Residential real estate is generally considered a relatively low risk investment vehicle when you weigh up the potential pitfalls against, say, trading stocks. But what happens when this widely held ‘safe as houses’ perception, sees a deluge of investors from right across the globe suddenly want a piece of the action? For years now, policymakers […]

How well positioned are you to weather a rate rise? Could you manage an increase of say, 0.50 per cent on your current monthly mortgage repayments? Or does the thought of scrounging for more cashflow, on the already tight budgetary rope you walk, make you nervous? If you fall into the latter category don’t worry, […]

Long time readers of the Trilogy Report know that I like to provide friendly little reminders here and there, as to the fundamentals on which any sound investment should be based, be it residential real estate or some other type of asset class. Whilst I might occasionally sound like a broken record with little else […]

Ongoing low interest rates across the globe have caused a good deal of controversy, creating significant shifts in market movements and forcing powerhouse economies into fiscal submission. Unlike many of our developed counterparts, Australia has managed to keep itself afloat without interest rates dive-bombing into zero or negative territory. In fact our central bank is […]