Australian Property Show

Some Newcastle properties are selling in a matter of weeks. Others are sitting on the market for 45, 60 or even 90 days. Buyers are increasingly cautious, agents are struggling to get deals across the line, and sellers who genuinely need to transact are facing some uncomfortable decisions. But for buyers who understand what's happening beneath the headlines, there could be some very interestin...

Everyone wants to know when the property market will bottom. But what if that’s the wrong question? In 2019, Australian property had been falling for close to two years. Credit was tight, an election was approaching and investor confidence was low. It was also when Tom bought a property in Merewether with virtually no competition. The renovation wasn’t perfect. In fact, parts of it were wrong. The...

Could right now actually be the window first-home buyers have been waiting for? Australia has fallen around 145,000 homes short of estimated housing demand over the past three years. Yet with affordability stretched, buyers nervous and uncertainty around property prices, plenty of people are sitting on their hands waiting for the market to feel safer. But what if that uncertainty is precisely what...

What if the property opportunity you’re overlooking is hiding in plain sight? An empty warehouse. A vacant office floor. An old building that looks like more trouble than it’s worth. Most investors see the cost, the risk and the work involved. Lauren Wiltshire sees what the property could become — and, more importantly, what people actually need. Lauren is a Newcastle-based artist and property inv...

Buying your own commercial premises could be more achievable than you think. But getting the property purchase wrong can be an expensive lesson. In this episode of The Australian Property Show, Tom Haigh sits down with Ben Henri from Atmosphere Capital, a commercial finance broker who recently purchased an office for his own business through his self-managed super fund (SMSF). Ben shares what it w...

What can property investors, business owners and wealth builders learn from the Newcastle Knights? A lot. Twelve months ago, the Knights finished with the wooden spoon. Now they are Grand Finalists. But the most interesting part of that transformation isn't the football. It's the belief. In this short episode of The Australian Property Show, Tom Haigh explores what the Knights' rise ca...

What happens when property investors stop buying? Investor sentiment has shifted, tax settings have changed, and more property investors are questioning whether residential property still makes sense as an investment. But what happens to the broader property market when investors pull back? In this episode, Tom Haigh is joined by Mike Mortlock, Co-Founder and Managing Director of MCG Quantity Surv...

Everyone is talking about what could go wrong with Australian property. Falling prices. Policy changes. Higher costs. Weaker confidence. More uncertainty. But what if a softer market isn't just something to survive? What if it's an opportunity to create value that simply isn't available when everyone is fighting to buy? In this episode of The Australian Property Show, Tom Haigh breaks...

There is no shortage of negativity right now. The economy is stuffed. Property is unaffordable. Interest rates are too high. The market is going to crash. Young people have got no chance. Business is too hard. Some of those concerns may be legitimate. But after three years of interviewing business owners, investors and people who have actually built wealth, I've noticed something interesting....

What happens when the property portfolio you've spent 15 or 20 years building is worth millions, but still doesn’t give you the freedom you expected? This is a problem we see regularly with successful property investors. Early in your investing journey, capital growth is often the priority. You have income, borrowing capacity and time on your side, so accepting a lower rental yield can make sense....

They bought an indoor skate park and turned it into their office. That is not even the most interesting thing about Guy and Maddie Bunder. Guy runs MADE, an architectural building company in Newcastle. Maddie runs AUTHOR, a brand and marketing agency she has kept deliberately small. Between them they have renovated, developed and delivered a run of Newcastle property most investors never attempt,...

Victoria has spent more than four years in a property downturn. Investors have left. Confidence has fallen. Land taxes have changed the economics of owning property. And the headlines remain overwhelmingly negative. But could that be exactly why some of the best opportunities are emerging? In this episode of The Australian Property Show, Tom Haigh sits down with Mornington Peninsula property exper...

For twenty years, almost any property purchase has worked. Buy something, hold it, and the market bailed you out. That era is ending. In this episode, Tom Haigh shares a story close to home — a disciplined, decorated family man whose property decision felt right at the time, and cost him a decade of zero return. It's a mistake more common than most investors realise, and it rarely announces it...

Most business owners pour everything into their business. But what happens if your business becomes your only wealth strategy? In this episode, Tom sits down with long-time business owner Rob Flanagan to unpack the real story behind building wealth over decades. They discuss growing a family business, navigating the pressure of employing staff, investing in residential and commercial property, sur...

Most Australians are waiting. They're waiting for confidence to return. Waiting for interest rates to settle. Waiting for the headlines to improve. But what if that's exactly why today's market is creating one of the biggest buying opportunities we've seen in years? In this episode, Tom explains why the current market isn't affecting every property equally—and why homeowners lo...

The 2026 Federal Budget has changed Australian property investing. Negative gearing. Capital gains tax. Investor demand. Almost overnight, new builds became the most talked-about investment strategy in the country. But does that automatically make them the best investment? In this episode, Tom Haigh separates legislation from marketing and explains why the biggest opportunity in today's market...

Every month, thousands of Australian business owners pay rent without realising they're funding someone else's wealth. But buying your own commercial premises isn't simply a matter of finding a property and getting a loan. The biggest opportunities—and the biggest mistakes—often happen long before a contract is signed. In this episode, Tom Haigh sits down with commercial finance specia...

Every weekend, thousands of Australians inspect homes they never had a realistic chance of buying. Some are guided too low. Some are guided accurately. Others are sold before auction, off-market or through campaign strategies most buyers never see coming. The problem isn't just price. It's information. In this episode, Tom sits down with Henry Pedersen, founder of Homer, to unpack one of t...

Three years ago, this became the most downloaded episode in the history of The Australian Property Show. And for good reason. In this special republished episode, we revisit the remarkable story of Helen Ewing — a property investor who built a portfolio worth more than $10 million by doing what most people never do: thinking bigger, acting strategically, and staying committed when things got hard....

Negative gearing's been gutted. Capital gains tax is changing. And everyone's telling you property's golden run is over. It's not. It's just moved. In this episode, Tom Haigh breaks down why the home you already live in just became the last fully tax-exempt growth asset in Australia — and the practical levers owner-occupiers can pull right now: trading up, trading down, renovat...

Most business owners spend years building wealth — but often buy property in the wrong structure. And that mistake can be expensive. In this episode, Tom sits down with accountant Daniel Velich to unpack one of the most underutilised commercial property strategies available to Australian business owners: transferring an existing commercial asset into a self-managed super fund. They break down how...

Commercial property can be one of the most powerful wealth-building tools available to Australian investors and business owners. But high yield is not free money. In part two of this commercial property series, Tom explains why yield should make investors curious, not careless. You’ll learn how to assess tenant risk, vacancy risk, lease quality, asset relevance and the hidden factors that can make...

Most investors understand how to add value to a house. Buy well, renovate, improve the presentation and hope the market rewards you. Commercial property works differently. In this episode, Tom explains how commercial property is really valued, why income drives price, and how smart investors create uplift by improving rent, lease quality, tenant demand, usability and future optionality. You’ll lea...

What separates people who build wealth from those who stay stuck? In this episode, Tom Haigh explores one of the biggest drivers of long-term success in property and life: action. While headlines, policy changes and market uncertainty continue to dominate conversations across Australia, the investors creating extraordinary outcomes are rarely the ones waiting for perfect conditions. They’re the pe...

For years, Australians were taught that building wealth through property meant buying investment properties, claiming negative gearing, and waiting for capital growth. But what happens when the rules change? In this episode, Tom explores why the next decade of property wealth creation may look completely different — and why some Australians could make more money from renovating their own home than...