Downsizers creating upsized property investment hotspots
Downsizers are changing the dynamics of the property market in significant ways, and certain suburbs stand to benefit most from changing demographics and household compositions.
Downsizing is being incentivised by governments trying to address the housing crisis. (Image source: Shutterstock.com)
Over the last decade a new buyer type has emerged and become increasingly influential in the housing market.
Downsizers is the somewhat awkward name given to this group. For the most part, they are mature aged couples selling up and buying into the inner suburbs lifestyle, leveraging their long-term equity growth in the family home.
Numbers are a little hard to come by as most real estate information services don’t identify this buyer type but …
