To help you in making this a great year, I’d like to share with you the importance of having a growth mindset. I want you to think back…way back in time. Go back to the days when you were a child. You there? Now, I want you to think about what you didn’t know as…
Our property markets grew strongly last year with many locations enjoying double-digit capital growth, and they’ve started 2024 firmly, in part due to the lack of supply of A-grade homes or investment-grade properties for sale. And this is starting to show itself as FOMO (fear of missing out) – when homebuyers and investors are scared…
Today I’d like to discuss a few things that never change in a world that never stops changing. And that’s because the things that never change are the most important things to pay attention to. However, change gets the most attention because it’s exciting, it’s surprising, it’s something that the media can comment on. I…
2024 was an extraordinary year for Australia’s property market! While housing prices have kept climbing in most parts of the country, the pace has shifted gears. Poor affordability, higher interest rates, and a surge in the number of homes for sale have all conspired to slow price growth. Meanwhile, the rental market is showing signs…
Rental markets finished the year on a softer note, with the national rental index up just 0.1% in the month of December to be 0.4% higher through the December quarter and 4.8% higher over the calendar year according to Corelogic. Source: Corelogic January 2025 CoreLogic’s research director, Tim Lawless, said:. “This was the smallest December…
Forget investing in the share market, bonds, or even gold. And definitely avoid crypto! Whether it’s planning for retirement, simply building your wealth, or planning to leave a legacy for future generations, here are 9 reasons why the residential property market is the best place to invest your money. 1. You have “control” over your…
It’s no secret that Australia’s major cities are facing a housing crisis. With affordability at an all-time low and the dream of homeownership becoming more elusive for many, there’s one crucial piece missing from our housing puzzle – the “missing middle.” This term refers to medium-density housing options like townhouses, duplexes, and low-rise apartments, which…
Australia’s middle class is no longer the robust backbone it once was. Over the past few decades, it has been hollowed out, squeezed by economic forces, structural changes, and policy decisions. What was once a bell curve society—dominated by a thriving middle class—is now becoming a U-shaped structure, with more people slipping into the lower…
The sky is falling! The experts have started switching their property market predictions from boom to gloom, pointing to the current market slowdown as the first sign of an imminent collapse which threatens to bring down prices everywhere. I want to explain why they are completely wrong. These doom and gloom forecasts are guilty of…
It seems everybody I bump into has an opinion on our property markets. They’re reading all the news, and while some believe our property markets are going to perform well moving forward, there are still many property pessimists who believe high inflation and interest rates and affordability challenges will lead to a housing market collapse….
