Research
Delora's original investigations and data analysis — separate from the buying and investing guides. Research applies Delora's method to a current question; it doesn't replace the education.
Latest research
Building and Pest Inspections: What They Actually Check (and What They Don't)
Building and pest inspections check a property's visible condition against AS 4349.1 and AS 4349.3—here's what they cover, what they miss, and when to book one.
InsightThe Complete First Home Buyer Checklist
First home buyer checklist for Victoria: work through all nine dimensions — finance, grants, location, legal, building and value — plus a before-you-bid tick-list.
Market research
Melbourne's most undervalued suburbs
Suburbs with the largest gap between observed prices and Delora's modelled fundamentals — modelled market context, not a recommendation.
Undervalued bargain or value trap?
How to tell a genuine pricing gap from a suburb with a structural reason to be cheap.
What actually drives Melbourne house prices
The suburb-level factors correlated with price, and their limits as predictors.
Did your suburb's apartments beat inflation?
A decade of unit prices vs rents across 134 suburbs, and what it implies for yield.
Heritage-overlay suburbs: the premium for period character
Which heritage-overlay suburbs trade above modelled fundamentals, and by how much.