by Richard Crabb | CEO | Senior Property Advisor | PIPA Vice Chair | Jun 23, 2026 | Strategic Insights
Every year the property industry pores over investor sentiment data, and every year it draws the wrong lesson from it. Sentiment is worth reading closely. It tells you what is weighing on people who own property, and where pressure is building. What it does not tell...
by Richard Crabb | CEO | Senior Property Advisor | PIPA Vice Chair | Jun 17, 2026 | Strategic Insights
“Is now a good time to buy?” is the question I am asked more than any other, and it is rarely the right place to start. The honest answer in 2026 is that conditions have shifted in ways the headlines are not capturing. The market has cooled, money has...
by Richard Crabb | CEO | Senior Property Advisor | PIPA Vice Chair | Apr 25, 2026 | Strategic Insights
A measured look at what is really happening across Australian residential property, and where opportunity sits for prepared investors. By Richard Crabb | Published April 2026 | 7 min read 9.9% National annual growth 12 months to March 2026 $933,137 National median...
by Richard Crabb | CEO | Senior Property Advisor | PIPA Vice Chair | Jan 19, 2026 | Strategic Insights
40 years of housing growth: why the best years often arrive when confidence is low Last week I unpacked Cotality’s January 2026 market update and why the market cooling in December does not mean the opportunity has disappeared, it’s simply become more selective. If...
by Richard Crabb | CEO | Senior Property Advisor | PIPA Vice Chair | Jan 16, 2026 | Strategic Insights
Australia’s housing market just hit the brakes (a little). Here’s why that matters and where the property investment opportunities are. If you only read one headline from Cotality’s latest Home Value Index market update, it’s this: the market did not fall off a cliff,...
