Australia 2026: The Housing Crisis No Budget Can Fix

The federal budget has permanently changed the rules of property investing in Australia, and most investors are still catching up. George Markoski and Adam Albright break down every major change and explain exactly what the new landscape means for anyone buying, holding, or planning to invest in property right now.The 50% CGT discount is gone for established properties. Negative gearing is now limited to new builds only. Banks are already moving, with Macquarie cutting negative gearing from serviceability calculations for established property investors as of May 16. The 12-month window before July 1, 2027 is the most important deadline in Australian property right now.Jeremy Bagdadlian also joins to share how he made $201,000 in 12 months from a single property after finding Positive Property on Facebook.About Positive PropertyPositive Property has been empowering Australians to build financial freedom through strategic property investment for over 20 years. Founded by George Markoski, the community is built on the mission to help 10,000 Australians achieve financial independence through proven, principle-based property investing.P.S. Whenever you're ready… here are 3 ways George can help you create money for life through property:Grab George's Free Book: The roadmap 3,500+ Australians have used to start building wealth through property. Get your free copyJoin 9,000+ Australian Property Investors: Positive Property Investors Australia, our Facebook community of smart investors sharing tips, wins, and strategies. Join the groupWatch Our Free Training: The exact strategy our members use to build portfolios of 5-10 properties and create money for life. Watch the free training

In this episode of Positive Property Show, George Markoski and Charmaine Adams discuss the structural forces driving costs higher across the entire economy, why none of it is temporary, and why every headline about the housing crisis is the most bullish signal in the market for property owners.The average Australian house is forecast to hit $1.13 million by mid-year. Build costs are up 74% since 2019. The $500,000 new build is gone forever. Three hundred builders are going broke every quarter. And 13.4 million new Australians are projected to arrive by 2065, with 81% heading to major cities where supply is already under the most pressure. George's conclusion is direct: owners win every time the system breaks. Renters pay the bill. Positive Property member Sharon also joins live to share how she and her husband Greg built a three-property portfolio as a train driver's family from Sydney, with a fourth property on the way and a goal of 10 properties before retirement.About Positive Property:Positive Property has been empowering Australians to build financial freedom through strategic property investment for over 20 years. Founded by George Markoski, the community is built on the mission to help 10,000 Australians achieve financial independence through proven, principle-based property investing.P.S. Whenever you're ready… here are 3 ways George can help you create money for life through property:Grab George's Free Book: The roadmap 3,500+ Australians have used to start building wealth through property. Get your free copyJoin 9,000+ Australian Property Investors: Positive Property Investors Australia, our Facebook community of smart investors sharing tips, wins, and strategies. Join the groupWatch Our Free Training: The exact strategy our members use to build portfolios of 5-10 properties and create money for life. Watch the free training

Things feel more expensive right now because they are, and it is not going to reverse. In this episode of the Positive Property Show, George Markoski and co-host Charmaine Adams go through the data behind what is driving costs higher across every corner of the economy, why this is a structural shift rather than a temporary spike, and why the housing crisis narrative in the media is telling investors exactly the wrong story. In this episode: Why the cheap world is over: global trade routes are becoming more expensive, energy shocks are disrupting supply chains, and long-standing trade alliances are breaking down. The construction data in full: build costs up 74% since 2019, 300 builders going broke per quarter, construction productivity down 12% over 30 years, and a second wave of cost increases loading right now Why every $10,000 rise in build costs adds $40,000 to the purchase price of a new property, and what that means for anyone waiting to buy at a lower entry point. The NDIS expansion that nobody is talking about Why the media's housing crisis narrative is the most reliable wealth signal available to property investors Positive Property member win: Sharon and Greg from Sydney who now have three properties, a fourth property on the way, and a goal of 10 properties by retirement on a train driver's income. About Positive Property Positive Property has been empowering Australians to build financial freedom through strategic property investment for over 20 years. Founded by George Markoski, the community is built on the mission to help 10,000 Australians achieve financial independence through proven, principle-based property investing. P.S. Whenever you're ready… here are 3 ways George can help you create money for life through property: Grab George's Free Book: The roadmap 3,500+ Australians have used to start building wealth through property. Get your free copy Join 9,000+ Australian Property Investors: Positive Property Investors Australia, our Facebook community of smart investors sharing tips, wins, and strategies. Join the group Watch Our Free Training: The exact strategy our members use to build portfolios of 5-10 properties and create money for life. Watch the free training

