I was chatting to a psychologist friend the other day regarding perspective and preparation. For many years, I’ve erred on the side of caution when it comes to ‘looking on the bright side’. While I like to hope for the best, I generally plan for the worst. That way you can’t be caught out right? […]

They say necessity is the mother of invention. When we are most in need as humans, is when we tend to become most resilient, determined and innovative. Right now, entire generations are facing what’s been dubbed the most significant housing affordability crisis in our nation’s history. Never before has so much personal capital been spent […]

As consumers, it seems we collectively find it difficult to resist the temptation of a bargain. Particularly when the thing that’s going unbelievably cheap is credit…even if it means forgetting harsh lessons from the ghosts of Global Financial Crisis’ past. Recently, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) started getting blustery about the debt burden carried by […]

A while back we examined an apparent trend in Melbourne’s burgeoning new apartment market, which saw foreign buyers keeping completed units out of the rental accommodation pipeline. The seventh annual Speculative Vacancies study, commissioned by tax reform group Prosper Australia, revealed that in 2014, around 65,000 out of 1.5 million Docklands precinct apartments seemed devoid […]