Melbourne Property Market Research

If you’re looking for the fastest way to generate huge profits through the real estate market, look no further than property development. As an investment strategy, property development requires you to navigate significant risks and pony up a large amount of money – probably more than any other method. Property development also involves working to […]

If you’re looking for a specific property type for your investment or development, then yes, it is important to establish relationships with local agents. That’s because some of the best properties never hit the market, and you need to build relationships with people who know how to find them. In this article, I’m talking about […]

There are dozens of different strategies that you can adopt when investing in real estate, but generally speaking, there are two different philosophies or mindsets. Short-term real estate investing and long-term real estate investing. Both of these mindsets can result in big gains for property investors, but there are certainly differences when it comes to […]

It’s easy to see why real estate is such an appealing investment option. Residential property is all around us and unlike stocks or other asset classes, we all broadly understand how to make money from real estate. You buy property, rent it out to pay off the mortgage, and eventually sell it for more than […]

When you’re buying or selling a home, you will partner with the same group of professionals for advice and services. Lawyers or conveyancers, banks or brokers, property inspectors and pest inspectors. The list goes on. But there’s one type of professional that sellers engage and buyers tend to skip. The real estate agent. Sure, you […]

So, you’re looking to invest in real estate. You either want to buy your first investment property or strengthen and diversify your investment portfolio.  But who do you call to help you make this happen? There are bad actors and conflicts of interest in today’s real estate industry, not to mention “experts” who are ill-equipped […]

Everyone who is interested in building a real estate portfolio has the same over-arching goal. We all want to make money, and preferably, plenty of it! Some people are starting from the ground floor and looking to purchase their first investment property, while others are looking to diversify and strengthen their position. Many investors are […]

Smart property investment is about creating long-term wealth. Put simply, you want the properties you purchase to increase in value as much as possible over time. If you’re serious about property investment, your strategy should focus on capital growth rather than rental yield. However, many of the key concepts mentioned in this article apply regardless of […]

The average Australian does 7 months of research before buying a new car (AFR). How much time did you spend researching your last investment property?

What are Melbourne house prices doing? We’ll update this article regularly, so that you can revisit it, and see firsthand the most important graph that we track.

We know from experience that you can buy a good investment property when prices fall and markets soften.

Rising interest rates will affect Melbourne house prices – price growth will go down because borrowing costs increase and buyers can’t spend as much. Before April 2022, the last time the Reserve Bank raised the Target Cash Rate was November 2010. It’s been a long time since the property market has dealt with a rate […]