Is Australian property in a bubble? In this episode of the Positive Property Show, George Markoski and Christina Markoski debate both sides before going through a national sentiment survey that reveals what Australians are genuinely thinking about housing, money, and the future.George's case: record high property prices are not a bubble signal. In every decade of Australian history you could say the same thing. That is inflation, not a bubble. What actually matters is whether demand can sustain current levels, and with 3,000 immigrants arriving every day and a construction industry heading toward another wave of cost spikes and collapses, the structural answer is yes. The survey results add another layer: one in three Australians is skipping the doctor because they cannot afford it, 34% need six figures just to get by, and the housing crisis is the single biggest cultural concern in the country. Positive Property member Tristan also joins live to share how he built $296,000 in property profit across two properties in under 12 months.About Positive Property:Positive Property has been empowering Australians to build financial freedom through strategic property investment for over 20 years. Founded by George Markoski, the community is built on the mission to help 10,000 Australians achieve financial independence through proven, principle-based property investing.P.S. Whenever you're ready… here are 3 ways George can help you create money for life through property:Grab George's Free Book: The roadmap 3,500+ Australians have used to start building wealth through property. Get your free copyJoin 9,000+ Australian Property Investors: Positive Property Investors Australia, our Facebook community of smart investors sharing tips, wins, and strategies. Join the groupWatch Our Free Training: The exact strategy our members use to build portfolios of 5-10 properties and create money for life. Watch the free training

Australia’s housing crisis is accelerating and the 2026 Federal Budget may have just made it worse.In this episode, George Markoski and Christina Markoski break down the economic reality behind soaring rents, collapsing affordability, rising construction costs, record migration, and the growing pressure on Australian households.While politicians promise affordability, the numbers tell a very different story.George explains:• Why Australia’s housing shortage is deepening• How the Federal Budget impacts investors and everyday Australians• Why rents and property prices continue rising• The real consequences of anti-investor policy• What’s happening with inflation, interest rates, and supply• Why this crisis cannot be solved without dramatically increasing housing stockThe episode also features a real client case study with Stephen and Nikki, sharing how they built their property portfolio, navigated the market, and changed their financial future through property investing.If you want to understand where Australia’s property market is heading in 2026 and what smart investors are doing next, this is an episode you don’t want to miss.

Australia's housing crisis is accelerating and the 2026 Federal Budget may have just made it worse. In this episode, George Markoski and Christina Markoski break down the Australian property market, housing affordability crisis, rising rents, inflation, migration, interest rates, and the economic policies shaping real estate in 2026. While politicians promise affordability, the numbers tell a very different story. George explains: • Why Australia's housing shortage is deepening • How the 2026 Federal Budget impacts investors and homeowners • Why rents and property prices continue rising • The real consequences of anti-investor policy • What's happening with inflation, construction costs, and housing supply • Why this crisis cannot be solved without dramatically increasing new housing stock The episode also features a real client case study with Stephen and Nikki, sharing how they built their property portfolio, navigated the market, and changed their financial future through property investing. If you want to understand where the Australian housing market is heading next and what experienced investors are doing in this environment, this episode is essential listening.

The Federal Budget is due to be announced tomorrow and property investors must now adapt their strategy. In this episode on the Positive Property Show, recorded May 7, George Markoski and mortgage broker Carmine Alvero from Wealth Street break down what the changes mean, how grandfathering works in practice, and why the date of sale rather than the date of settlement is the detail that determines whether you keep up to $80,000 in negative gearing benefits and the existing CGT discount.George also covers the broader picture: the RBA at a 15-year high of 4.35%, oil heading toward $140 a barrel, the US Federal Reserve printing $5 billion a day, and an inflation reality that most Australians have not properly calculated. At current rates, $100 today will be worth just $10 in 50 years. The budget is one piece of a much larger picture, and this episode connects all of it.-Positive Property has been empowering Australians to build financial freedom through strategic property investment for over 20 years. Founded by George Markoski, the community is built on the mission to help 10,000 Australians achieve financial independence through proven, principle-based property investing.P.S. Whenever you're ready… here are 3 ways George can help you create money for life through property:Grab George's Free Book: The roadmap 3,500+ Australians have used to start building wealth through property.[Get your free copy]Join 9,000+ Australian Property Investors: Positive Property Investors Australia, our Facebook community of smart investors sharing tips, wins, and strategies. [Join the group]Watch Our Free Training: The exact strategy our members use to build portfolios of 5-10 properties and create money for life. [Watch the free training]

