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Nila Sweeney is a broadcast journalist, print and digital writer and editor with 10+ years’ experience creating hard-hitting content across multi-media platforms.
Previously the Managing Editor of Your Investment Property Magazine, Nila is now a property reporter at the Australian Financial Review.
If you're confused, uncertain and even frightened about the property market in Australia, you're not alone. Most investors feel that way. They also feel angry and even betrayed.
It's been tempting of late to search for a recession-proof investment to carry one through tough economic times.
Right! This is it. Time to buy an investment property. I'm really going to do it. I'll just get the quarterly sales figures for these 30 suburbs. Better make that 50 suburbs. Hang on, there are some hot spots up north. I'll check those out as well. Mustn't forget the yield figures, vacancy rates, city-wide infrastructure reports, planning codes, crime stats... This is going to take a while; I'd better get a cup of tea.