portfolio and establishing a real “property investment business” – I’ve got some great tips for you today. And if you’re not sure what I mean when I say “treat your property investing like a business” or how you do that or even why it’s important,…
I know a reasonably common Google search is “what is Michael Yardney’s net worth ?” In fact, a question I’m asked frequently is, “Michael, what’s your net worth?” And while I can understand that this may be of interest to some people, I’m sorry to disappoint you… I don’t answer this question with a definitive…
![Melbourne Housing Market Update [video] | April 2021](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.propertyupdate.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/melbourne-1-270x200.jpg?quality=70&f=auto)
Melbourne housing values recovered from the -11% fall between 2017 and 2019, and the -5.6% drop in values through the worst of the COVID-related downturn, to set a new record high for dwelling values in March. The median house value is approximately $860,000 while the median unit value reached $593,000. Local market activity has ramped…
Have you ever wondered what your financial thermostat is set for? Perhaps the thought has never crossed your mind? Let‘s look at it a different way… What is your Air Conditioner temperature set for? I know where we live in Brisbane it runs at a consistent and cool 23 degrees Celsius. If the kids leave…
The internet and newspapers are awash with stories of properties selling for amounts wildly above reserve. Such news can create FOMO and fuel buyer demand. But buyer overexuberance is rarely sustained for long periods of time. My feeling is that price growth will level out this year and I set out the reasons why below….
Average dwelling prices in Australian capital cities rose by 2.8% in March, their seventh consecutive monthly gain and the largest in more than 30 years. Prices are now up by 3.5% on previous record highs and almost 5% on pre-pandemic levels. Homeowners across the country are sharing in the good fortune, with Perth and Darwin…
Sydney real estate agents who deliberately underquote property prices will find themselves under scrutiny as NSW Fair Trading cracks down hard on dishonest real estate agents. Inspectors will attend auctions, open houses, and agencies across the city on the hunt for agents who are deliberately promoting a property for lower than its estimated value. Those…
![Perth Housing Market Update [video] | April 2021](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cdn.propertyupdate.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/perth-270x200.jpg?quality=70&f=auto)
The pace of capital gains has continued to accelerate across Perth, with dwelling values up 1.8% in March which was the fastest rate of appreciation since September 2006. Such a rapid pace of growth is seeing the market rapidly recover from the 22% peak-to-trough fall that ran between mid-20014 and mid-2019, followed by a…
One thing I’ve noticed speaking with many property investors is… That while on the one hand, a small group has done very well over the last few years, despite Covid 19, the lockdowns, and a short recession, on the other hand, the majority have found the markets pretty tricky and feel they have either missed…
Why don’t most investors succeed? O.K. – please let me be a little blunter…why aren’t you already financially independent or further along your journey to financial freedom? Maybe it’s because you’re making some simple but common investing mistakes that are sabotaging your chances of reaching your financial goals? If you are, it’s possible you’re unintentionally…
