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Over the past several years, Melbourne has been the underperformer amongst Australia's major capital cities. Whilst Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth experienced extraordinary growth following the pandemic, Melbourne has faced a combination of higher interest rates, increased land taxes, investor uncertainty and softer buyer sentiment. The question many investors are now asking is simple: Has Melbourne reached the bottom of the property cycle? The reality is that nobody can identi

The smartest investors don't follow the crowd. They follow the fundamentals. Since the Federal Budget announcement proposing changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax, there has been no shortage of headlines predicting the end of property investing as we know it. At The Property Effect, we see it differently. Property investing isn't dead in Victoria. In fact, for strategic investors, this may be one of the most significant opportunities we've seen in years. The key i