Property Investment & Wealth Creation Australia | The Michael Yardney Podcast

Property Investment & Wealth Creation Australia | The Michael Yardney Podcast

What if I told you that almost none of the financial decisions you agonise over actually matter?   Most investors worry about interest rates, the next hot suburb, tax changes, market timing, stock picking, and whether they should buy now or wait.   But what if 95% of your financial future is shaped by just a handful of decisions - many of them made quietly, early, and often without enough thought?   That’s the fascinating idea we’re unpacking today with Stuart Wemyss, founder of ProSolution Private Clients, who says there are really only a handful of decisions in your...

Property Investment & Wealth Creation Australia | The Michael Yardney Podcast

Capital city home prices have continued to fall sharply over August with no sign yet of the usual pre-spring revival in activity.   The national capital city median house price fell by 1.8% over the August quarter to $1,226,833 compared to the July quarter, according to the latest data from My Housing Market.   In today’s show Dr. Andrew Wilson explains what’s really happening in Australia’s property markets as we head into Spring.   We unpack why house prices have kept easing, why units are holding up better, and what the latest figures mean for buyers and...

Property Investment & Wealth Creation Australia | The Michael Yardney Podcast

Could you be earning a good income, owning property and still operating with a poverty mindset?   Could beliefs you absorbed as a child be quietly limiting how much wealth you build today?   And why do some people break free from financial hardship while others repeat the same patterns from one generation to the next?   My guest today, Tom Corley, spent years studying the habits and thinking of wealthy and financially struggling people, and what he discovered may make you reconsider some of your own beliefs about money.   Stay with us because, before we finish, Tom...

Property Investment & Wealth Creation Australia | The Michael Yardney Podcast

What if I told you that some of the worst financial decisions I've ever seen were made by some of the smartest people I know?   Doctors. Lawyers. Business owners. Executives. People who are genuinely brilliant in their field, yet they're making wealth mistakes that are quietly costing them hundreds of thousands of dollars, sometimes more.   And here's what's really interesting: their intelligence isn't protecting them. In some cases, it's actually making things worse.   Because smart people are used to being right. They research more, they debate more, they over-think...

Property Investment & Wealth Creation Australia | The Michael Yardney Podcast

What if the greatest financial risk facing you isn’t the next property downturn, another interest rate rise or even a recession, but the possibility that you live much longer than your money does?   Many Australians approaching retirement are planning around a model that belongs to another generation. They assume they’ll stop working somewhere around 65 and need enough money for perhaps 15 or 20 years.   But if you live into your 90s or even reach 100, your retirement could last 30 or 35 years. That means decades of rising living costs, healthcare expenses and inflation...

Property Investment & Wealth Creation Australia | The Michael Yardney Podcast

What if rising property values are making Australians wealthier on paper, while leaving many of us feeling less secure, more stressed and less satisfied with life?   Australia is a prosperous country, and millions of homeowners have built substantial wealth through property. Yet measures of happiness have remained flat or declined, while younger Australians increasingly feel locked out of the property market and excluded from the prosperity they see around them.   In today’s show, I’m going to explore the growing divide between property wealth and personal wellbeing, and why...

Property Investment & Wealth Creation Australia | The Michael Yardney Podcast

Commercial property is suddenly attracting a great deal more attention from investors.   Following the recent Federal Budget changes, some residential property investors are looking at warehouses, offices and shops and wondering whether commercial property offers a safer tax environment, stronger cash flow and a better way forward.   On the surface, the numbers can look very attractive, but by the end of this show, you're going to understand the real differences between commercial and residential property, the risks that most residential investors never see coming until it's too...

Property Investment & Wealth Creation Australia | The Michael Yardney Podcast

Is now the right time to invest in property… or should you wait?   Everyone wants to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. But what if trying to time the market is actually sabotaging your wealth?   Today I’m joined by Joseph Ballota to discuss whether timing the property market is a good idea.   And by the end of this episode, you’ll understand why long-term investors don’t try to pick the cycle… they build wealth across multiple cycles.   Joseph and I discuss why trying to time property markets usually backfires, especially when headlines are loud and...

Property Investment & Wealth Creation Australia | The Michael Yardney Podcast

Negative gearing on established homes has just been abolished. The capital gains tax discount you've relied on for twenty years has been rewritten.   And somewhere between the government's press conference and the Treasury modelling, a trillion dollars in debt got added to the tab for a generation that hasn't even been asked if they're willing to pay it.   So here's the question I want to answer for you today. If you're a property investor, a business owner, or someone who just wants a comfortable retirement, what do the next three years actually look like for you?   By...

Property Investment & Wealth Creation Australia | The Michael Yardney Podcast

July has delivered the clearest evidence yet that Australia’s property market has changed direction, but the headline figures only tell part of the story.   Capital city house prices fell by 1.5 per cent over the month, the sharpest national decline since August 2022, while Sydney recorded a particularly significant fall of 2.7 per cent.   Melbourne house prices are now almost 6 per cent lower since the beginning of the year, and prices also declined across Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Darwin during July.   Yet look beneath those monthly figures and Australia still has...