Why is the land cycle peak forecast for Australia for 2026? Why not 2025? Or 2027? (As I've previously suggested may be the case in Perth)..

The period between 2024-mid- 2026 should be significant.  It’s the winner’s curse phase of the property cycle!   The winner’s Curse is a...

Last year, the Greens made a push to scrap the tradition of saying the Lord’s Prayer in the upper house. This year, the Victorian...

A few days ago, I joined the two renegade economists, Dr Cameron Murray and Leith van Onselen , to bust a few myths about the current...

‘ Never before have such fortunes been made overnight by so many people, ’ said US journalist and statesman Edwin LeFevre in his...

We all desire a country built on the pillars of community, equity, and economic justice. But it’s simply not possible in a country pinned...

Subscribers would have heard me preach many times that advances in technology feed directly into land prices. This is something...

You don’t need to reside in Australia for many years before adopting the firm belief that the economy is choreographed around the...

Remember, the second half of the cycle, historically, is stronger than the first. The bullet points below set out the pattern. Growth in...

If you look at the run-up to the peak in the last few cycles — 1973, 1989, 2008 — rates always rose alongside prices (much like they’re...

I ran across this headline the other day… Source: AFR The story focuses on the recent change in market conditions. It’s resulted in a...

I had an interesting question from a reader a few weeks ago: ‘ Hi Catherine, I read your last article and watched your interview with...

It’s important to note that the land cycle lays the foundation for all other cycles. We must always view other cycles within the context...

All the issues we face today, inflation, inequality, labour shortages, and high and rising land prices (and rents), have their cause...

Dubai is building a moon… Yes, you read that right. In an effort to make itself a global leader in ‘space tourism’, it’s launching what...

You can’t analyse the 18.6-year cycle using short-term data. Yet most real estate indexes only go back a few decades to the time when...

The core to learning the mechanics of the 18.6-year land cycle is fully understanding the role of economic rent (unearned income) and...

In the 1880s, Judge James G Maguire of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco gave a speech to the New York...

You’ve no doubt heard of the investment company Blackstone. They’re a behemoth in the world of investment and finance. With more than...

I had an interesting question from a Cycles, Trends & Forecasts subscriber this week. Take a look: ‘ Catherine, I bought my house here...