Most Australians with a mortgage are paying more than they need to, and the strategies that actually work are rarely explained by most creators or advisors. George Markoski is joined by mortgage broker Carmine Alvaro to break down how to cut mortgage costs, lift borrowing capacity, and structure loans the right way when rates are elevated.George also delivers a state of the nation update, including private inflation data already running at 4.2% and rising, rental listings at their lowest level on record, rents up 48% since 2019, and the Geelong oil refinery fire that took one of Australia's last two refineries offline after it was pushed to full capacity. The structural pressures on housing are not easing. The strategies you use right now matter more than ever.Join the free Positive Property Investors Australia community for live sessions, Q&As, and member support: https://george.property/PositivePropertyInvestors -About Positive Property: Positive Property has been empowering Australians to build financial freedom through strategic property investment for over 20 years. Founded by George Markoski, the community is built on the mission to help 10,000 Australians achieve financial independence through proven, principle-based property investing.-P.S. Whenever you're ready… here are 3 ways George can help you create money for life through property:Grab George's Free Book: The roadmap 3,500+ Australians have used to start building wealth through property. [Get your free copy]Join 9,000+ Australian Property Investors: Positive Property Investors Australia, our Facebook community of smart investors sharing tips, wins, and strategies. [Join the group]Watch Our Free Training: The exact strategy our members use to build portfolios of 5-10 properties and create money for life. [Watch the free training]

George Markoski predicts that if current global and domestic conditions hold, Australia will be in recession within 90 days. In this episode of the Positive Property Show, George and Christina Markoski go through the full data picture behind that call and explain what it means for property investors right now. Consumer confidence has collapsed. GDP growth is contracting. Inflation is crushing real wages in a way George compares to the boiling frog effect, where the damage happens slowly and people do not notice until it is too late. Australia's fuel stockpiles remain dangerously thin, the country is the third highest dependent on Strait of Hormuz fertiliser, and missing planting season due to supply disruption risks 12 months of food shortages. George believes a Trump-brokered Iran ceasefire is possible but unlikely to hold, and that the more probable outcome is a repeat of the COVID economic playbook: governments print money, cut rates, and property prices surge after a brief dip. George also makes an unexpected call in this episode: that Sydney and Melbourne are becoming worth buying in again. For the first time in years, George says he would consider adding both cities to his own portfolio. In this episode: The economic seasons framework: why recessions are winter, why winter always comes, and why the investors who prepare during autumn are the ones who win in spring. Why fear and greed are the two most dangerous emotions for property investors, and how herd mentality amplifies both at exactly the wrong moments. The full data case for a 90-day recession The Elon Musk investing model explained: why the Positive Property strategy of refinancing rather than selling sidesteps CGT entirely. Why buying an investment property now, before governments respond with rate cuts and stimulus, is the move that separates long-term wealth builders from those who wait. Member spotlight: Daryl started buying investment properties in his mid-50s and has built a portfolio of five properties in five years. He is on track to retire from full-time work and receive his freedom sword at the next members event.     Key Topics: Australian recession 2026, recession property investing, buying an investment property, Australian property market, RBA interest rates, economic cycle property, Sydney property market, Melbourne property market, oil crisis Australia, property investment courses, George Markoski, Positive Property Show     About Positive Property: Positive Property has been empowering Australians to build financial freedom through strategic property investment for over 20 years. Founded by George Markoski, the community is built on the mission to help 10,000 Australians achieve financial independence through proven, principle-based property investing.

If current conditions hold, Australia will be in recession within 90 days. In this episode of the Positive Property Show, George Markoski and Christina Markoski go through the data driving that prediction, from collapsing consumer confidence and contracting GDP to inflation crushing real wages and a fuel stockpile vulnerability most Australians have no idea about.George frames it through his economic seasons model: winter always follows autumn, and the investors who position themselves correctly before the season turns are the ones who benefit from the spring that follows. He predicts a brief dip in property prices, governments will print money and cut rates in response, and then the market will surge. He also makes a call that surprises many longtime listeners: Sydney and Melbourne are becoming worth buying in again. For the first time in years, George says he would consider adding both cities to his own portfolio.Join the free Positive Property Investors Australia community for live sessions, Q&As, and member support: https://george.property/PositivePropertyInvestors About Positive Property: Positive Property has been empowering Australians to build financial freedom through strategic property investment for over 20 years. Founded by George Markoski, the community is built on the mission to help 10,000 Australians achieve financial independence through proven, principle-based property investing.