Kevin’s Update

Airbnb certainly changed the short term accommodation market and arguably caused a tectonic upheaval in the availability of rentals for long termers. Currently there are over 100,000 Airbnb properties listed in Australia. A more serious problem than supply has surfaced. Hear Bushy discuss it with...

Unfortunately, in a lot of cases property sellers find out after they have given an agent their listing that the actions and activities promised at the start never materialise.  Some agents are better at selling themselves than selling your property.  Here is how to detect...

Many of the messages we are receiving are from mum and dad investors who are asking how to securely navigate portfolio growth opportunities in such a volatile and high-interest rate environment.  Well today we lift the lid on a whitepaper setting out the 5 rules...

Since May 2022, the RBA cash rate has risen 12 times to the highest level in 11 years.  Many of the messages we receive are from mum and dad investors asking how to securely navigate portfolio growth opportunities in such a volatile and high-interest rate...

As a measure of housing affordability, there’s a lot more to what influences property prices than just household income levels according to Stuart Wemyss.   He argues that if it is a meaningful measure, then property can’t continue to grow at a faster rate than...

Local and State Government bodies are beginning to develop measures aimed at limiting short term accommodation as a way to force more properties towards long term tenants.  This all stems from growing concerns about the permanent rental crisis around the country.  Bushy is joined by...

There are ways to optimize your property borrowing capacity but, a word of caution today in the show!  It pays to be curious, questioning and to think outside the box.  But whatever you do – do it safely and don’t overextend yourself.  Build in rainy...

The problem with politicians making decisions is most times they are short-term thinkers - normally on their own terms.  There are no quick fixes to rental shortages and housing affordability.  If politicians can’t do it, we ask the question of who is best to frame...

A crisis is rarely an unexpected overnight event.  It normally has a slow burning fuse which explains how years of neglect from politicians kicking housing affordability further down the road has resulted in it falling over a cliff.   Pete Wargent believes the answer lies...