by Sanjeev Sah | Jan 21, 2025 | Market Updates

Imagine you could jump in a time machine and go back to 2005. Would you buy an investment property? 

“Of course,” you’d probably reply. “Prices were much, much lower, so I know I’d enjoy incredible capital growth. Also, the world was much calmer back then, so I know I wouldn’t feel any anxiety making such a significant investment.”  

You’d be right about property prices growing significantly over the past two decades. But what you might not recall is just how many serious incidents occurred during that time.  

There was the SARS outbreak, the Iraq war, the Global Financial Crisis, the European debt crisis, the covid pandemic, the Ukraine war and much more besides. 

Each year that we live seems tumultuous, because the media focuses on negative news. Only with the benefit of hindsight does the past seem calm. 

That’s why the key to being a property investor is to play the long game and block out the short-term noise. Australian property prices have enjoyed incredible long-term growth, despite periodic corrections and despite global instability. 

Don’t be one of those people who, in 2045, say to themselves: “If only I’d bought an investment property in 2025, when prices were much, much lower.”