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Before you make an offer on a childcare centre, run the numbers yourself. A four-step pre-offer valuation process for Australian buyers — built around what brokers actually look at.

Use a free childcare centre value calculator to get a 60-second ballpark before you sell, buy, or refinance. What it covers, what it doesn't, and how to use it well.

Childcare cap rates in Australia run 4.25–5.25% metro and 5.25–6.25% regional in 2026. What's driving compression, how to read a quoted yield, and what it means for investors.

Adjusted EBITDA drives the price of almost every childcare centre in Australia. Here's what add-backs are legitimate, what's dodgy, and how buyers should interrogate a broker's normalised P&L.

A line-by-line look at what it actually costs to run a long day care centre in Australia — wages, rent, food, compliance, and where the margin really sits.

How CPI, fixed and market rent reviews actually work in Australian childcare leases — what each one costs you over a 15-year term, and how to negotiate them.

Australian childcare market in 2026: transaction volumes, yields, the Three Day Guarantee, the workforce crunch, and what it means for buyers, sellers, operators and developers.

Preparing your childcare centre for sale starts 12–18 months before listing. Here's what every seller should fix first — financials, lease, NQF rating, and the IM.

Regional childcare offers cheaper property, thinner competition, and government tailwinds — but staffing, occupancy, and operational complexity all look different. A practical guide for buyers, developers, and operators.

How childcare property actually performs as an investment — current Australian yields, lease structures, the five real risks, and who it suits.