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Many investors wait for the ideal moment to buy or sell, while others refuse to react when uncertainty hits, potentially missing out on a golden opportunity. So, when is the right time to make a move?
Despite a marginal increase, national vacancy rates have remained tight, prompting strong rental growth and higher yields, with the biggest opportunities being in the smaller capitals.
Spring is a timely prompt for investors to step back, review their property portfolios, and test whether their strategies remain on track to meet their long-term goals. Here are five checks to make before the next move.
Commercial property could be the missing piece in investor portfolios, but inflated rents and misleading yields could leave buyers facing costly valuation shocks. Here is what investors need to know before making the switch.
Australia’s property market may be giving investors more room to negotiate, with vendors now accepting their largest discounts in more than three years as buyer demand weakens.
Following years of strong growth, Brisbane’s property market has begun to decline over the past quarter, prompting concerns that the River City may have hit a wall.
Australia’s market downturn has been tipped to continue into 2027, with values declining by 10 per cent, according to a major bank.
While the national property market has slowed in recent months, regional centres, from coastal towns to mining hubs, have proven resilient in the face of a downturn.
A potential rate rise could put renewed pressure on borrowing capacity, buyer confidence, and property activity, with brokers weighing what it could mean for the market.
Victoria has made its rental taskforce permanent, with expanded resources set to increase scrutiny of landlords and enforcement across the state’s rental market.
Investors’ bottom lines have likely been hit once again, as property values fall in more than 90 per cent of capital city suburbs, with those in Sydney seeing the largest drop nationwide.
A Perth property owner has allegedly been blindsided by the agents who are supposed to sell his home after they purchased the property themselves for $95,000 less.
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