With the property markets surging around Australia, people are starting to ask is this more than just a property boom? Are we about to enter a property bubble? That’s what I’m going to discuss today with property researcher John Lindeman, and we’ll explain the difference between a boom in the bubble in what we believe…
Who do you ask for property advice? With so many mixed messages and so many people out there with property advice, who can you trust? Today I’m going to teach you the ten-meter rule, and suggest you never break the ten-meter rule when getting property advice. The rule will also stand you in good stead…
Are you planning to buy an investment property in 2021? Or maybe you’re hoping to buy a new home? Well you’ll be in good company because 74% of the respondents of a recent survey believe now is a good time to invest in residential real estate (significantly more than the 68% last year.) And 24%…
Despite an initial slump in housing finance through the beginning of the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the year to October 2020 saw a remarkable 14.5% lift in the volume of finance secured for the purchase of property, according to ABS lending indicators. This was mostly driven by a $15.8 billion increase in lending…
There’s been a cacophony of opinion this week filling column inches and taking over the airwaves of property centric media. Refreshingly, the big news wasn’t pandemic related. Nor did it involve a concession speech of any description. No, the chatter has been dominated by a NSW government discussion around the abolition of stamp duty which…
It is my observation that investment-grade apartments in Melbourne have under-performed (from a capital growth perspective) compared to houses over the past 8 to 10 years. That is, apartments have generated very little capital growth (sometimes none), whereas houses have grown in value by between 5% and 8% p.a. over the same period. I have…
The more you know about the most common mistakes that investors make, the better your likelihood of building lasting wealth. In this series of videos, we discuss the common mistakes I’ve seen investors make. Today we discuss how investors frequently get trapped by property marketing tricks. If you swallow all the marketing hype we’re subjected to, it…
Has the coronavirus induced recession affected you? Are you considering moving to live in a different location because of COVID-19? Has the pandemic changed your strategy or approach to property investing? These are some of the Covid-19 related questions we recently asked 1,500 Australian property investors and would be investors in our annual Property Investment…
With so much media attention centred on housing demand and prices, here’s a look at the supply side to see what the post-pandemic market holds for property developers and the supply of property. Developers are often blamed for building unsightly, even unsafe high-density apartments and encouraging speculative investment, yet housing development has been the means…
With the triple challenge of a pandemic, recession and social and political unrest around the world, people are wondering whether property is the way to go. The economic slowdown caused by our government to control the coronavirus pandemic plus rising unemployment and falling consumer confidence is creating significant headwinds for our property markets. Despite this…