It’s official, well sort of ‘official’ - Australia is heading for a recession.

This is both good news and bad news. I’m happy now that the news is out, because we all sort of knew it anyway, didn’t we? And now we can move on.

In this issue's Market commentary, Michael explains how the global and local recession will impact on our property markets and investors.

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How do you like change? Change is not all that popular – is it? Most of us would prefer a predictable future in terms of our job security, our businesses and our investments. As we move into a new financial era, unfortunately these aspects of our lives are all subject to the whims of the markets and economy and therefore are anything but predictable.

Successful investors not only adapt to change; they exploit it. While the majority of Australians will sit on the sidelines feeling sorry for themselves, successful investors are out looking for and buying investment opportunities created by the change. That’s right, some people will thrive not just survive in these difficult times.

Find out how you can be one of the success stories in 2009? Read on, or go to the special video presentation above...

It's customary at this time of the year to cast an eye over the year that has just passed, celebrate the successes achieved, acknowledge the disappointments and consider the lessons to be learnt and applied to the New Year.

We live in interesting times don’t we? We finished 2008 with a bundle of mixed messages. In any other year it would have been a terrible result for our property markets, but against the backdrop of plummeting share prices and the subprime mortgage meltdown progressing into a full blown worldwide global financial crisis, the way our property markets performed was actually not so bad.

So what can we expect for our property markets in 2009? Read on, or go to the special video presentation above, to find out...

It’s been a terrible year for property hasn’t it? Well that’s what the media would have you think, but has it really been that bad for property?

Looking back to the beginning of the year things were very different, weren’t they?  Most of us came into the new year excited and confident; buoyed by our successful property investments in the previous few years. After all, during the previous year property values increased by up to 20% in many suburbs of Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Adelaide. Interest rates were rising but so were rents. Inflation was a bit of a worry and they were talking about that subprime “thingy” overseas.

And then things changed – didn’t they?

Read on for Michael's insights into the year that's been and the year to come...

In this issue's up to the minute market commentary, Michael reveals why the fundamentals currently underpinning Australia's property markets are strong enough to insulate us from a property crash similar to that recently experienced in the US.

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One commentator says we are in for the "mother of all property booms" and another says we are in for a significant drop in property values.

Read on to find out what is really going on

In this new segment of Property Update, Michael brings you his up to the minute commentary each fortnight on the state of play for our property markets.

This issue's discussion revolves around the changes occurring in our property markets, what they mean to investors and how some of us will have to adapt to different investment strategies in order to prosper in the new climate.

Read on to find out more...