Christmas is my favourite time of the year. It’s a time for family, friends and giving.

The Government this week finally passed its Help to Buy legislation – helped along by the Greens who had held it at bay for several months.

I spoke with someone this past week who was considering upgrading their home. Doing so would mean doubling their current mortgage.

When I graduated high school in 2007, Australians were using cash on 70 per cent of all their transactions.

It seems that my generation, the millennials, has started to drift away from the idea of owning property – whether we ever truly felt connected to it in the first place is up for debate!

The importance of having self-awareness – what you are good at, not good at, could be better at, etc. Equally important is not seeing yourself in one role or as one persona.

In that vein, I would like to acknowledge Mr Albanese for leading by example. Australians are advised to take note and follow his lead.

A change to negative gearing laws would cause the biggest house price boom in history.

I admire positive people because as I see it, they epitomise success – we’ve all heard the phrase positivity breeds success, and I believe it does.

A couple of weeks ago I touched on how the fertility rate in Australia (and globally) is in decline.

A growing population leads to a growing economy, increased business, and higher asset values because more people mean more demand.

One of, if not the best investments you can make in Australia is land within proximity to our capital cities.