Matusik Property Insights are real estate strategists specialising in new residential development advice.
We help make new residential work. We cannot look at any project without seeing potential. We come from a market's point of view.
Our focus enables us to react quickly and proactively. We are very deadline orientated.
With few independent services available to the residential development industry, Michael Matusik founded Matusik Property Insights in the late 1990s. Matusik provides strategic residential property advice to development firms, financiers, the government, industry bodies - and in some cases, individuals.
At last count, Matusik has helped around 400 new residential developments come to fruition. Think: Sanctuary Cove; Brookwater; North Lakes or Cutters Landing, to name just a few. This is a highly focused boutique operation which is passionate about what it does.
Matusik is an active member of many industry organisations including the Urban Development Institute of Australia; the Property Council of Australia; the Brisbane Development Association and the Master Builders Association.
Michael is the director of Matusik Property Insights; he gives around 50 presentations a year; is a weekend commentator on 612ABC; is (sadly) the public face of Matusik and is author of the Matusik Snapshot newsletter, among other things. He also likes to play golf. He is married with two teenage daughters and lives on acreage in Brisbane's west. He divides his time.
Did you know?
This week's housing finance figures released by the ABS show that new housing remains far too expensive, despite the recent record drops in interest rates and last month's trebling of the FHOG for new homes. New dwellings, on average, are about 35% to 40% more expensive than second-hand stock in the same area. Unless the government starts addressing land release problems, infrastructure costs and planning delays, any recovery in new housing starts is a long way off. We desperately need more new rental housing. According to the ABS, investors only spent $407 million on new dwellings during September, which is less than half of that spent earlier this year and represents only 3% of total lending (excluding renovations) for housing during the last three months. There were just 4,100 loans for the construction of new homes during September compared to 41,700 for established homes. The number of loans for construction or purchase of a new dwelling was down across all states and territorities during the third quarter, dropping by 26% in NSW; 19% in Victoria; 38% in Qld; 26% in SA; 15% in WA; 13% in Tasmania; 36% in NT and 15 in the ACT.