Auswide Buyers Agency

17/09/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐎𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤

After identifying a suburb with strong demand, the next step is understanding whether that demand is likely to last.

One of the key indicators I look at is housing supply. When too many properties are built at once, supply can outpace demand, creating more competition among sellers and landlords. Markets with balanced supply are generally better positioned for long-term stability.

Another important factor is the balance between owner-occupiers and investors. Suburbs with a strong owner-occupier presence often have more stable communities because homeowners typically stay longer and invest in maintaining their properties. This can help support property values over time.

Finally, I look at the suburb's long-term fundamentals. Good schools, transport, healthcare, employment opportunities, affordability, and ongoing development all contribute to an area's appeal. These are the factors that attract people not just today, but for many years to come.

Successful property investing isn't about chasing the latest hotspot or trying to time the market. It's about understanding the data and choosing locations with strong underlying fundamentals.

No single indicator can guarantee success, but when multiple factors align, investors are in a much stronger position to make informed decisions.
Because at the end of the day, it's not just about buying the right property—it's about buying the right property in the right location.

It’s not just about where you buy. It’s about why you buy there.
Ready to look beyond the obvious and explore the fundamentals behind your next investment?

Talk to us — [email protected]

11/09/2026

𝐀 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

One of the biggest mistakes I see investors make is falling in love with a property before they've assessed the location.

A modern home or an attractive price might grab your attention, but those features alone won't determine how the property performs over the next 10 or 20 years. The real driver of long-term growth is what's happening around the property.

That's why I always encourage clients to look beyond the house itself and focus on the fundamentals of the suburb.

The first thing I look at is population growth. When more people move into an area, demand for housing naturally increases. More people need homes to buy or rent, which can support both property values and rental demand over time.
Next is employment. People move where opportunities exist. Areas with diverse industries, new businesses, and ongoing job creation are often better positioned for sustainable growth because they continue attracting residents.

I also pay close attention to infrastructure. New transport links, schools, hospitals, and shopping centres don't just improve convenience—they make a suburb more desirable. Infrastructure investment is often a sign that an area is growing and has long-term potential.

Finally, I look at vacancy rates. Low vacancy rates generally indicate healthy rental demand, giving investors greater confidence that tenants want to live in the area.
None of these factors guarantees a successful investment on their own. But when several fundamentals come together, they create a much stronger foundation for long-term growth.

The best investment isn't always the newest or the cheapest property. More often, it's the one located in a suburb with the right fundamentals.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Before you fall in love with the property, make sure the suburb has the fundamentals to support long-term growth. 🏡📈

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡? 𝐿𝑒𝑡’𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.

02/09/2026

𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐤?

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐒𝐖 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚

Recent headlines suggest that housing stock across Australia is increasing, giving buyers more choice and easing competition.

Yes, you'll see plenty of these articles because negative news tends to attract the most attention.

But it's also worth considering the perspective of the 1 million migrants who have entered the country over the past three years, along with the approximately 350,000 more expected to arrive this year. Their continued decision to move here reflects the opportunities they see despite the headlines.

While this may be true in some parts of the country, it doesn't reflect what our team is currently experiencing in many regional areas of New South Wales and Tasmania.

As buyer's agents, we actively search for investment opportunities and we're still seeing a shortage of quality properties in several regional markets. Many investment-grade properties continue to attract strong buyer interest and are often snapped up quickly when priced correctly.

This highlights an important point: property markets are local. Experienced investors know that.

National data provides a broad overview, but it doesn't always reflect what's happening in specific regions, suburbs, or property types.

In our experience, many regional markets are still characterised by:
•Limited supply of quality properties
•Strong competition from experienced investors
• Tight vacancy rates in most locations
•Only 5% opportunities that meet strict investment criteria

That's why we encourage investors to look beyond the headlines. A news article about rising housing stock may be accurate nationally, but it doesn't necessarily mean every market is experiencing the same conditions.
The best investment decisions are made using local market knowledge, real-time data, and an understanding of supply and demand in the specific areas you're targeting.

The takeaway? Don't let national headlines shape your entire view of the property market. What's happening on the ground can tell a very different story.

Have you noticed a difference between what the media is reporting and what you're seeing in your local market?

02/09/2026

Someone asked me about a $2,200 discharge fee last week.

Fair question. It's real money.

But the loan sitting underneath it carried a materially lower rate and a full offset — and over the life of that loan, the difference makes $2,200 look like a rounding error.

I'm not writing this to make fun of the question.

