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The ban on residential property borrowing through self-managed superannuation funds came into force this month, closing ...
02/09/2026

The ban on residential property borrowing through self-managed superannuation funds came into force this month, closing one of the most commonly used SMSF property strategies.

Commercial property borrowing remains available, and the opportunity it creates is one of the most compelling in the current environment.

For business owners, purchasing your own commercial premises through an SMSF and leasing them back to the business at market rates means every dollar of rent that previously left the business now flows into your own superannuation fund instead. The business expense does not change. The destination of it does.

Retirement wealth builds in a concessionally taxed environment while the business continues operating exactly as before.

Beyond the owner-occupier strategy, industrial assets, medical centres and quality retail are strong candidates for an SMSF. They offer income security, longer leases, and the ability to add value that a single residential property inside super could never match.

The rules changed. But for investors who understand where the opportunity sits now, a door has opened rather than closed. Worth a conversation with your accountant and a specialist SMSF adviser before acting.

For generations, residential property was the automatic choice. But this year's federal budget has changed the equation....
01/09/2026

For generations, residential property was the automatic choice. But this year's federal budget has changed the equation.

Our Founder & CEO Abdullah Nouh was featured in Forbes Australia questioning whether residential property is still the right investment in a changing tax environment.

From July 1, 2027, negative gearing will be restricted to new residential builds. Investors in established residential property will no longer offset rental losses against personal income. The 50 per cent CGT discount is being replaced with a cost-base indexation model carrying a 30 per cent minimum tax on net capital gains.

Commercial property has remained largely untouched by these reforms. Negative gearing and CGT changes don't affect commercial assets the same way. That shift in the tax landscape is now turning heads toward commercial property as a genuine alternative.

But higher yields come with very different risks. The question isn't whether to move into commercial property. It's whether it aligns with your portfolio strategy and risk tolerance.

Read the full article here: https://www.forbes.com.au/news/investing/should-residential-investors-start-buying-commercial-property/

The RBA held rates again.Whether the decision was a hold, a cut, or a hike, our approach would have been exactly the sam...
31/08/2026

The RBA held rates again.

Whether the decision was a hold, a cut, or a hike, our approach would have been exactly the same. Focus on the plan, not the announcement.

The question that actually matters is not what the RBA decided. It is whether you believe Australian property prices will be higher in ten years than they are today.

If the answer is yes, today's decision was irrelevant.

Property has absorbed rate hikes before. It has absorbed corrections, budget changes, lending restrictions and global uncertainty. In every case, the investors who held quality assets in good locations came out the other side in a better position than the ones who waited for conditions to feel comfortable.

Rates will come down eventually. When they do, borrowing capacity will expand, buyer competition will increase, and the assets purchased right now will be worth considerably more than they are today.

Your plan should not have changed based on today's announcement. If it did, the plan was not strong enough to begin with.

Most investors who discover commercial property assume they can search a portal and find opportunities the same way they...
27/08/2026

Most investors who discover commercial property assume they can search a portal and find opportunities the same way they would for residential. The problem is that commercial property does not work that way.

What appears on a listing portal is, more often than not, the stock that could not be sold prior. The vendor exhausted their network, or the asset simply was not compelling enough to attract off-market interest before it had to be advertised.

The best commercial assets, the ones with long leases, strong tenants, and genuine income certainty, very rarely see the light of day. They change hands through a phone call between an agent and a buyer they already trust, before any marketing material has been prepared. For investors whose search begins and ends with a portal, that entire category is invisible.

Commercial property is a relationship business. Access is built through agents who specialise in specific sectors and markets, who know what is coming before it arrives, and who call the buyers they trust first.

Being known as a serious, decisive buyer in a specific segment is one of the best competitive advantages available. That reputation is not built through portal searches. It is built through direct engagement and a track record of following through.

Portals have their place. But the best deals in commercial property tend to go to the people who were already known before they walked in the door.

26/08/2026

A lot of buyers walk into an older property and immediately see everything that needs to be changed.

For an investor, that can be exactly where the opportunity starts.

This deceased estate in Boronia is cosmetically dated. It hasn't been updated in a long time, and for an owner-occupier looking for something they can move straight into, it's harder to build that emotional connection with the home.

But the fundamentals of the property haven't disappeared just because the kitchen is old or the interiors need work.

At around $800,000, we're looking at buying this property close to land value, then using a relatively simple cosmetic renovation to improve the home and potentially create equity.

This is where investors need to separate presentation from potential.

A dated property can turn buyers away because they focus on what it looks like today. A strategic investor looks at what they're actually paying for, what can realistically be improved, and what the asset could look like on the other side.

You don't always create value by doing something complicated.

Sometimes it's simply about buying a fundamentally sound asset that other buyers have overlooked because they can't see past the cosmetic work.

While most of Australia's property market is slowing, Perth and Brisbane are bucking the trend. The reason isn't luck. I...
26/08/2026

While most of Australia's property market is slowing, Perth and Brisbane are bucking the trend. The reason isn't luck. It's supply and demand working exactly as they should.

Our Founder & CEO Abdullah Nouh was featured in Domain discussing why these two cities have become fertile ground for investors.

