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.
The Informer
The market report ResortBrokers has published since 1985 — transactions, yields and what moved them.
Research & Reports
Quarterly market data, valuation benchmarks and sector reports drawn from The Brain.
Operator Guides
Practical guides for people already running an accommodation business.
Profiles & Interviews
Operators, brokers and advisors — long-form conversations about how the businesses actually run.
Market Reports
Class-by-class analysis from our in-house research desk.
Company News
Bench moves, listings won, settlements closed, and the firm's structural decisions.
Legal & Compliance
Licensing, agreements and the regulation that moves underneath a deal.
Editor's Desk
The Informer's editor, on what to read closely this month and why.
Guides & Advice
How-to writing for buyers, sellers and operators. Lighter than Made Easy; more practical than research.
Industry Trends
What's moving in the asset classes — visa cohorts, lender appetite, CapEx cycles, regulatory drift.
Deal Desk
Behind-the-scenes on settled transactions — the structure, the negotiation, the lessons.
The bench picks.
Quarterly market data on the motel asset class — yields, deal counts, and where the pricing pressure is moving.
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.
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.
Across every desk.
Regional motel yields firmed through 2025 as buyers looked past the capitals. Where the money went, and what it paid.
Agreement length is the single biggest driver of value in a management rights sale. What top-ups cost and when to run one.
A letting pool shrinks quietly. Six numbers to check every quarter before it shows up in your net.
Trading hours, gaming entitlements and disciplinary history all sit inside the licence. What a buyer will ask to see.
Remaining DA capacity is the difference between a park that is finished and one that is half built. How to value it.
Working holiday numbers drive hostel occupancy more than price does. The current cohort mix, by state.
Body corporate, letting agreement and the caretaking duties in between. The three documents that decide the deal.
Owner wages, one-off repairs and family labour all distort a net. How a buyer will normalise yours.
Half-year benchmarks across the seven classes, drawn from our own settled transactions rather than listings.