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Key takeaways<\/p>\n

Have you ever wondered what leads to the ups and downs of our property cycle?<\/p>\n

Well\u2026the markets are not just driven by numbers and data, but largely by human psychology.<\/p>\n

Psychologists have shown that the mind of an individual investor is a fascinating labyrinth of emotions and cognitive biases.<\/p>\n

And these cognitive biases impact our investment decisions and often become more pronounced during periods of market volatility as we\u2019ve experienced over the last few years.<\/p>\n

Residential real estate is an “Imperfect Market” which creates great opportunities for those who understand what really drives our housing markets.<\/p>\n

In this article, I show you how to take advantage of this. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Have you ever wondered what leads to the ups and downs of our property cycle<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Well\u2026when we delve into the realm of investment markets, we’re navigating a sea guided not just by numbers and data but largely by human psychology.<\/p>\n

And yes, those ever-oscillating curves of booms and downturns that shape our financial landscape are deeply rooted in the human mind.<\/p>\n

Let me explain\u2026<\/p>\n

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The Mirage of Efficient Markets<\/span><\/h2>\n

When I first started investing I knew nothing about economic fundamentals or the drivers of our property markets or how our housing markets were driven by the fear and greed of buyers and sellers.<\/p>\n

Then somewhere along the line, I learned about the Efficient Markets Hypothesis<\/em>, a darling theory of the past, which argued that financial markets were rational entities that perfectly reflected all available information.<\/p>\n

However, it didn’t take me long to realise the property markets are far from perfect markets.<\/p>\n

As opposed to shares where all shares in the same company are sold at the same price and, in general, all the players in the market have similar knowledge; the property market is \u201cimperfect.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is in fact driven by fear and greed and a whole lot of people making irrational decisions based on what they think a whole lot of other people are going to be doing.<\/p>\n

Now that\u2019s not a bad thing\u2026it meant I could use my knowledge and contacts as well as my negotiation expertise to my advantage, but more of this in a moment.<\/p>\n

Just look at these property cycles<\/span><\/h2>\n

The following chart from commentator Michael Matusik shows the up-and-down phases of Australia\u2019s housing market over the last 40 years.<\/p>\n

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While these property cycles were driven by a myriad of factors including interest rates, economic factors, government incentives and consumer sentiment; \u00a0several aspects of human psychology interacted in helping drive the phases of these cycles, including individual lapses of logic and crowd psychology.<\/p>\n

You see individuals are not rational when it comes to money and investing.<\/p>\n

Well\u2026maybe apart from you and me!<\/p>\n

The Individual Investor: A Case of Irrationality<\/span><\/h2>\n

Psychologists have shown that the mind of an individual investor is a fascinating labyrinth of emotions and cognitive biases.<\/p>\n

And these cognitive biases impact our investment decisions and often become more pronounced during periods of market volatility as we\u2019ve experienced over the last few years.<\/p>\n

Let’s take a closer look at some of these:<\/p>\n