Australian Property Podcast

In this Australian Property Podcast episode your hosts Pete Wargent from Allen Wargent Property Buyers and Chris Bates from Alcove mortgages discuss the big 3 property news stories of the week. They discussed how nervous upgraders are waiting to make decisions, while investors and first homebuyers pike in…especially in Darwin. They also covered some of your listener questions in the Listener Q&A a...

In this Australian Property Podcast episode, your hosts Pete Wargent from Allen Wargent Property Buyers and Chris Bates from the Alcove group mortgage specialists do a deep-dive on the pros and cons of Australia’s immigration program. Topics covered – What is a migrant? – What is Australia’s migration target? – 2025-26 permanent migration target – 4 costs of immigration for Australia – 4 benefits...

In this Australian Property Podcast episode, your hosts Pete Wargent from Allen Wargent Property Buyers and Chris Bates from the Alcove mortgages specialists cover the big 3 property news stories of the week. They also cover some of your questions in the Listener Q&A segment at the end of the show, so stick around for that. Apart from the latest statistics on population growth and slowing dwelling...

In this Australian Property Podcast episode, your host Owen Rask sits down with Angelo from Solara Financial to discuss loans for business owners, tradies, and self-employed Australians. They break down commercial and residential lending, low-doc options, and how to prepare your business for borrowing success. Topics Covered – How business and commercial loans differ from standard home loans – How...

In this Australian Property Podcast episode, your hosts Pete Wargent from Allen Wargent Property Buyers and Chris Bates from Alcove mortgages discuss how the 5% deposit scheme is already impacting the property market, and what the government can do to tackle the record rental shortage. They also cover some of your listener questions in the Listener Q&A segment at the end. They cover: Story 1 – A f...

Nehemiah is the Managing Director and CEO of Pengana Credit. Pengana have recently launched a platform called TermPlus. These are term accounts with attractive monthly income. With TermPlus everything is online, you choose the term you'd like to invest for, deposit your funds and choose to reinvest or take the income. Currently the one year account has a rate of 6.60% and the five year is at 7.75%...

In this Australian Property Podcast episode, your hosts Pete Wargent from Allen Wargent Property Buyers and Chris Bates from Alcove mortgages group discuss all the latest property market news. Has Treasury under-estimated the impact of the deposit guarantee policy for first homebuyers? They also discussed the big 3 property news stories of the week – Desperate homebuyers spending $804k in Sydney –...

In this episode, host Gemma Mitchell is joined by Ben Kingsley, one of Australia’s leading property investment advisers, founder of Empower Wealth, and Chair of the Property Investors Council of Australia (PICA). Ben, along with his long-time business partner Bryce Holdaway, has just released their third book, How to Retire on $3,000 a Week. Together, Ben and Bryce have built a reputation for simp...

In this Australian Property Podcast episode, your hosts Pete Wargent from Allen Wargent Property Buyers and Chris Bates from the Alcove Group discuss the Big 3 property news stories of the week. They also covered some of your questions in their Listener Q&A segment. Here’s what they discussed: - Story 1 – Significant shifts in the visa landscape - Canada knocking back international students – oppo...

Buying or selling a property? The jargon can get overwhelming fast. In this episode, we cut through the confusion and explain the key terms you’ll hear along the way, from the different types of homes (studio, townhouse, period styles) to how auctions and private sales actually work. We’ll also break down contracts, cooling-off periods, deposits, settlement, and all those extra costs like stamp du...

In this Australian Property Podcast episode, your hosts Pete Wargent from Allen Wargent Property Buyers and Chris Bates from Alcove mortgage group discuss all the latest property market news. They cover where unit prices are surging driven by downsizers, the potential impact of climate change on high-risk suburbs, and how the most affordable segment of the housing market is outperforming. They als...

In this Australian Property Podcast episode, your hosts Pete Wargent from Allen Wargent Property Buyers and Chris Bates from Alcove discuss the big 3 property news stories of the week. They discuss how the affordable segment of the housing market is now outperforming, the latest data from Cotality, and property prices being set for a spring boom. They also cover some of your questions in their lis...

This episode was originally featured on The Australian Investors Podcast. In this Australian Property Podcast episode, your hosts Owen Rask and Leigh Gant discuss: – How Leigh transitioned from fitness businesses to investing in private companies – What makes a business worth buying and what can go wrong – How Australians can get started in private market investing – Lessons learned from his first...

