The Wakelin Blog

Monique Sasson We are not on the cusp of a housing boom but one could eventuate if policy makers are not careful. That would be calamitous for the economy and Australians if interest rates had to be jacked up several percentage points because a housing boom ignited inflationary pressures. So what’s the best approach to keep conditions in the Goldilocks zone – not too hot, not too cold? Prevention is definitely better than cure...

After doom and gloom dominating media reporting of the property market for much of the last three years, there has been a remarkable turnaround in tone in recent weeks.  Suddenly, the pessimism has dissipated and the commentary is now all about a supposed coming property boom...

It's election day. The campaigning is done and it's up to us, the voters, to cast our vote and choose the government for the next three years or so. A much asked question over recent weeks has been: "Will a change of government impact the property market?" That's a difficult question to answer...

‘Unteaching’ clients is often part of an investment property advisor’s role –  the challenging of preconceived ideas about what represents a good investment, stripping away biases and switching off emotion-driven decision making. That is, as you would expect, a delicate process...

Saturday was a big day and night for the Wakelin Property Advisory team.  The daylight hours saw the team spread out across the inner suburbs to identify and evaluate the properties that would represent the first blooms of the spring auction market in a few weeks' time...