The Elephant In The Room Property Podcast | Inside Australian Real Estate

What makes prices go up and what data sources can you use to predict the movements? Jeremy Sheppard is the Head of Select Residential Property. Before joining SRP, Jeremy created a suburb scoring algorithm called the DSR (Demand to Supply Ratio). The DSR has been featured in Australian Property Investor magazine and Your Investment Property magazine. Jeremy is a regular contributor to the major pr...

Within the last decade, the Financial Independence Retire Early (FI/RE) movement has gained a cult-like following, with grassroots communities touting the benefits of living frugally today whilst creating wealth for tomorrow. Veronica and Chris talk with Matt, the host of the Aussie Firebug podcast. Since 2013 Matt has focused on retiring early by creating income streams from property, shares and...

This month we look at year to date data, focusing on how the dramatic price rises of the most recent months may have set the stage for the rest of the year? It has been a challenging time for home buyers and a lucrative opportunity for vendors, but will current market conditions last? How many more times will the buyer’s return to the market to try their luck again? Kent Lardner provides key stati...

In this Negotiation Masterclass episode, we turn the tables as Chris Bates interviews Veronica Morgan, discussing the dos and don’ts when it comes to negotiating for property and how to succeed during challenging market conditions. The recent property boom has left buyers destitute with properties selling pre-auction, off the market and far above the reserve. As a result, buyers give up and hope f...

Where does the real value lie in buyers agents and how to avoid costly property mistakes? In this episode, we welcome back Cate Bakos to discuss from beginning to end the role buyer’s agents play in assisting consumers to achieve their property objectives and how the guiding principles of REBAA and its members have directed consumers away from risky property mistakes. Cate Bakos has appeared in pr...

We can’t get enough of your questions. We cover a lot in this episode from the current state of the unit market through to how limited title can impact a property’s sale. We appreciate your questions and enjoy doing these episodes. If you have property related questions or want to test a scenario we would love to hear from you. Questions: “Units down but what about premium units outside of CBD but...

In this episode, we welcome back Martin North, Founder of Digital Finance Analytics (DFA). DFA surveys thousands of Australian families to gauge key consumer metrics, which have been crucial in highlighting areas of concern within debt and property prices. This is Martin’s third appearance on the Podcast, previously he has shared bearish views on the property market but maybe in this episode, he h...

We’ve noticed that our audience enjoys episodes featuring economists such as Warren Hogan’s episode 158, Saul Eslake’s episode 152 and the multitude of various well-known voices within this space. Pens and paper in our hand, we chat with Carlos Cacho, Chief Economist of Jarden Group Australia, prior to his position, Carlos served as Chief Economist of UBS Australia. Within our chat, we cover a var...

Australian’s have been left high and dry as developers overpromise and underdeliver with no punitive action against offenders, as they lie, cheat and phoenix, negatively affecting Australians looking to get onto the property market. Current booming market conditions are foreshadowing a proliferation of defective new developments putting profits in developer pockets and cracks behind plaster walls....

Inklings of the property market slowing down, our hosts analyse rental vacancies to rationalise current trends within the market and what the outlook will be for first home buyers, upgraders and investors? How human behaviour is skewing the data, will the combination of anchoring bias, FOMO and loss aversion put consumers in risky situations as they leave the market with pipe dreams of prices fall...

In the most recent episodes, we dug deeper into the liberation of labour mobility and the inevitable result of interstate, regional migration. For your benefit explaining how it happened and what the future of Australia may look like.  Within this episode, we explore its sustainability, questioning the long term viability of these movements. Will regional movers recent property decisions be short-...

Property prices are skyrocketing across the nation. With desirable suburbs in capital cities bearing the brunt of the current competition, medium to high-income buyers are forced out of their no. 1 suburb flowing onto alternative areas that aren’t ready for their price perception. The influx of the new buyers into unfamiliar areas, wear glasses with out-of-suburb lens’s, warping their idea of what...

