Australian property prices have been on a downward spiral ever since the Reserve Bank of Australia started raising interest rates, with CoreLogic's January national home value index down 8.9% from its peak in April last year. And with the Reserve Bank of Australia...

A lot can happen in just 12 months. Take the cash rate, which started off 2022 at a historical low of 0.10%. It’s now at 3.10% – the highest point in a decade.  Increasing the cash rate makes borrowing more expensive. So that, in turn, has reduced buyer demand and...

Much like any other market, Australia’s residential property markets are subject to the law of supply and demand.  That means:  When demand exceeds supply, home values typically rise  When supply exceeds demand, home values typically drop  But here’s where it gets...

The finance landscape changed in May when the Reserve Bank of Australia lifted the official cash rate from its historical low of 0.10% to combat inflation. By October, just six months later, the cash rate had increased by 2.50 percentage points – the fastest pace...

Australian tenants are struggling to find homes to live in after the national vacancy rate fell to 0.9% in August, a 16-year low, according to SQM Research.  With just under 33,000 residential properties available to rent nationwide – down from 36,700 in July – Louis...

Albert Einstein might have discovered the theory of relativity, but he wasn’t a lone genius. Rather, the most brilliant mind in history collaborated with friends and colleagues, including Marcel Grossman, during the development process.   Similarly, while natural...

There’s plenty of negative news these days, what with prices rising, interest rates rising and property prices falling.  But it’s important to put these so-called problems into perspective.  Take interest rates, as an example. While the Reserve Bank of Australia...