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15/10/2026

Home values have now fallen 6 months in a row. So how bad is it?

National home values have fallen 5.2% from the March peak to September. That's still shallower than the last two dips (7.5% in 2022 to 2023, 8.4% in 2017 to 2019). But it's falling about twice as fast as 2017.

Sydney has fallen the most, already down 8.6% from its peak.

What's driving it: stretched affordability, four rate rises this year, higher living costs and nervous buyers. The budget's changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax have also dented confidence.

I don't know where the low is, and I'd be wary of anyone who says they do. What I do know: falling markets give buyers room to negotiate, if you've got a clear strategy and stick to it.

If you need help building a plan that holds up in a falling market as well as a rising one, book a 15-minute chat.

General information only, not financial advice.

30/09/2026

“Just get into the market” might be the worst property advice in Australia.

Renting where you love, then buying anything you can afford, is a purchase made under pressure. And a weak asset bought in a hurry can hold you back for years.

Separate the two decisions. Rent where your life is. Buy where the fundamentals stack up: a strong growth outlook, adequate cash flow, controlled risk and a price you can comfortably hold.

Your home and your investment don’t have to be the same property.

Book a free discovery call: wellfoundproperty.com.au/discovery-call

28/09/2026

Your first property should not be your dream home.

If you’ve been saving and feeling priced out, there may be another way in. For some buyers, the smarter first move is an investment property where the fundamentals stack up now.

Buy where prices fit your budget today. Let rent cover part of the holding cost. Then hold it, use the equity for your next purchase, or sell when you’re ready to buy your home.

It won’t suit everyone. A 15 minute call will tell you if it suits you.

Book a free discovery call: wellfoundproperty.com.au/discovery-call

24/09/2026

The best predictor of future price growth is...

The past year’s price growth.

HTAG analysed which factors best predicted one-year price growth across Australian property markets, and momentum came out on top. Markets that are already moving tend to keep moving.

That part seems obvious, right?

Filter that out and other signals show up: affordability, gross yield, years to own, distance to major centres, economic structure and supply. And a factor that explains growth in Brisbane may tell you very little about regional WA.

So we ask two questions of every market. Why is it growing, and can it keep going?

Start with a strategy. The suburb comes after.

Book a free discovery call: wellfoundproperty.com.au/discovery-call

19/07/2026

New build or established?

The answer is usually not about the property.

It's about the strategy.

New builds can offer:
• depreciation benefits
• lower maintenance
• stronger tax outcomes in the early years

Established homes can offer:
• more land value
• renovation potential
• stronger scarcity
• greater opportunity to manufacture equity

Neither is automatically better.

The best asset is the one that helps achieve your objective.

Tax benefits matter, but long-term performance is driven by fundamentals.

If you'd like to work through what the right property looks like for your position, we'd love to have a chat.

15/07/2026

Chasing “hot suburbs” can feel logical.

But most media lists are based on trailing indicators, they highlight where prices have already moved.

By the time a suburb appears in headlines, the early momentum is often gone.

We focus on leading indicators instead:

• supply constraints (stock on market, inventory levels, approvals pipeline)
• demand signals (days on market tightening, vacancy rate compression)
• affordability relative to local incomes
• infrastructure and employment drivers

These factors often shape price movement before the media notices.

The goal isn’t to follow the noise.

It’s to understand the underlying drivers of growth.

14/07/2026

Affordability is one of the most overlooked drivers of property performance.

For a suburb to grow sustainably, people need to be able to buy there.

When property remains within reach of the local population:
• more owner-occupiers can enter the market
• demand remains stable
• price pressure builds gradually
• growth can persist across market cycles

When affordability aligns with constrained supply, even modest demand can influence price movement.

If you would like help identifying suburbs supported by strong fundamentals, we can help.

This is often where early-stage opportunities appear.

The goal is not simply finding cheap suburbs.

It is identifying locations where demand can continue to expand.

13/07/2026

Smart investors don’t just ask:
“Has this suburb grown?”

They ask:
“What forces could drive future growth?”

One of the most important is supply.

When stock levels are constrained and future pipeline is limited, the balance of power can shift toward sellers.

That’s often where compounding growth begins.

Supply is only one piece of the puzzle, but it’s an important one.

Reach out if you'd like help identifying suburbs with strong fundamentals.

02/07/2026

Most people assume you need a 20% deposit to start investing in property.

In reality, many rentvesters begin with less and focus on getting into the market sooner.

Because the biggest cost isn’t LMI…
it’s time out of the market.

Starting earlier can mean:
• building equity sooner
• benefiting from compounding growth
• creating more flexibility for future purchases

Curious if rentvesting could work for you?
Send us a message and we’ll talk you through it.

01/07/2026

The proposed CGT reform was framed as a housing affordability solution.

But housing affordability is primarily a supply problem, not simply a tax problem.

Reducing investor incentives may lower investor participation at the margin. It does not create more housing.

In some markets, it may even reduce rental supply further if investors hold longer or sell to owner-occupiers.

That matters because:
• Australia remains structurally undersupplied
• rental demand is still strong
• CGT is only triggered on sale
• owner-occupier demand remains the dominant force in many suburbs

The bigger question is not:
“Should I invest?”

It is:
“How does my strategy perform under the new tax settings?”

That's where we can help.

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