Most property investors won’t lose money in 2026. But many will lose time. Years of it, tied up in properties that go nowhere because they bought the wrong asset in the wrong location and hoped the market would bail them out. The uncomfortable truth is that this year the Australian property market will no longer…
If you feel like everyone suddenly has an opinion about property investing, you’re not imagining it. Scroll social media, open a news site, or attend a property seminar and you’ll be bombarded with confident predictions, “can’t-miss” suburbs, and experts promising certainty in an uncertain world. But here’s the uncomfortable truth most investors learn too late:…
Most people think property investing is all about buying the right property at the right time. In reality, that’s only part of the story. The real lessons show up over decades, through cycles, setbacks, mistakes, and the quiet compounding that only time can deliver. After more than 50 years of investing, advising, and watching thousands…
After two challenging years of high borrowing costs and fragile confidence, 2025 opened with a long-awaited turning point: the first interest rate cut in more than four years. It was the moment homebuyers, investors, and even weary mortgage holders hoped would turn the tide. And in many ways, it did, because it was more than…
Cotality’s national Home Value Index rose another 1.0% in November, marking the third month in a row where Australian home values have increased by one per cent or more. However, the pace of growth is moderating, coming down from 1.1% in October. The headline growth figure was weighed down by Australia’s two largest cities, with…
The pace of growth in Australian home values accelerated in October, rising by 1.1%, the fastest monthly gain since June 2023. Momentum has been building in the rate of housing value growth since the first rate cut in February, pushing the annual pace of growth to 6.1% nationally. Before the February rate cut, housing conditions…
Australia’s housing market has kicked into a higher gear, and this time, it’s not just a few cities leading the charge. Across the nation, property values are climbing at a pace we haven’t seen in years, with houses and units both breaking records. According to Dr Nicola Powell, Domain’s Chief of Research and Economics: “Australia’s…
Australian housing markets are gathering strength as we head further into spring, with September marking the strongest monthly gain for national dwelling values since October 2023. The Cotality Home Value Index (HVI) recorded a 0.8% increase in September, powered by robust growth conditions across the capital cities, where values rose 0.9% over the month. On…
Cotality’s national Home Value Index (HVI) rose 0.7% in August, the strongest month on month gain since May last year. The result pushed the annual change higher for the second month in a row, to 4.1%. The growth cycle has been gradually building momentum since the February rate cut, with buyer demand spurred by a…
While state and local governments focus on approvals and improving the feasibility of new projects, building companies continue to be stretched thin across an already swollen pipeline and reducing margins. From the very announcement of the National Cabinet’s plan to build 1.2 million new homes in five years in August 2023, many in the industry…
