§ Intelligence · Articles · 11 cohorts

What the bench is writing.

Editorial, research, profiles, deal-desk write-ups and the Editor's letters. Every article belongs to one cohort — pick a cohort to read deeply, or scroll the latest below.

100 articles11 cohortsupdated weekly
§ The cohorts
§01

The Informer

The market report ResortBrokers has published since 1985 — transactions, yields and what moved them.

Quarterly·2 articles
§01

Research & Reports

Quarterly market data, valuation benchmarks and sector reports drawn from The Brain.

Quarterly · premium tier·3 articles
§02

Operator Guides

Practical guides for people already running an accommodation business.

Ongoing·5 articles
§02

Profiles & Interviews

Operators, brokers and advisors — long-form conversations about how the businesses actually run.

Monthly·4 articles
§03

Market Reports

Class-by-class analysis from our in-house research desk.

Half-yearly·2 articles
§03

Company News

Bench moves, listings won, settlements closed, and the firm's structural decisions.

Weekly·5 articles
§04

Legal & Compliance

Licensing, agreements and the regulation that moves underneath a deal.

As it changes·3 articles
§04

Editor's Desk

The Informer's editor, on what to read closely this month and why.

Monthly · with the Informer·66 articles
§05

Guides & Advice

How-to writing for buyers, sellers and operators. Lighter than Made Easy; more practical than research.

Fortnightly·1 article
§06

Industry Trends

What's moving in the asset classes — visa cohorts, lender appetite, CapEx cycles, regulatory drift.

Monthly·7 articles
§07

Deal Desk

Behind-the-scenes on settled transactions — the structure, the negotiation, the lessons.

Per settlement·2 articles
§ Featured this fortnight

The bench picks.

Motel Report 2026.

Quarterly market data on the motel asset class — yields, deal counts, and where the pricing pressure is moving.

Editor's letter — Issue 112.

The Informer's editor on what to read closely in this month's issue, and why the Park Report inside is the most important piece we have run all year.

Alex Cook on resilience and the long deal.

The Director of our Hotels desk on what changes when a transaction takes 14 months instead of four — and why that's often the right outcome.

§ Latest

Across every desk.

The 2026 motel outlook: rising yields in regional hubs

Regional motel yields firmed through 2025 as buyers looked past the capitals. Where the money went, and what it paid.

Agreement terms: what a top-up is really worth

Agreement length is the single biggest driver of value in a management rights sale. What top-ups cost and when to run one.

The letting pool health check

A letting pool shrinks quietly. Six numbers to check every quarter before it shows up in your net.

Reading a hotel licence before you sign

Trading hours, gaming entitlements and disciplinary history all sit inside the licence. What a buyer will ask to see.

What remaining DA capacity is worth

Remaining DA capacity is the difference between a park that is finished and one that is half built. How to value it.

Visa cohorts and hostel occupancy

Working holiday numbers drive hostel occupancy more than price does. The current cohort mix, by state.

Apartment hotels: the three documents that matter

Body corporate, letting agreement and the caretaking duties in between. The three documents that decide the deal.

How your net profit gets normalised

Owner wages, one-off repairs and family labour all distort a net. How a buyer will normalise yours.

Yield benchmarks, first half

Half-year benchmarks across the seven classes, drawn from our own settled transactions rather than listings.