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For years, success in real estate was often worn like a badge of exhaustion. First in the office. Last to leave. Phone always on. Inbox overflowing. Weekend inspections, late-night follow-ups, endless hustle. Busy became the brand.

Real Estate Today has launched a fully rebuilt platform from the inside out, designed for the industry at every level, from how partners engage with it to how audiences experience it, placing the business ahead of where the industry currently operates. This marks a structural shift in how real estate media operates in Australia.

The latest interest rate increase will, I believe, reintroduce a level of discipline into the commercial property market — a shift that, while challenging for some, will help reset expectations and sharpen decision-making across the sector.

The Reserve Bank’s decision to lift the cash rate by another 0.25%, to 4.1%, will inevitably add further pressure to an already cautious property market.

Right now, the conversation is full of speculation about where things are heading — interest rates, buyer confidence, listing volumes, and whether conditions favour buyers or sellers. It’s a natural response whenever markets move from one phase of the cycle to another.

I spent the weekend in Melbourne watching the Grand Prix. If you’ve ever been trackside, you’ll know it’s an incredible spectacle. The noise, the speed and the precision are something else. But the moment that really stayed with me wasn’t the cars. It was a slogan on the trackside signage.

Heightened investor interest is fuelling significant price growth in Mildura, with new data revealing the regional Victorian hub has experienced a 20.1 per cent spike in median house values over the past 12 months.

If I had to summarise the commercial property market this year in one word, it would be discipline. After a prolonged period of yield compression and strong growth assumptions, followed by a phase of pricing and financing adjustment, the market is now operating on more realistic parameters.

In business, growth can be addictive. More offices. More agents. More market share. On paper, expansion looks like success. But after years in this industry, I’ve learned something that matters more than any growth graph:

As millions of Australian children head back to school, Raine &Horne property experts are reporting intense competition among families seeking to buy a home in the catchment zones of sought-after selective and non-selective public schools.

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It’s the phrase I hear almost every week. "I just want to hit 1,000 properties." It is usually said with ambition, often with pride, and sometimes with a distinct undercurrent of exhaustion. But while it sounds impressive at a dinner party, it is one of the most dangerous targets in our industry.