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In about October every year, national market analysts forecast where they think each major capital city is headed in the calendar year ahead. Those predictions are based on an understanding of a number of…

There’s an interesting relationship unfolding between the supply and demand of property markets in Australia’s biggest cities. I use the term ‘relationship’ loosely because what I’m referring to is about as scientific as that…

‘Manufacturing equity’: I’ve always found that term interesting! We’ve all seen the stories of the quick gains that can be created by renovating a property. And there’s no shortage of consulting firms out there…

In modern Australia, the housing affordability musings attract more newspaper column inches than a royal wedding. For most, the biggest challenge isn’t being able to afford the mortgage repayments – it’s putting together a…

Over the past 18 months, there’s been a capital-city bolter whose market has outrun all others… and it’s wasn’t Sydney. Three years ago, you’d be hard pressed to find anyone with a good word…

It’s often said that the hardest part of building a sustainable property portfolio is accumulating a deposit for that first property. Here’s a lateral-thinking option that just might enable you to get your money…

How one smart investor is moving closer to retirement after years of stalled plans. Kevin’s a Melbourne family man who knows how tough it is to balance work and play. He loves spending time…

There’s a deep-seeded, widely-held, and completely misguided opinion among property commentators that successful investors only buy in capital cities. These people argue regional investing is a mug’s game and the weight of population in capitals is the only guaranteed way to profit from real estate. Gee, I wonder how they…

Property prices more than doubled in just 5 years in Cairns, Perth, Mackay, Darwin, Margaret River, Hobart, Geraldton and Toowoomba during the 5 years ending December 2007. Over the same time, the median house…

It appears that negative gearing negativity is here to stay. And it also appears that the majority of naysayers don’t understand what they’re talking about. If some politicians were to be believed, negative gearing…

While there’s been isolated one-off good years in some locations, the brutal truth is that there are only THREE locations in Australia that have produced significant property price growth over the nine (9) years…

If you had enough cash to buy $1 million-worth of real estate what would you do? Unfortunately, many people would opt to buy just one property. And, if they lived in Sydney they’d probably…

Propertyology’s lone-wolf prediction was vindicated while there were some surprising property market performances within regional markets during 2017. What do we think will happen in 2018? What do investors need to look for?

Managing Director of Propertyology, a property market research and buyer’s agency firm, Simon Pressley, says that there’s a significant risk from people confusing ‘reading’ with ‘research’.

Hobart’s growth cycle today is comparable to where Sydney was in 2014. All of the metrics which Propertyology analyse suggest that, all things being equal, the 15 per cent price growth from the last 12 months will be surpassed next year and that there’s currently no end in sight.

Let’s face it, the Millennials have the coolest name of ALL the generations. But, if you’re to believe the popular consensus, they and their slightly older cousins Gen Y are really up against it in the battle to buy that most basic of human requirements – a home.

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