In this Australian Property Podcast episode, your hosts Pete and Owen talk about the top news stories of the week, along with some listener questions  Topics covered today   - First homebuyer scheme – early movers?  - Fastest home price increase in 15 months (0.7% in August)  - Rethinking the housing pipeline  - Listener Q&A  Episode Resources  - Government incentives upending the property market⁠...

In this Australian Property Podcast your host Pete Wargent from Allen Wargent Property Buyers talks you through how to build a compounding machine to grow your wealth exponentially for the long term. He Covers: - Foundations (1st & 2nd Gear): Spend less than you earn, avoid consumer debt, save consistently, and start investing early — time is your greatest ally. - Building Momentum (3rd & 4th Gear...

Labor's 5% home deposit scheme is coming soon! In this Australian Property Podcast episode, your hosts Pete Wargent from Allen Wargent Property Buyers and Owen Rask from Rask Australia discuss all the latest property market news, including Labor’s announcement bringing forward the 5% deposit guarantee to 1 October 2025. They also cover some of your questions in the Listener Q&A section at the end...

When it comes to property investing, most people jump straight into browsing suburbs or scrolling through listings. But the real starting point? Creating a clear investment strategy and turning that into a practical investment brief.  In today’s episode, Pete and Amy break down exactly how to do that – so you can stop wasting time on properties that don’t align with your goals, and start building...

In this Australian Property Podcast episode, your hosts Pete Wargent from Allen Wargent Property Buyers and Owen Rask talk about the big three property news stories of the week. They also answer some of your questions in their listener Q&A section. Here’s what they cover: 1 – Auction markets light up – Buyers bull rush Aussie property – Auction clearance rate leaps to 75% 2 – Every cycle is differ...

Amy Lunardi and Pete Wargent, expert property buyers agents, explain what we mean by "high quality" property assets and whether or not the idea of "investment grade" is a myth. This is another 🧠 educational episode of The Australian Property Podcast. On this episode of The Australian Property Podcast: - Investment grade property - What it means to buy a high-quality asset - Do house and land pack...

In this Australian Property Podcast episode, your hosts  Pete Wargent from Allen Wargent Property Buyers and Owen Rask talk about the big 3 property news stories of the week, and what they are investing in for 2026. In this week’s episode, Owen and Pete cover: 1 – Tax reforms – what’s on the agenda? 2 – Rental inflation reignites 3 – Property or shares for 2026? Interest rates smashed mega landlor...

In this Australian Property Podcast episode, your host Owen Rask speaks with Rebeka Morgan, a licensed builder and the founder of Buildher, Australia's largest community of for-profit renovators! If you like this Australian Property Podcast episode on renovating for profit, you'll love the series. Don't forget to subscribe for weekly shows on Apple, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcas...

In this Australian Property Podcast episode, your hosts Pete Wargent from Allen Wargent Property Buyers and Chris Bates from the Alcove mortgage specialists discuss the big property news stories of the week. They also covered some of your listener questions in their weekly Q&A. In this week’s episode, Chris and Pete cover: 1 – Working from home mandates! 2 – More taxes in union’s sights 3 – 295,00...

In this episode of the Australian Property Podcast, co-hosts Amy Lunardi and Chris Bates do a deep dive into the hidden world of off-market properties — what they are, why vendors choose to sell off-market, how buyers can find them, and the truth about whether they’re really a bargain. Here’s what we cover: -What is an off-market vs a pre-market property? -Why vendors choose to sell off-market -Is...

In this Australian Property Podcast episode, your hosts Pete Wargent from Allen Wargent Property Buyers and Chris Bates from Alcove mortgage specialists discuss the big news stories of the week.  They also covered off a few of your questions in their weekly Listener Q&A.  Here’s what they cover: 1 – Everything bubble is back…but this time it’s different? (AFR) 2 – What do the June inflation figure...

In this Australian Property Podcast your hosts Pete Wargent from Allen Wargent Property Buyers and top buyer’s agent Amy Lunardi step through 10 popular real estate untruths. Topics covered – "Buying the worst house on the best street" is not always smart – Not all agents are lying when they quote low – Lowballing is not a strategy – If you’ve been looking for over a year – the problem is probably...