Covid has accelerated the remote work movement. Australians have fled the big city to greener pastures and clearer shores. What better place to a sea change, tree change than Australia’s most eastern tip. Global media coverage has put Australia at the forefront of Covid safe spots, this has drawn celebrities, actors and affluent business owners to find sanctuary in a small beach town in northern N...

We welcome back Shelley Horton from episode 34. Shelley is the general manager of CoreLogic Valuation Solutions, which advises on the future of valuations’ and their role in the market. The property market is booming. For any transaction -- to buy, to sell, to refinance -- it all requires a valuer. Some valuers are seeing up to 15 properties a day. From desktop valuations to feet on the ground, ho...

Welcome back to another edition of our Suburb Trends report where we look at Australian suburbs’ condition, analysing, rationalising and theorising their present and future. In this episode, we'll focus on the top 10 highest median growth suburbs, honing in only on houses and suburbs with more than nine sales a month. The team looks at the various possible reasons for the growth in these suburbs,...

We welcome back Eliza Owen for the fifth time -- we can't get enough of her property market data and insights. Eliza is the head of residential research at CoreLogic and the author of CoreLogic's quarterly 'Pain and Gain' reports, which cover the entire Australian property market at a macro level, then drills down into suburb and property category performance. Eliza is quoted in countless articles...

Who could've predicted what happened last year? We began 2020 with high hopes and a positive outlook for the Australian property market, after the lows of 2019. Then came COVID-19, which threw everything we thought that was possible right out the window. Panic ensued and the real estate market came to a halt, especially in Melbourne. But as the year progressed and restrictions were lifted, the urg...

Lauren Robinson is the Director of Rental Results in Brisbane and has nearly two decades experience in the property management industry. Lauren has also authored the book ‘Rented!’ which helps investors develop successful property management skills. Adding to the arsenal of investment property episodes, we jump into being landlords looking at the roles, responsibilities and benefits. Here’s what w...

One of our dedicated listeners Lily, asked six questions around buying her first investment property. The questions were so relevant and important they warranted their own entire episode. We discuss how to assess, prepare and act on buying your first investment property, what you should be buying and how to know if you’re ready. Questions: Financially, what are some indicators you're ready to buy...

This month we are focusing on what is not booming! Which suburbs and areas have had the greatest price falls, and why? Within this episode we will recap how the market is currently performing rationalising why these mentioned suburbs have had the greatest drop off and what it means for greater Australia. Here’s what we covered: How is the unit market performing? Where would be the last place you w...

We welcome David Tucker Chief of Infrastructure Assessment at Infrastructure Australia. David joined Infrastructure Australia in 2018 after over 16 years with some of Australia’s top-tier consulting firms. In this episode we chat shop on how infrastructure factors within the property market and how have airports, roads, transport and essential goods been impacted in recent times from the change in...

Welcoming back Scott Phillips, Chief Investment Officer of the Motley Fool. In this episode he details the current investment market, where people are putting their money and who is winning big and who are losing it all. We expand the chat discussing how interest rates are playing into the overall picture of Australian property, shares and cryptocurrency. Here’s what we covered: Why are buyers so...

Steve Palise is a commercial property buyers agent, who started his career as an engineer but found his passion in commercial property. He has helped thousands of clients secure and purchase properties across every state and has achieved amazing outcomes whilst reducing their risk. In this episode Veronica and Steve discuss the intricate differences between commercial property and residential prop...

Marty Sadlier has over 19 years experience in the building and construction industry, he is the co-founder of MCG Quantity Surveyors which is recognised as Australia’s fastest growing quantity surveying firm; working with big names in business like McDonalds, CBA and Westpac. In this episode Marty breaks the news to Australians about the widespread building defects, the unbelievable underinsurance...

The future is now? Speak to your house, have an AI butler and automate your life… maybe not now but when? In this episode we chat to Brett Savill, CEO of Quantify Technology, an ASX-listed technology business dedicated to simplify living environments with ‘smart housing’. Our hosts and Brett discuss the current state of smart houses, the future of housing across the globe and how technology compan...