Episodes

How will the need for additional rooms and more living space, alter what people sell and what they will buy in the future.

• Will we feel the effects of COVID for years to come?

• What will happen to the inner cities around Australia?

• Will big business continue to have CBD based offices or will they adapt?

• What is the trend in businesses working from home?

Welcoming back Director of Research of The Demographics Group, Simon Kuestenmacher. Simon was a guest back in Episode 40 where he outlined the potential problems of Australia's aging population and the current population growth.

Find out why the Canberra market is like any other, and discover why it’s suburbs continue to break local price records

• Why Canberra's property market continues to smash suburb price records during COVID?

• How have developers shifted in offloading the oversupply of their new builds?

• The weird quirks and caveats of owning property in Canberra?

• What happens with the suburbs that border NSW and ACT?

Every week we chat about Australia's major property markets, but how does Canberra compare and what is it’s growth prospects? In this episode we speak with Canberran Claire Corby, one of the only buyers agents to work exclusively in Canberra.

Which suburbs will thrive post COVID and which will be passed over?

• How has COVID devastated statistically ‘younger areas’.

• Why does increasing unemployment in certain sectors not impact the whole economy?

• Why do hours worked data better represent unemployment?

• Which suburbs are hot and which are cold?

The 2nd edition of the new monthly report with Kent Lardner of Suburb Trends

The debate continues on which is better? Shares, property or both?

• What books should people read to develop better investing habits?

• How to choose a good fund?

• What makes a great fund manager?

• How can we change how we look at money and investing?

In this episode we talk with Owen Raszkiewicz founder of Rask Australia, which provides a member only investment advice platform, ASX new and investment insights through articles, podcasts and education.

During the beginning of COVID which properties and areas had the greatest loss made sales

• How did low interest rates and mortgage pauses slow the need for homeowners to sell?

• Has Covid benefited the property market?

• What is the correlation between the unemployment rate and the arrears rate?

• Why do new properties and units have the greatest share of loss made sales?

We can’t get enough of Corelogic's Head of Residential Research and author of Corelogic's recent Pain and Gain Report, Eliza Owen. The quarterly Pain and Gain report details how different properties, regions and cities are performing, including how many have made a profit or loss since the property last transacted.

The market has shifted back to the owner occupier property, but what does the current vacancy rates indicate about the investor demographic?

• What types of investor stock was most affected by COVID?

• What is the current vacancy rate?

• The current legislation around rent relief.

• What can landlords do now to make their property more tenable?

In this episode Lisa highlights how the investor market has been adversely affected by COVID, and how the mainstream media has been trying to ring bells announcing the myth that the property market is on the verge of ‘collapse’.

Covid-19 has brought the focus back to the home front and what people are searching for in their new home/upgrade.

• Which keyword has soared in search data?

• What makes a great suburb?

• Will those suburbs most livable stay the most livable in the future?

• Has there been a spike in transactions?’

Alice Stolz is the Managing Editor at Domain and host of Domain's new podcast ‘Property Unpacked’.

Understanding the complex nature of how the social fabric has been altered post Covid-19 and consumers behaviours

• The similarities between Covid-19 and the past economic crisis.

• What will potentially happen to the social fabric post Covid?

• Which generations will adopt new practices and who would be adverse to change?

• How will zero migration impact property prices?

Welcoming back social researcher and demographer, Mark McCrindle, Founder and Principal of McCrindle, a prominent research house that uses data and trends to create strategies for leading brands and businesses.

Breaking down the performance of the property market on a suburb level

Starting a new line of monthly episodes for the Elephant in the Room Property Podcast, Veronica and Chris team up with Kent Lardner, Director of Suburb Trends to discuss how different states, regions and suburbs perform; and to break down misconceptions of the property market. This month's Suburbs Trends is all about discussing why different regions perform as they do and the correlation between a suburb's inventory and sales.

A top financial planner takes on the topic of relationships, household financials and  women and financial literacy

• Why women usually defer their financials to their partner.

• Why is it crucial to share details of financials with your partner?

• What happens when men take on more risk than women.

• How to start talking about money.

