Let It Snow.
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Sorry I’ve been a bit quiet lately, I don’t mean to be the town crier of doom and gloom but it’s been hard to write my normal chirpy upbeat missives in such precarious times. Now that the ski season and school holidays are officially over it’s time to see what this property market is really…
Tough Get Going.
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Well, if you thought the brisk headwinds cooling the property market couldn’t get any fresher, this week the Labor Government delivered another blow by abolishing lending in SMSFs for residential property. Albo and Chalmers have moved against the property market so viciously recently that I’m almost contemplating listening to Karl Stefanovic’s podcast, that’s how bad…
Turn It Up.
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I’m not going to lie, I was struggling to write a newsletter today…it just feels so stodgy and low energy out there. No one likes a Negative Nelly but buyer enquiry is down, mortgagee sales are up and most people that I know in business are still grumbling about the budget…a lot. But then, a…
See You Sunday.
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Let’s face it we are living in anxious times, interest rates are rising and uncertainty is the new black… But friends, there is one thing that we can all be certain of. This Sunday, the race that stops a suburb is coming to a street/hill near you…that’s right, the weather has cooled and the 44th…
Black Hawk Down.
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According to Wikipedia “tumbleweed is a dry, bushy plant that breaks away from its roots upon dying and is rolled along the ground by the wind. It is most famous for its use in Western movies to visually symbolise emptiness, desolation, or a deserted area”. They may now update this definition to include the state…
Vale The Investor.
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This week I wanted to start off by paying a special tribute to a much revered member of the real estate market place, the investor…farewell old friend. That’s right folks, in one fell swoop Jim Chalmers has deleted a buyer group from our screens, or has he? Before I rant…which you know I will, I’m…
Turn Back Time.
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At my ever popular colleague Bindi’s request this week’s newsletter “needs to be more positive”, it would seem that my last outburst spooked some of the locals. Ok so forgive me, it is true that in recent weeks I’ve been morbidly researching the economy looking for Easter eggs that may help predict what lies ahead.…
Fasten Your Seatbelts.
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After two highly successful stays with the family at a minimum-security 4 star compound in Fiji I finally convinced my wife that the next holiday with the kids had to be in Queenstown. I felt like a change, sure the easy travel, warm tropical water and kids club etc had its appeal but I wanted…
Weather The Storm.
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If you are looking for a Netflix and chill recommendation this weekend I say check out the latest collab from LEGO and the Iranian state media that is currently blowing up – my personal fave is the hip hop diss track (extremist propaganda from a rogue state perhaps but it’s a bit of a banger).…