Michael Yardney

Our real estate markets have surprised many on the upside this year– especially the Melbourne and Sydney property markets

But now this …

More and more Australians are trying to protect their financial future by setting us their own self-managed super funds (SMSFs).

However,…

It’s happening right across this wide brown land, but more so throughout the concrete jungles of our major metropolises.

Home buyers an…

Today it’s common for couples to purchase a property before they’ve walked down the aisle or even lived together.

Naturally they assume…

Brace yourself. After a surge in prices over the past five years, Sydney is facing a ‘housing bubble’ according to UBS Wealth Management’…

There are around 9.6 million dwellings in Australia and at any time there are about 250,000 properties for sale.

But not all properties m…

Can Melbourne build 63,000 new dwellings every year for the next 35 years?

Well it may have to.

According to the population forecasts …

What is likely to underpin the capital growth of your next home or investment property?

Well, much of the heavy lifting – up to 80% – wil…

It’s long been considered that the retirement age in Australia is 65 years. At least, that’s when most of us would like to think we no …

As Australia’s real estate markets move into the next phase of the property cycle strategic investors are asking themselves: “What’s t…

Yes, you read that headline right and, no, it’s not a typo!

Global interest rates are now, rather stupendously, at their lowest level in …

There are many good reasons to own the roof over your head, but there are some tradeoffs as well; with the added control comes a laundry lis…