Talk to an agent who has just listed a property in a changing market and you’ll probably hear some version of the same thing: the phone is ringing differently from three months ago. Enquiry levels ...
The RBA has lifted the cash rate to 4.85%, its highest level in 18 years. This marks the fifth interest rate increase in 2026. Higher interest rates are putting significant pressure on borrowers.
The Victorian Greens have proposed landlord licensing and a three-strikes system. This is a political proposal, not an existing requirement for ordinary residential landlords. Serious and repeated ...
Housing trends remained weak through the middle of spring , with Cotality’s national Home Value Index (HVI) down 1.2% in ...
Property markets are driven by people, not just economics. Long-term growth comes from understanding who will want to live in a location and why. Australia is made up of different demographic “tribes” ...
Start with the end in mind. Know how much passive income you need in retirement and build your property strategy around that goal. Focus on asset quality, not property count. A smaller portfolio of ...
A fifth interest rate hike by the Reserve Bank of Australia next week is now seen as likely by financial markets. Whether the ...
Jonathan Lui today launched SohoAI's real estate AI, which he describes as Australia's first AI-native property portal. Lui, who co-founded Airtasker (ASX: ART), predicted that AI will keep wearing ...
Millions of Australian workers fear they won’t be able to retire when they want to. Almost one in five believe they’ll never have enough money to retire. Many Australians expect a financially ...
Back in May, the Grattan Institute released Wasted Space: Axe Car-Parking Rules to Ease the Housing Crisis. It received a reasonable burst of media and LinkedIn attention, but three months later I ...
Property development can help investors create equity by improving or replacing a property, but the potential profit needs to justify the work and risk. Successful developers combine market knowledge ...