Which suburb is Australia’s most populous? A recent question from one of our Local Government clients prompted this piece on our most populated suburbs and the pitfalls of looking at numbers without context. Australia seems to have an obsession with “big things”. You know, the Big Banana in Coffs Harbour, the Big Merino Sheep in…
The great Australian dream of owning a home is slipping further out of reach for many, particularly those in the most common occupations. Recent reports paint a grim picture for teachers, nurses, and other essential workers, who now find themselves grappling with a housing market that’s increasingly beyond their financial reach. If you’ve been paying…
The debate around negative gearing is once again heating up, with a particular political party of a Green persuasion arguing that abolishing it could be the magic bullet to solve Australia’s housing affordability crisis and housing shortage. “Just slug greedy, rich property investors by reforming negative gearing and capital gains tax and it won’t increase…
In this blog, I’ll be talking about the housing market on a national scale, and there are two charts as part of this missive and two tables. First, supply and demand drive real estate. And you can see from our first chart that the number of dwelling sales – that is, the demand side of…
There was a lot of talk last year about Melbourne’s population overtaking Sydney. This is because there are two main definitions for the metropolitan areas of all the capitals, and both were updated for 2022 and released by ABS last month. So, there are essentially two competing definitions for what constitutes an Australian capital city….
Here’s the good news: investing in property isn’t all that hard. But it does require you to follow a number of processes in order to be successful. We’re still at the early stages of this property cycle with a number of years of strong property growth ahead, meaning new property investors still can get into…
Is the government seriously interested in changing arrangements on negative gearing? After days of questions to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers, who would know? They’ve engaged in obfuscation at every turn. On Friday, Chalmers was asked, at a news conference in Beijing, whether he had told the treasury to model reforms of…
Brand new properties deliver different benefits to existing properties, from depreciation power to capital growth potential. When it comes to deciding which one makes the best investment, there’s no blanket answer — but there are factors that could sway your decision. Rather than attempting to categorise one as better than the other, which is a…
It’s an age-old question and one that I hear time and time again Should I buy a house? What if interest rates fall in 2025? Should I buy a property now or wait until then? Unfortunately, none of us have a crystal ball, we can’t predict what the future will hold. But there is one…
In a city as diverse and ever-evolving as Melbourne, the property market continually presents new opportunities for those who are vigilant and adaptable. Among the latest trends catching the attention of astute investors is the growing potential of one-bedroom apartments. Insights from Charter Keck and Cramer underscore the value proposition that these properties offer in…
