After a relatively innocuous “correction phase” for Australia’s major city property markets, commentators are tipping we’re on the precipice of a housing boom, with prices expected to rise substantially in 2020. But will this be another growth cycle of unprecedented, scale tipping proportions like the one we saw at the beginning of the decade? Or […]

When it comes to property investment success, most people focus on the bare bone facts and figures. It is a numbers’ game after all, and so logically, best suited to those who like to spend more time in their left brain. But is investment success solely based on sums?  Surely if this were the case, […]

It might seem a bit rich when a major bank executive is warning property owners to watch their mortgage repayment pennies.  But that seemed like the thinly veiled message Commonwealth Bank CEO Matt Comyn was sending last week, when he admitted borrowers are likely to struggle if (and when) interest rates rise again. The Chief […]

The build-to-rent (BTR) approach to property investment is fast gaining momentum in Australia. And it might just be the answer to the uncertainty many young people are feeling about securing affordable, long term housing in this country. With major city real estate markets making a resurgence after a very brief (almost inconsequential really!) slowdown in […]