In today's episode our hosts chat with Jessica Brady, financial planner and co-founder of Fox & Hare Financial Advice, which specialises in providing financial advice to young couples and individuals.

Everything millennials (and those who love them) need to know but were afraid to ask.

• Who can you trust to advise you on your money?

• Why advice from previous generations is out-dated.

• What is eating up your savings?

• How has spending, savings and borrowing changed between generations?

In this episode, our hosts chat with expert millennial Glen James, financial advisor and podcast host of “My Millennial Money”. Glen’s business and podcast focuses primarily on millennial financial goals and “sorting your money out”

When emerging innovations and the future of property meet.

• How Covid-19 brought an age of innovation.

• What will 5G towers do to property prices?

• How will printing property in the future impact the construction industry?

• Will the work from home movement take over?

If there is new and emerging technology or innovation coming into the global scene Craig Rispin already knows about it. In today's episode we chat with Craig, author, speaker and advisor.

Data-stalking 1,500 individual investors: What are they buying and what are their property behaviours.

• How many investors live in their property before they rent it?

• What locations are people investing the most into?

• The gap on where people live and where they invest.

• What decisions have individual investors made before investing?

Mike Mortlock is the managing director of MCG Quantity Surveyors which recently released granular data on the Australian property market that showcases the unique behaviours of over 1,500 property investors

How do different investments hold up and what you want to know about the lending system

• What would happen to your property if the bank your mortgage is with goes bust.

• Alternative forms of property investment a first time investor has been thinking about.

• Capital gains tax exemptions and my favourite tax to hate - land tax.

• And fixed rates versus variable in the current climate and when to forgo an offset account.

In our third Q&A host special, Veronica and Chris answer your need to know questions on various aspects on property and the process of purchasing:

Banks tightening up lending and unpacking Stuart Wemyss accurate prediction of the property market

• What happens at the bottom of the market?

• Does your property have the fundamentals that could lead to high capital growth?

• When should you sell a quality asset?

• How to become borrower ready?

In this episode Stuart Wemyss Director of Prosolution and host of the Investopoly podcast joins us back from Episode 39.

How have auctions adapted to restrictions and is this paving the way for a new normal?

• Who cancelled their auctions first?

• Why did certain regions not adapt to online auctions?

• Since open houses are back on, will they go back to the norm?

• Why is this the best time to get back in the market?

Damien Cooley is one of Australia's most well known auctioneers and is managing director of Cooley Auctions and the founder of AuctionNow, which has been critical in transitioning the real estate market from in-person to online.

The economy is recovering slowly and restrictions are loosening, so are you doing enough to secure your household finances.

• How many Australians have lost their jobs?

• With restrictions loosening, who will be going back to work and who won't?

• Businesses going down the gurgler is more detrimental to the economy than unemployment?

• What are the long term implications of young professionals being unemployed?

• Should you access your future?

Back in episode 89 we interviewed Brendan Coates, Household Finances Program Director at the Grattan Institute, and he joins us in this episode to explore the various issues currently affecting households.

Sensationalist media, conflicting reports and anecdotal evidence, but what does the data say?

• Why newly built properties are at the greatest risk.

• How is the data segmented to better reflect real profiles?

• Will there be low or high capital growth over the coming years?

• Are we reaching our 'peak debt'?

Martin is the founder of Digital Finance Analytics, a boutique research, analysis and consulting firm, he is one of the most regarded authorities in the research space with several media contributions such as ABC News, AFR and 60 minutes.

During this crisis how has the real estate industry taken up the challenge to adapt.

• Why has the pandemic been a wake up call for the property market?

• Still in the market? What should you do?

• Timing, wait another year or action now?

• Is there a conflict of interest with agents giving advice?

In this special episode we bring back John Cunningham, Principal Director of Cunninghams, a successful and established real estate agency based in the Northern Beaches.

All the valuation questions you wanted to ask are finally answered.

• Will automated valuations be the future for property purchasers?

• What are the different types of valuations?

• How will the Covid-19 Pandemic impact how property is valued?

• How much do banks dictate how valuation should be done?

We sit down to discuss the current state of property valuations: how they work, what factors impact the value of a property, and where the future of valuations will be - automated, cheaper and with a click of a button? Listen in to find out.