May 12, 2022
Last week’s official cash rate rise by the Reserve Bank, hot on the heels of some eye-brow-raising inflation figures has sparked discussion about house prices and affordability. Certainly, an incr
May 6, 2022
Apologies to former US President, Bill Clinton for the phrase manipulation, but today’s blunt headline is a reminder that every other approach to addressing housing affordability is edge-tinkering co
Apr 28, 2022
This week’s Consumer Price Index figures revealed what most of us already knew: the cost of living has been rising of late. The national CPI index is now at 5.1 percent, the biggest rise since the GS
Apr 21, 2022
Is it just me, or is everyone a bit underwhelmed by the prospect of May 21st federal election? Where are the brave, ground breaking, socially challenging, progressive policies? Last time we went t
Apr 11, 2022
I’m an advocate for the auction process as a method of sale for several reasons. It remains the most transparent selling process with all buyers able to see competing buyers, with the auctioneer boun
Mar 31, 2022
The federal government’s First Home Loan Deposit Scheme (FHLDS), first announced in the 2020/21 budget with a toe-in-the-water 10,000 places offered, has been a raging success in getting people into
Mar 24, 2022
Perth’s property market continues in the Sellers’ favour with short supply and high demand. This current imbalance in a relatively free economic market, inevitably leads to an eventual correction. T
Mar 21, 2022
This week, the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) released its Market Facts report for the December quarter, rounding out the calendar year. Anecdotes about the soaring Perth property marke