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Episode 308 | Pain & Gain: The Wealth Effect & The Housing Affordability Debate – Chat with Eliza Owen from CoreLogic

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When it comes to the current property market… WHERE is the Profit being made? And, just as importantly, WHERE are the Losses happening?

‘Cos let’s be honest folks… it’s been quite the year indeed!! But it looks like we’ve finally reached a turning point in the market…

So, here to discuss the latest housing trends and data coming out from the property market is a very, very special guest and someone who definitely knows her stuff when it comes to property, economics and a big issue almost all first homebuyers face… something called “housing affordability”!

Introducing today’s huge guest… Eliza Owen is Head of Australian Research at CoreLogic! She has a first class honours degree in economics from the University of Sydney and has been a regular economic commentator on FBI Radio and guest speaker on Triple J’s Hack, 702 ABC Radio, Sky News and TEDxSydney! Not to mention, she’s also provided comment for many media outlets including The Guardian Australia, the Australian Financial Review, Pedestrian TV, the Daily Telegraph and plenty more!

PLUS, on top of her first-class knowledge bank, guess what Eliza’s also brought with her today?!

… Nonother than CoreLogic’s most recent Pain & Gain Report – that is, the Quarterly Report that unpacks (in a whole lot of detail!) how different properties, regions and cities are performing across the country. Yep… this includes exactly WHERE the profit and loss is occurring!

So, ready to dive in?!

Listen now to get the latest insights into the Australian property market, including where there’s “Pain” and “Gain”… AND get the tour into The Wealth Effect and The Housing Affordability Debate!

 

P.S. The Pies got slammed last week. Poor Ben. (kinda)

 

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307 | The Budget Wrap And Is The Property Market Leaving Clues?

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The Federal Budget has just been announced… so what does this mean for you and the property market?

Folks, in this episode we’re diving deep on the new Budget (one of the most important budgets since the Great Depression!) AND, most excitingly, something else that’s absorbing our thoughts right now…

The Property Market Is Now Leaving Clues…!

That’s right. The ducks are lining up… which means Positive News For The Property Market!

The question is… are you ready to hear if Australia’s economy is really “on the mend” and what’s coming next for the property market?!

If so, you’re about to find out!

(… What an episode!)

P.S Life Hack brought to you by our listener, Colin Lau! Send Bryce your own Life Hack here.

 

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Here’s a bit of what we cover…

  • The Budget: What’s In It For You and The Property Market
  • The Key Insights from the Big 2020 Budget
  • Why has the Treasury taken these measures?
  • When The Ducks Line Up: Why Is It “Positive News” For Property?
  • Why is the property market so resilient?
  • How much is the economy going to decline for the rest of the year?
  • When Will The Recession End?
  • Why the “Instant Asset Ride-Offs” have a ripple effect…
  • New Buying incentives Announced..
  • When will we see a vaccine for COVID-19?
  • How much will you get from the Tax Cuts?
  • Playing To Win vs Playing Not To Lose
  • How do you work out the “Fair Value” of property prices?
  • New Lending Laws – Why is it in your favour to be credible for your lending?
  • The Immigration Story…
  • “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs”… what does this even look like??
  • The 12 – 24 month outlook for property (and why it should make you smile)

 

 

 

306 | The Game of Loans: How To Find & Finance An Investment Property

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How do property investors Find and Finance their investment properties?

Let’s face it: Asset Selection (aka finding the property) and Borrowing Power (aka financing the property) are two of our Four Pillars of Mastery for a reason… they’re crucial!

So with this in mind, how do property investors make sure they get these two things right?

Well, that’s where today’s episode comes in. We’re unpacking heaps of listener questions on these two topics so you get the insider’s guide into what to buy and how to set up your loan structure and strategy correctly!

We’ve dubbed it “The Game of Loans” and we think there’s quite a few takeaways in here, and even a few bits of gold we’ve never discussed before…

Listen now so you can learn how to find and finance your assets!

