The Problem: Meet Gary and Kaye, seasoned property investors from Victoria, now investing in the Brisbane market. After many years as investors, they found themselves relying on negative gearing, holding underperforming assets that weren’t taking their portfolio anywhere. Like many long-term investors, they felt stuck, tying up capital in properties that weren’t delivering the returns
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The Problem: Meet Edy, a sophisticated commercial property investor. Edy had built a solid foundation as a commercial property investor for many years. However, when the pandemic hit, he found himself facing a critical challenge that many seasoned investors encounter. Demand for commercial property had dried up, and his current strategy was no longer as
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The latest Cotality research confirms the challenge that many investors have started experiencing first hand: positive cash flow property being a “needle in a haystack.” Under current market conditions, only 0.8% of Australian suburbs are estimated to deliver positive cash flow. The window is about to narrow further. From 1 July 2027, the Federal Government’s
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Many media headlines continue to forecast decline in Australian property prices as higher interest rates and 2026 Budget changes place pressure on investors. Westpac and other major banks have recently downgraded their dwelling price forecasts for 2026-2027 due to reduced buyer confidence. However, savvy property investors understand that Australia’s property market is much more
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Brisbane and wider SEQ rooming may gain more momentum as one of the most strategically positioned market as the Federal Budget reshapes the economics of residential property investing. The recent changes to negative gearing and CGT are accelerating a broader shift in investor priorities: away from speculative, negatively geared property strategies and toward positively geared
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The 2026 Federal Budget may unintentionally strengthen the fundamentals for high-yield rooming houses across South East Queensland. The 2026 budget changes are set to push investors away from traditional residential property which currently make up most of the available rental supply. In a time when SEQ already has one of the tightest rental markets in
The latest Federal Budget changes to Capital Gains Tax (CGT) and negative gearing are set to do more than just tweak tax settings. These massive changes are reshaping where smart property investors put their money. While media attention is focused on the reduced appeal of traditional residential investing, what we want to emphasise is that
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Data from Domain Rental Report show that despite persistent supply shortage, rental price growth is easing and no longer surging like before. This marks a transition from a supply-driven crisis to a demand-limited one. Renters’ financial capacity has become the dominant force shaping outcomes. High inflation, rising fuel costs, and broader economic uncertainty are stretching household
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Domain’s latest House Price Report (March 2026) signals that Brisbane’s housing market is entering a new phase: slower but sustained price growth. As housing affordability tightens in Brisbane, demand for high-density housing, including rooming houses is accelerating. This changes how people rent and how investors approach the market. House prices rose 4.2% in the March
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Source: Cotality Quarterly Rental Review Cotality released its Quarterly Rental Review for January-March 2026 and the data confirms that Australia’s rental market is tightening and accelerating again after a brief slowdown in 2025. Persistent supply shortages and worsening affordability are structural forces reshaping rental demand. These factors are shaping how demand is evolving across the
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