In recent times, Australia’s real estate markets have become a bit of a trendy playground in which to kick around for investors. Many have leveraged the growing equity in their own homes to launch onto the next level of the property ladder, with low interest rates making that leap all the more enticing. Often with […]

In life, you’ll find yourself with a lot of ‘frenemies’. These are the enemies of your success; your personal, professional and financial growth, disguised as friends. They’ll keep you from your most successful version of you with scare tactics so you stay safe and small…and so they can too! They’ll warn you of risks and […]

It seems the Reserve Bank is stuck in a constant Groundhog Day, living one intractable interest rate dilemma to another, month by month. It must be getting a little tedious to say the least, and really quite stressful. Because if it wasn’t already a case of ‘damned if you do and damned if you don’t’ […]

In a recent article for The Australian, noted demographer Bernard Salt provided a different take on the shifting face of Australia’s cities, and emerging ‘areas of note’ for investment and development potential. Down the line… Salt proclaims four key locations as “next tier” cities, being the Gold Coast, Newcastle, Canberra and the Sunshine Coast. All […]