Cash in on the great escape

Liana Moule is part of an exodus of young people fleeing the city for the peace and quiet of regional towns. Moule and her husband, Gavin, moved to Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula from the Melbourne suburb of Coburg in 2021 after they were both able to partly work from home during the pandemic, and they’ve continued working from home since then. Proceeds from the sale of their city property paid for a huge chunk of their new home, which they want to knock down and rebuild.

Many couples are in a similar position, and this is changing the way investors consider the