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When it comes to investing in property, many think they can do it themselves.  Looks easy - right?   Matthew Bateman is from ThePropertyMentors and he joins us to discuss the difference between a property mentor and a property coach. Transcript: Kevin:  When it comes to investing, sometimes...

Data released by SQM Research has revealed that the national residential vacancy rate slipped in March, with the number of vacancies Australia-wide falling to almost 69,000.   So what is the impact of this? SQM’s Louis Christopher gives us the good oil. Transcript: Kevin:  Data released by SQM...

This month Your Investment Property magazine takes a look at the $1M property markets around Australia.  The stats were compiled by Core Logic and we catch up with Cameron Kusher from Core Logic to discuss the results. Transcript: Kevin:  An interesting look in the latest Your Investment Property magazine...

We look into the question about buying before auction. No doubt many buyers would prefer not to put themselves under the competition of auction day.  Cate Bakos from the Real Estate Buyer’s Agents Association of Australia points out that there are three different ways to...

18 per cent of property buyers in Australia fail to get pre-approved finance before trying to buy at auction.  While Dene Tucker from RE/MAX says the majority of buyers have their pre-approval in order, any percentage of non-pre-approved buyers is a concern.   We talk to...

One of the Property Mentors, Matthew Bateman, joins in the affordability debate by looking back and comparing the challenges other generations faced to  give current property investors some perspective Transcript: Kevin:  A very hotly debated issue all the time is housing affordability. Do we actually have a housing...

According to BIS Oxford Economics, nearly 20 per cent of the apartments in inner Brisbane are sitting empty and more than 50 projects have been shelved or ditched altogether. Angie Zigomanis from BIS Oxford says more than 10,000 new apartments have been abandoned or deferred...