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Catch up on our 10-part podcast Throughout the past few months, our COO Mal Cayley has been talking all things property with local Sunshine Coast radio station Hot 91.1. Mal is incredibly dedicated to educating the community on how the market got to where it is today, what’s happening now, and what we can expect…

It’s absolutely no secret that digital is the way forward and investing in data and digital capabilities is crucial to the future success of an economy. The world is currently going through the ‘fourth industrial revolution’ which is centred on cyber-physical systems combining digital, physical and biological elements (we know this sounds confusing so you…

It’s one of the most common questions we’re being asked right now – when will house prices fall? What’s important to remember here is that absolutely nobody has a crystal ball to give you the correct answer – it’s all speculation – but at Direct Collective we have a long history of calling it right….

As the Australian economy recovers from COVID-19 and housing prices continue to increase, there’s been a lot of talk of late about when interest rates will rise and what impact this will have on homeowners and investors. Earlier this week a national Australian mortgage and rental affordability survey predicted ‘dire consequences’ for the economy if…

THE SUNSHINE COAST: NO LONGER BRISBANE’S YOUNGER SIBLING BUT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF GROWING UP TO DO For years the Sunshine Coast was seen as the younger sibling to Brisbane and sometimes also the Gold Coast, but the reality is the region is now growing at a rapid rate and outperforming our state’s…

It’s one of the most expensive areas in the world – a real estate market dominated by high rises only affordable to a small minority. So how did Manhattan become an exclusive island for the wealthy and what can we, as Sunshine Coast residents and thought leaders, learn from this? The Sunshine Coast is currently…