In Perth, population growth has outpaced new dwelling supply by approximately 9 per cent. Brisbane has a similar gap at around 3.5 per cent. Meanwhile, Sydney and Melbourne face the opposite problem. New housing supply outpaces population growth, pushing prices down by 3.3 and 3.1 per cent respectively.

This is exactly why deliberate market selection matters. Understanding where supply is constrained relative to population growth isn't about chasing the market. It's about positioning your strategy ahead of it.

Read the full article here: https://www.domain.com.au/advice/perth-and-brisbane-are-fertile-ground-for-investors-1537185/?authProvider=google

Inflation eased last week. For long-term property investors, it doesn't change much either way.Interest rates will go up...
26/08/2026

Inflation eased last week. For long-term property investors, it doesn't change much either way.

Interest rates will go up and they will come down. Over the long term, they matter far less than most people make out.

Lower rates reduce repayments and make the holding position more comfortable. But a sound plan already accounts for the ups and the downs. We build for conditions we can sustain, not conditions we hope for.

The properties we focus on are the best quality assets we can find in locations with genuine long-term growth fundamentals. Adelaide or Brisbane. A Melbourne property with granny flat potential. A well-leased commercial asset. The property changes. The approach does not.

When we run the numbers, we stress test for rates going higher. That way the position is comfortable regardless of what the RBA decides to do next.

We cannot control the Reserve Bank. We cannot control what the government does with the budget. What we can control is the quality of the plan and the quality of the assets inside it.

Hold great assets for the long term and give yourself every chance of building real wealth. That is the whole strategy. It does not change because of one inflation print.

Industrial vacancy just fell for the first time since March 2024.According to Prological's Q1 2026 report, national indu...
25/08/2026

Industrial vacancy just fell for the first time since March 2024.

According to Prological's Q1 2026 report, national industrial vacancy dropped to 3.7%, with new supply falling to approximately 337,000 square metres, the lowest quarterly total since early 2023. The national pre-commitment rate, the share of new space leased before construction completes, rose to 65%.

The shift is not dramatic. But the direction has changed, and the reason matters more than the number.

Developers are pulling back because the economics of building have become considerably harder. Construction costs remain elevated, the RBA reversed course from cuts to three hikes in early 2026, and rising fuel prices are flowing into building costs. Developers are increasingly unwilling to build without a tenant secured first. The supply pipeline is not just slowing. It is being deferred in ways that will be difficult to reverse quickly even if conditions improve.

Around the country, Perth remains the tightest market nationally at 1.7% vacancy. Melbourne compressed to 3.8%, its tightest level on the east coast, with completions at their lowest since 2022. Brisbane delivered 11% annual prime rental growth with take-up running 60% ahead of the same period last year.

When supply is constrained by structural cost pressures rather than a lack of demand, the resulting tightness tends to persist. Tenants looking for space in twelve months are going to find less of it than they find today.

LIVE WEBINAR | How to Turn Your Sydney Home Into a Second IncomeYou own your home. Now make it work for you.Join Ben, El...
25/08/2026

LIVE WEBINAR | How to Turn Your Sydney Home Into a Second Income

You own your home. Now make it work for you.

Join Ben, Ella and Tiffany for a complimentary live session walking you through the exact framework Mecca Property Group uses to help homeowners build income that is independent of their salary.

In this session you will learn:
✅ How to assess your starting position: equity, income and timeline
✅ How to secure your first investment property using equity you already have
✅ How to engineer cash flow through the right property strategy
✅ The commercial pivot: where income really starts to replace your salary
✅ How the 2026 Budget changes affect your strategy going forward
✅ Live Q&A with the team

Speakers:
🎤 Ella Cas, Lead Buyers Agent, Mecca Property Group
🎤 Ben Ringer, Client Relationship Manager, Azura Financial
🎙️ Hosted by Tiffany Doan, Acquisitions Lead, Mecca Property Group

📅 Thursday, 3 September 2026
🕖 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM AEST
💻 Online

Places are limited.
🔗 https://book.meccapropertygroup.com.au/turn-your-sydney-home-into-second-income-imm

General information only. Not financial, property, tax or legal advice. Please seek independent professional advice before making any investment decisions.

When I started Mecca Property Group, I had a simple idea of what success would look like. Not the size of the business, ...
24/08/2026

When I started Mecca Property Group, I had a simple idea of what success would look like. Not the size of the business, the number of transactions, or any metric in particular.

I wanted to look back and know that the people I worked with were genuinely better off because of it.

Nearly six years later, that is still the measure I come back to.

Some of the clients I worked with early are now on their third or fourth property. Their financial position is unrecognisable compared to where they started. The decisions we made together, sometimes in uncertain markets, have compounded into something very real for them.

A number of those clients have become close friends. That was not something I planned for. It is just what happens when you work alongside someone through significant financial decisions over many years.

I am aware that not everyone gets to say this about their work. That the thing they do every day genuinely changes the lives of the people they do it with. I don't take that lightly.

Seventeen staff, hundreds of clients, and the part that still means the most to me is the same part it always was.

Watching people get to a place they didn't think was possible.

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