Amidst Australia’s historic two-year rate hike cycle, the property market has become a picture of resilience and decline, showcasing stark contrasts across cities, suburbs, and regions. A CoreLogic Australia analysis comparing the property market’s performance two years before and after the rate hike cycle reveals that home values across the nation have risen only 2.8%…
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Are you thinking of becoming a property investor? If you’re planning on trading the smashed avo and craft beer for a property portfolio, knowing where to start can be challenging – especially if you’re the first in your group of friends to embark on the property investing path. Here are six tips for young investors,…
I recently celebrated a another birthday. I won’t tell you how old I am, but nowadays my candles cost more than my birthday cake! As I’ve been investing in property, and some would suggest rather successfully, for over 5 decades, I’d like to share some of the most valuable investment lessons I’ve learned over that…
It’s fascinating to see how millennials are reshaping the landscape of property investment. Recent data from CommBank reveals that this generation isn’t just actively investing in properties; they’re also confidently navigating this journey solo. In 2023, millennials, those born between 1981 and 1996, represented a striking 46% of CommBank’s new property investors. Gen X followed,…
It is generally an accepted investment principle that diversification can reduce your risk and improve investment returns. The common vernacular is, to spread your eggs amongst various baskets. I would agree with this principle, so long as it doesn’t result in the deterioration of investment asset quality. Sometimes property investors should not diversify. That’s because…
Australian home values continued to trend higher in April with CoreLogic’s national Home Value Index (HVI) rising 0.6%. Beneath the headline numbers, we are seeing multi-speed conditions with the mid-sized capitals continuing to lead the pace of growth. Almost every capital city is recording stronger growth conditions across the lower value range of the market….
National housing markets have continued to rise over April but growth rates were significantly lower than the strong results reported over March. The national capital city median house price increased by just 0.4% to $1,129,408 over the April quarter compared to the March quarter, according to the latest data from My Housing Market. The national…
With property values rising for 15 months in a row and talk of interest rate cuts on the horizon, is the Australian property market gearing up for a new boom in property prices this year? Well, there are clues in the news as to what’s ahead, which I’m going to discuss in this month’s Big…
To help you understand what’s ahead and if our property markets are going to keep rising or going to slow down or even go backward, as some property pessimists are still suggesting, in today’s episode I want to outline the dynamics and the economics of Australia’s property markets and what causes property values to increase…
How do you choose an investment-grade property? One that will outperform the averages and deliver wealth-producing rates of return? Well…you probably know by now that property investment is part science and part art. The art component is the market intelligence that comes from decades of experience in buying and investing on the ground. And this…