Price and affordability are not interchangeable terms in residential property - the distinction matters more than most buyers realise before they purchase. The gap between those two concepts is not theoretical - it has real financial consequences that emerge over the hold period.The most common misreading of affordability in residential pro… Read More

Investors entering the Adelaide market frequently arrive with a framework developed in Sydney, Melbourne, or another capital - and that framework does not always transfer. The cost of those assumptions is not always immediately apparent - it tends to surface when the investor tries to sell or refinance and finds the outcome different from what they… Read More

The median house price is the starting point for almost every property market conversation in Australia. It is repeated constantly and understood correctly far less often than it is used.Monthly median price data is published by multiple providers across every suburb, city, and growth corridor in Australia. What starts as a statistical outp… Read More

Preparing a property for sale almost always involves some level of financial outlay. A significant portion of what sellers spend before listing does not return at settlement. Certain categories of pre-sale spending produce no return regardless of how much is committed to them.The gap between what sellers spend preparing a property for sale … Read More

Property investors moving into the Adelaide market regularly carry assumptions that were formed watching a different market behave. In Adelaide, those assumptions regularly produce miscalculations that take years to become visible.Investor interest in Adelaide residential property has grown steadily over recent years. Affordability relative… Read More