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Imagine inviting thousands of people to a party… but forgetting to organise enough food, chairs, or bathrooms. That’s essentially what Australia is doing by ramping up migration while failing to plan for the housing and infrastructure to support it. The conversation around our housing crisis is often framed around interest rates, investors, or planning delays….
Do you know what is so interesting about success? When I look at people around me who are ultra-successful — I mean, whether it’s in their business, their investments, with money, or in their physical health or maybe it’s in their relationships —it’s not that they’re any smarter. It’s not that they’re any more talented….
If a picture paints a thousand words, then this collection of charts should do a pretty good job of painting the landscape as it affects our economy and our property markets. Each month the RBA summarises macroeconomic and financial market trends in Australia by providing a detailed chart pack. World Economy Australia’s economy doesn’t operate…
Why invest in property? There are lots of ways to make money and some people would argue that real estate investing isn’t really that easy.
But if you follow a proven formula it’s simple
The election may already feel like old news. The campaign ads are off the air, the polling booths are packed away, and the headlines have moved on to the next big story. But make no mistake — What happened at the ballot box is going to shape our property markets for years to come. In…
Have you ever looked around the property market and felt like someone else already owns the whole board? Like you’re playing Monopoly but your opponent passed “Go” decades before you were even dealt your first card? That feeling is real. And if you’re a Millennial or Gen Z, it’s probably more than just a hunch…
Want to know what’s happening to the housing markets around Australia? Well… this monthly collection of charts from Cotality (formerly CoreLogic) paints an interesting picture. Australia’s outer suburban housing markets have outpaced their inner-city counterparts over the past year, with new Cotality data confirming the nation’s strongest housing conditions are concentrated in the fringes of…
Where is the Australian property market heading? With so much noise and confusion in the media, it’s hard to make sense of what’s really happening. Every week, headlines scream conflicting messages — some warn of falling house prices, others claim we’re in the midst of another boom. But savvy investors know the truth lies not…
For a long time, the popular narrative has been that manufacturing in Australia is dead. We’ve all heard the stories: Holden shut its doors, Ford and Toyota packed up and left, and what was once the proud engine of our economy seemed to stall. Even I’ll admit, I believed that story. But the reality, as…
If you had $1 million to spend on property investment in Australia today, where would you invest it? What location would you buy in, and why? And what about if you only have $500,000 to invest? Where is the best place to buy an investment for this budget? What are the top 10 hotspots now…
