{"id":128448,"date":"2025-05-11T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertyupdate.com.au\/?p=128448"},"modified":"2025-04-01T16:20:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T05:20:57","slug":"want-to-know-what-will-make-me-a-better-property-investor-in-this-difficult-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertyupdate.com.au\/want-to-know-what-will-make-me-a-better-property-investor-in-this-difficult-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to know what will make me a better property investor in this \u201cinteresting\u201d market?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I expect that the current slower phase of the property cycle to come to an end at which time I expect the value of many properties to increase significantly in value again.<\/p>\n

I have no idea when this will happen.<\/p>\n

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Now just to make things clear...those aren't contradictory statements.<\/p>\n

The first is an expectation, the other is the rejection of a forecast.<\/p>\n

And if you want to be a successful property investor, you\u2019re going to have to understand this important difference.<\/p>\n

It's one thing to look at history and see that the property market cycles with some frequency and then form a baseline of what to expect in the future with this knowledge.<\/p>\n

However, it\u2019s quite another thing to predict the precise timing of the turning points in the property cycle.<\/a><\/p>\n

And it's another thing entirely to devise a strategy that reacts to those predictions.<\/p>\n

Property analysis isn't black and white...<\/span><\/h2>\n

Yet some people believe they can predict markets and they tell you about (or sell you into) the next property \u201chot spot\u201d or currently there are those telling you not to invest at all because we're about to go have a real estate crash.

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There's an important grey area, which is expecting certain events to occur without having an opinion on exactly when, where, why, or how.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been investing for over 50 years now and in that time there have been 9 significant property cycles.<\/p>\n

I can use this as a very rough rule of thumb for the future, based on the idea that despite the challenging times the Australian economy is going through at present we've got even more positive fundamentals to drive our property markets than past generations had.<\/p>\n

While there are many sound fundamentals underpinning the long-term prosperity of our property markets, two of the big ones that give me comfort are the significant population growth that we will experience over the next decade and the increasing wealth of our nation.<\/p>\n

Think about it...<\/span><\/h2>\n

Sure the RBA raised interest rates to slow down inflation and this plus the rising cost of living have caused a property affordability problem for many.<\/p>\n

But currently, we have a shortage of properties that have created a rental crisis, and unemployment levels are at near record lows.<\/p>\n

We are encouraging selective immigration of people who bring money into our country and who can do skilled jobs and pay taxes.<\/span><\/p>\n

And despite the headwinds we'll experience, there are many other strong fundamentals underpinning our housing markets<\/p>\n

These include:<\/p>\n