Episode Details

In this Australian Property Podcast episode, your hosts Pete Wargent from Allen Wargent Property Buyers and Chris Bates from Alcove mortgage specialists talk through all the big property news from this week.

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1. First homebuyers as election focal point
2. Development alleged to have $123m of defects
3. National prices rise 39% in 5 years
4. Listener Q&A

Resources for this episode

• Election policies
• Developer collapses
• Mega-development defect claims
• Housing values rise 39% in 5 years
• Pros and Cons of DHA property
• Why are house prices in Australia so high?
• Markets pricing cuts
• Dwelling commencements fell in Q4 – only 65,000 attached dwellings were built last year (Cameron Kusher)
• Dwelling commencements drop anew (Pete Wargent)
• Arrivals hit all-time high in February
• Ross Gittins – At least one side gets the housing problem – but housing polices are mainly for show
• SMH: Home truths – housing policies are for show, but one side at least gets the problem
• Sydney house prices pass $2 million
• Asking rents on the rise again
• Luxury market to weather the storm

Rask Resources

Pete's Buyers Agency: https://www.allenwargent.com.au

Alcove mortgage broking: