September 2026

Paphos or Limassol is the first real decision anyone buying in Cyprus has to make, and the honest answer has less to do with lifestyle than most articles suggest. It comes down to budget, and the gap is wider than people expect. Across our current Cyprus listings, the most expensive Paphos property is 420,000 euros. The least expensive Limassol property is 427,000 euros. There is no overlap at all. That...

Most agencies want as many listings as they can carry. I take four properties a month across the Gold Coast and Brisbane, and that number is the whole point. A boutique real estate agent with four properties can give each one a genuinely controlled campaign. An agent carrying forty cannot, however good they are. The same thinking runs through everything else I do. You deal with me at every viewing, every...

Selling in a slower market is not the problem most vendors think it is. Australian owners are not being forced to sell. Arrears remain low and distressed listings sit near historic lows, so almost nobody is dumping property at any price. What has changed is on the buyer side. Higher interest rates have cut how much people can borrow, cost of living pressure and global uncertainty have made them cautious,...

Before you ask what your budget buys, it is worth asking why you are buying at all. An investor chasing yield, a family wanting a holiday base, someone building toward residency and someone planning to retire are four different buyers, and they should be looking at three very different markets. Across Bali, Phuket and Bangkok, the same money buys wildly different things. Bangkok is the most affordable of...

Bali or Phuket is one of the most common questions I get from buyers looking at Southeast Asia, and there is a genuine answer rather than a diplomatic one. The single biggest difference is ownership. In Phuket, a foreign buyer can own a condominium unit outright, freehold, registered in their own name. In Bali, no foreigner can hold freehold title to anything, so every purchase runs through a lease or a...