Free live webinar · Wednesday 4 November

The Panel’s Pick
for 2026.

Two exclusive properties, hand-picked by the Meridian investment panel and launched live by Adam Duffy. Geelong from $620,000. Brisbane houses from $860,000.

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Wed 4 November
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Adam Duffy, Meridian Australia
Adam Duffy
Partner, Meridian Australia
2 properties
The Panel’s Pick, launched live
4.60%
Cash rate, lifted
29 September
−0.9%
National values
August 2026
1.3%
National rental
vacancy
5
Capital cities with
vacancy under 1%
Why now

Rates went up.
The shortage didn’t move.

The Reserve Bank lifted the cash rate to 4.60% on 29 September, its fourth rise this year. National values have fallen five months straight. If you only read the headlines, this looks like the worst possible moment to buy an investment property.

The rental market tells a different story. Vacancy is still under 1% in five capital cities, and rents kept climbing while values fell. The shortage of housing hasn’t changed. Only the competition to buy it has.

Adam opens with the latest from the Panel on what the rate move means, then launches the two properties it has picked for 2026.

The Panel’s Pick for 2026
Two properties.
Launched live.

Hand-picked by the Meridian investment panel, and shown with the real numbers on each one.

✓Geelong, from $620,000
✓Brisbane houses, from $860,000
✓Price, rent and gross yield, on screen
✓No obligation, and no pressure to buy on the night
●  Launched live on 4 November

Two exclusive properties,
hand-picked by the Panel.

The details stay under wraps until the webinar. On the night Adam puts both on screen with every number shown.

The Panel's Pick 01: Geelong, from $620,000, launched live on 4 November
Panel’s Pick 01

Geelong, Victoria

From $620,000

An hour from Melbourne, with a price point that keeps the deposit within reach.

The Panel's Pick 02: Brisbane houses, from $860,000, launched live on 4 November
Panel’s Pick 02

Brisbane houses

From $860,000

Houses in Brisbane, where rental vacancy is still under 1%.

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45 minutes on the night

What Adam will show you.

01

A brief market update.

The latest from the Panel following the interest rate move.

02

The Panel’s Pick: Geelong.

Launched live, from $620,000, with the full numbers on screen.

03

The Panel’s Pick: Brisbane.

Houses from $860,000, launched live with the full numbers.

04

What happens next.

How to take a closer look at either property, and when the answer should be no.

Research first, stock second. Nothing reaches the webinar until it has cleared the Meridian investment panel. These are the two properties it picked for 2026.
The entry point

What the prices
actually mean.

A 20% deposit on the Geelong property from $620,000 is $124,000. On a Brisbane house from $860,000 it is $172,000. The same deposit on a median Sydney house is $346,778.

Put another way: both of the Panel’s picks together cost less than one median Sydney house. Two assets and two rent cheques instead of one.

$124,000
20% deposit
Geelong from $620,000
$172,000
20% deposit
Brisbane from $860,000
Both for less than one
$620,000 + $860,000 = $1,480,000, against a $1,733,891 median Sydney house
Sydney median house price $1,733,891, Domain House Price Report, June quarter 2026. Deposit figures are indicative and exclude stamp duty and purchase costs. General information only, not financial advice.
Adam Duffy
Your presenter

Adam Duffy

Partner, Meridian Australia

A financial-planning background and a portfolio built on the data, not the hype. Adam is a Partner at Meridian Australia, which has helped clients complete more than 2,500 property purchases since 2011. On Wednesday 4 November he shares the latest from the Panel and launches its two picks for 2026, with every number on screen.

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Free live webinar on Zoom · Wednesday 4 November, 6:30pm AEDT · Your joining link and the recording are emailed to you
Cash rate: Reserve Bank of Australia, 29 September 2026. Market figures: Cotality Home Value Index, August 2026 (national values −0.9%, fifth consecutive monthly decline). SQM Research vacancy rates, August 2026 (national 1.3%; five capital cities under 1%, including Brisbane at 0.9%). Property prices and availability are indicative and subject to change. General information only; it does not take your personal circumstances into account and is not financial advice.
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