Why the property price results of few distort the perception of many- [The $9 Trillion Residential Market]

by Alexander Gibson | Oct 11, 2021 | Articles

The residential housing market value in Australia has reached an estimated $9.1 trillion, gaining $1 trillion in just 5 months, but where are these figures coming from? Property prices? From the year ending to August 2021 there were almost 598,000 house and unit sales...

Why are you paying so much? [Waterfront Properties]

by Alexander Gibson | Sep 27, 2021 | Articles

Waterfront properties carry a certain lure of a lifestyle that very few of us could imagine. Back when we used to take holiday locally or overseas, a common place we visit is the seaside. We may hire a house right on a beach, or stay in a hotel with a private beach...

What would interest rates at 5% cost you? [Costs]

by Alexander Gibson | Sep 21, 2021 | Articles

There have been murmurings of interest rate increases and with debt levels at their highest, the potential impact upon borrowers in their ability to make repayments could be devastating. There may be borrowers out there who will be squeezed as interest rates increase....

Opportunity Cost of Selling – You only get one Alan Bond in your lifetime and I’ve had mine [Kerry Packer]

by Alexander Gibson | Sep 18, 2021 | Articles

This infamous quote was a remark from Kerry Packer on the business deal that saw Alan Bond buy the Channel 9 network for just over $1 billion in 1987 and sell it back to Packer for $250 million just three years later. I can’t help but see parallels between this quote...

What is really happening at Auctions [it will surprise you]

by Alexander Gibson | Sep 13, 2021 | Articles

“I mean it’s just absolutely designed to manipulate people into idiotic behaviour” – Charlie Munger  Warren Buffett has always been very vocal about his thoughts on auctions. Famously stating in the 2016 annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders “we don’t...