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There is a lot to feel unsettled about in property news this month. There’s been talks of a downturn spreading. The RBA meets again on 29 September with inflation still stuck above target. Negative gearing changes are still working their way through investor portfolios. It would be easy to read all of that as a…

Ask ten people what’s causing the housing crisis and you’ll get ten different villains. Migration’s too high. Investors are hoarding stock. Councils sit on approvals. Interest rates killed the builders. Everyone’s got a culprit, and everyone’s partly right, which is exactly why none of it adds up to an answer. There’s one number that explains…

Every experienced property investor shares one habit in common: they know exactly what they’re protecting themselves from before they sign anything. It’s not luck that separates a good outcome from a bad one. It’s the work that happens before settlement, work that most buyers never see and even more never think to ask about. Here’s…