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Did the pandemic and the war in Ukraine just trigger the end of globalisation?

5 July 20225 July 2022Gavin ChauLeave a comment

As I sat down to write today’s blog on this afternoon’s interest rate announcement, it occurred to me that how we got here was a case of the butterfly effect. The most popular use of the term came from the film Jurassic Park where Jeff Goldblum’s character was trying to explain chaos theory by saying “if a butterfly flaps its wings in Peking, you get rain instead of sunshine”. Quite frankly, I thought this was a terrible explanation, but the meaning is that everything that we’re witnessing now is an accumulation of the effects of everything that has come before it. Exactly like in any film that explores the physics of time travel.

A macro overview of the Perth housing market

28 June 202229 June 2022Gavin ChauLeave a comment

Of all the capital cities Perth is probably the most interesting market from an analyst’s perspective. The population is only 2.2m yet Western Australia has an enormous land mass. In fact, the largest cattle station in Western Australia is bigger than 39 countries. While huge it’s mostly uninhabitable and Perth is one of the most isolated cities in the world – located 2,014km from the next closest city Adelaide.

The One vs Two Bedroom Story

21 June 202227 June 2022Joshua MellickLeave a comment

The whole purpose of investing in property is to build wealth!

Is it time to increase my tenants rent?

14 June 202214 June 2022Helen Matsoukas8 Comments on Is it time to increase my tenants rent?

I was introduced to Property Management when I was around 5 years old.

RBA’s rate announcement today

7 June 20227 June 2022Gavin Chau1 Comment on RBA’s rate announcement today

It’s 12:41 pm right now. By the time you read this, the RBA will have already made their rate announcement at 2:30 pm. No doubt the journalists writing for the newspapers have already got both their articles ready – one for the “In a shock move there was no rate rise” scenario and one for the “as expected the RBA increased their interest rates by 0.25-0.4%”.

Lenders Mortgage Insurance – The Big Friendly Giant

31 May 20221 June 2022Owun TaylorLeave a comment

There are certain things that are supposed to terrify us, things that go bump in the night, vampires in castles, or even clowns hiding in stormwater drains. But Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) is as lovely as a basket of kittens and quite possibly the best invention since we started slicing up bread.

How will the change to a Labor government affect property investors?

24 May 202226 May 2022Gavin ChauLeave a comment

When I started thinking about this topic it reminded me of a tweet I stumbled across by Australian journalist John Pilger a couple of weeks ago.

Interest rates: The case for a sharp spike and fall

17 May 202218 May 2022Gavin ChauLeave a comment

We are heading into the phase of the economic cycle where interest rates will dominate the headlines. It’s not that surprising perhaps since this is a macro turning point after more than a decade of interest rate falls. It’s kicked off a wall of worry about the uncertainty of the environment we’re entering.

Will regional areas keep growing?

10 May 2022John BekiarisLeave a comment

Regional properties have traditionally had lower levels of capital growth and higher rental yields compared to capital cities. However, a resurgence in interest in regional property markets and the excellent growth they’ve enjoyed in recent years has sparked a debate about whether changes in the way we work and live as a result of the pandemic are going to be permanent. When comparing regional and metro properties, regional looks a lot more affordable at first glance. But how do the two compare as investments?

Labor’s Help To Buy Scheme – what does it mean for the property market?

3 May 20223 May 2022Gavin ChauLeave a comment

In short, nothing. But let’s elaborate anyway.

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