I asked the same kind of question for years.

I'd spend two hours comparing annual fees and miss the structural decision that was worth twenty times more. I'd research a product for a fortnight to avoid paying someone a fee to do it properly in a day.

Then something shifted.

Not my values. My maths.

I stopped asking what does this cost me?
And started asking what does it cost me to work this out myself?

Three days of my time to save $2,200 isn't a saving. It's a trade — and for a long time I made that trade without realising I was making it.

Does that mean I've lost the value of a dollar?

I don't think so.

It means I've learnt to earn more in the same hours I would have spent saving less.

The clients who move fastest aren't the ones who stopped caring about numbers.

They're the ones who worked out which numbers actually move the outcome — and got someone else to handle the rest.

30/08/2026

𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭: 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐩!!

Listen from a Mortgage Broker and a Property expert who have helped 100s of First Home Buyers from begininng to the end!

What we will cover :
👉🏻 The most common myths and mistakes among first-home buyers
👉🏻 The step-by-step process of buying your first home—and why it may be easier than you think
👉🏻 Practical strategies to help you build your deposit faster
👉🏻 How government schemes and incentives may help, including a state-by-state breakdown
👉🏻 How to determine a comfortable budget—not just your maximum borrowing capacity
👉🏻 What to look for when researching and inspecting a property
👉🏻 Important checks to complete before making an offer or bidding at auction
👉🏻 How to avoid costly mistakes throughout the finance and purchasing process
👉🏻 What happens from pre-approval through to settlement

•⁠ ⁠Live Q&A from the audience

Join here : https://zurl.co/537hv

Date: 1st September

Time: 7:00 PM

Webinar: Buy Your First Home Before the Rate Cut — Not After When rates fall, every buyer's borrowing power rises at the same time. The competition you avoid today is the competition you bid against next year. In this webinar, Ashish Malhotra (Auswide Buyers Agency) and Rahul Rangwani (Finmatters)...

23/08/2026

The post about this site reached a few thousand people last week.

The question I got asked most was the one I didn't answer:

How did you decide?
So here it is.

The four tests we ran before we signed — including the one most people skip.

Swipe through 👉
Concept images only. Pre-DA stage with Penrith City Council — not approved.

19/08/2026

Coming from residential into commercial feels familiar for about ten minutes.

Then someone hands you a lease and says "it's net, with 3 + 3 + 3 and CPI reviews."

And you nod.

I've watched capable, successful investors sign contracts they couldn't fully read, because asking felt like admitting they were out of their depth.

Nobody is out of their depth. It's just vocabulary.

Eight slides. Five terms. Every one of them decides what your property is worth at the end of the lease, not the start.

Term and options
Gross vs net
Recoverable vs non-recoverable outgoings
Rent reviews
Make good

Learn these five and you'll read a commercial lease the way you already read a residential contract.

That's not a small shift. That's the difference between an investor who owns commercial property and one who understands it.

Part 1 of a series

17/08/2026

On Friday we settled the biggest deal of my life.
One acre. Orchard Hills. $3 million.

Ten weeks before the first passenger plane lands at Western Sydney International.

The airport gets the headlines. But this site sits in the Orchard Hills metro precinct — a station built specifically to service a future commercial and mixed-use precinct, opening 2027.

Freight flights started three weeks ago.

Passengers start 25 October. The metro follows.
We bought before all three.

Behind us, Legacy Property is delivering Orchard Hills North — 146 hectares, around 1,800 homes, a retail centre, a new primary school. Early stages sold out on release.

Penrith Christian School is on the same street.
1,800 households arriving. Two schools. No childcare. No medical.

That gap is the whole thesis.

Swipe for the team that got it there 👉

Concept only. Pre-DA stage with Penrith City Council — not yet approved.

Vand khao, Khand khao
Share what you have, and it comes back sweeter.

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02/08/2026

Everyone's talking about what closes on 10 August.
Here's what stays open 👇
Commercial shop, Melbourne's east.
Settled last week for our clients K and R.
$585,000 purchase.
$36,000 a year net.
6.2% net yield.
$40,000 under asking.
Long-standing tenant. Fresh three-year lease.
Same money in residential?
A tenant on maybe 3.5% gross — and a shortfall you fund yourself while you wait.
This one pays from settlement day.
Not from year seven.
The myth: commercial doesn't grow.
The truth: it grows, at times right alongside residential, while paying you the whole way through.
K and R didn't need a bigger budget.
They needed a different question.