Episodes

• How Australians are losing big, even after they’ve lost it all.

• How underinsured are Australians?

• How to work out how much you should insure your house for?

• Are online value calculators accurate?

• How does extra costs such as demolish get lost in property owners calculations?

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.

20 years of house automation, what progress has been made and will owners want to retrofit their properties?

• Why has it taken so long for smart houses to get where it is now?

• Out of all of the products which are best suited for home automation?

• What should a homeowner expect to pay for a smart house?

• Does fitting a house with smart technology increase it’s value?

In this episode we chat to Brett Savill, CEO of Quantify Technology, a ASX-listed technology business dedicated to simplify living environments with ‘smart housing’.

We are taking a look into the changes in demand for suburbs, before and after restrictions.

• Why is regional NSW looking strong for both units and houses?

• Why will the Sydney market always run hot?

• Where is the mass exodus of Melbournites heading to and what are they buying up?

• How does an outer edge suburb like Hornsby experience such rapid growth?

In our 7th edition of Suburbs Trends, and the first of the new year we look at what areas around the country have started to see a boom!

What types of Apartments can stand on their own foundations and compete against houses?

• What is the long term impact of COVID on desire and affordability?

• Expats moving back to Australia, how might this impact the property market?

• Is land value restricted when sold next to prestige homes?

• What are viewed as investment grade locations in Sydney?

• Why did the Melbourne apartment market fail and what will it take to rise from the depths?

Welcoming back Stuart Wemyss to chat shop on the importance of differentiating between types of property and how this comes into play when location, location, location matters most.

We answer your questions about how to retire on property and building your own home.

What to look for in the land before you buy? Can you retire with just investment properties? Is buying and building your own home a good idea? How do you know if you’re buying the top end of a suburb? High strata cost, what are you paying for? Is there a new incentive to buy sustainable properties?

Work Club founder discusses the future of remote working, and shared office spaces.

• What will work look like in 12 months in comparison to the last 12 months?

• Will we end up going back to the old work routine?

• What is pro-working and will it grow?

• Will attitudes in Melbourne be exacerbated due to extended lockdown?

• What is happening across the globe in terms of work patterns and who can we learn from?

Soren Trampedach is the founder, chairman and CEO of Work Club. Work Club is an established boutique solution to accommodate for modern day work space and place challenges. In recent times Work Club has shifted to providing consultancy on workplace optimisation to industry leaders such as Google, Deloitte and Facebook.

Economists anticipated an inevitable property crash, but where is it?

• Why hasn’t the property market crashed?

• Where has listening been hit the hardest?

• How have Brisbane properties performed over the Covid period?

• Is the property market slowing down during the holiday period?

We can’t get enough of the superb Eliza Owen, welcoming her back for the fourth time. Eliza is Core Logic’s Head of Residential Research and author of various Core Logic reports and articles, most notably their Pain or Gain report.

When the dust settles what will Australia be left with in the next year?

• What will be the legacy of 2020?

• How has Australia relied on China to keep our economy afloat?

• What can Australia do to pivot our primary exports?

• How long will Australia keep its border closed?

Welcoming back Warren Hogan from episode 75. Warren is the former Chief Economist of ANZ and is currently the Industry Professor at UTS and Chief Economic Advisor of The Executive Connection. Warren has also appeared in the media on multiple occasions.

As this year comes to an end, what does it bring for 2021?

• Will investors come back into the market?

• What allowed an uptick in consumers taking out mortgages?

• How Labour losing the election had a massive impact on the property market.

• What are banks trying to accomplish with high advertising budgets and refinance wars?

• Have the grants for new homeowners been beneficial or detrimental?

Seeing with 2020 vision, we look back in hindsight on the property market, and how it performed, changed and adapted to market conditions? Moreover, we look at how 2020 has laid the foundations for the years to come.