 

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The Questions

Question about “Investing in Victoria During COVID-19” from Trav:
Hi, gents, just a quick one. I haven’t yet mustered up the courage to do any investment in property. I’m looking to do my first one, hopefully within the next six months. And just want to get your views on the current environment here in Victoria. And if you think it’s a good time to invest in Victoria, the area that I’m looking at is Chelsea, down by the beach there, close to train line three bedroom, townhouse, one bathroom, own title, nobody corporate in a secure, parking area. I tick all those boxes that you guys talk about. I have low debt, zero debt effectively. I own my own property. I’m in a secure government style job around the 120K Mark and regular high-rises, and I’m quite a good money manager, yet to do the last little part of my structure. And that is obviously getting in touch with a good savvy mortgage broker rather who’s savvy around investments. So I just, your thoughts on that and let me know, keep up the good work and I hope to hear from you, sir. Bye.

 

Question about “Closer In And Smaller or Further Out And Bigger” from Violet:
Hi, Bryce and Ben we’ve been conditionally approved for our first home to the value of $750,000. We live in the North Eastern suburbs of Melbourne way. Wondering whether we should buy a two bedroom property with the potential to add an extra bedroom, which definitely needs a little bit of work, but we can get in for, you know, under $600,000 we believe, or if we should max out budget right up to the $750,000 and get a house that needs very little work and already has three bedrooms, which would be the best option here?

 

Question From Tom:
Hi Bryce and Ben, I’d just like to ask a question regarding timing on principal and interest payments on an investment property. We currently have four investment properties, which are all interest only payments. We still plan to purchase another one or two properties in the future. We’ve recently just refinanced our investment properties to take that to maximum borrowing. And we drew the equity to purchase our primary place of residence. That primary place of residence has an offset account. The old wages and our rental income goes into. I’d just like to know at what time do the investment properties turn from interest only to principal and interest repayments? Thank you.

 

Question From Shashank:
Hi Ben and Bryce, my name is Shashank Pande, and I’m based in Adelaide. I’ve been a regular listener of your podcast and would like to thank you for the amazing knowledge share and experience share that you do for the wider community. My question relates to auctions and my question is about the feasibility of an auction, from a seller’s perspective, in getting the best price for the seller, because it’s predicated on the reserve price for the seller, which is the lowest price that the seller would sell the property for and not on finding the highest bidder for the property. So I just wanted to get your views on whether an auction is the best for the seller to sell a house. Thanks, Bye.

 

 

 

 

 

292 | How to Get Australia’s Property Market Back on Track with This 7 Point Plan – Chat with Ken Morrison, CEO Property Council of Australia

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Get excited. Here with us is a “V.V.I.P” guest… and this very, very important person is, wait for it… the national representative of the Australian property industry… Ken Morrison, CEO of Property Council of Australia!

And he’s about to unpack the newly announced Seven Point Plan for Economic Recovery!

Yep. You’re about to become fluent in what’s exactly in store for the property market from the man who plays a significant role in shaping it – this includes everything from Government stimulus packages, accelerated growth plans, housing affordability AND a little thing called “Stamp Duty”… & why it’s probably about time this ol’ tax ended up in the dustbin!

To give you an idea of the caliber of expertise you’re about to hear from…

As the Chief Executive of the Property Council of Australia, Ken Morrison has played a key role in shaping tax, planning and infrastructure policy for our property markets across the county for over two decades. He’s super passionate about the future of our cities and sits on a range of government task forces and committees. Plus, he’s also a director of the Green Building Council of Australia, deputy chair of the Business Coalition for Tax Reform, a director of the Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC), and is a Property Champion of Change promoting women in leadership roles.

 

Key Takeaways

  • A deep dive on the 7 Point Plan for Economic Recovery (and what it means for the property market)
  • Ken’s backstory and what lead him to playing a significant role in the industry
  • The Key Themes to Think About Beyond COVID-19
  • How involved is Ken in making critical Government decisions?
  • The 3 Critical Elements the Property Council of Australia is looking at right now to accelerate growth in the property market
  • The Property Grants on offer across the States
  • The Private Sector vs Social Housing
  • Abolishing Stamp Duty – what you need to know is currently happening
  • What can replace Stamp Duty?
  • Negative Gearing & Capital Gains Tax
  • Why is the Negative Gearing Policy STILL not off the cards?
  • The Biggest Economic Downfall
  • Who is Buying Investment Properties?
  • What is this idea about a “Property Rating” and home can it help homeowners?
  • Change for women in leadership roles: What does it look like?
  • How much does the property market influence the overall Australian economy?
  • What have people been doing with their superannuation during COVID-19?!

 

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291 | The Property Loophole: Recognising A Pipe Dream From The Real Deal

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The Property “Loophole”… is it a myth?!

If you’re interested in investing in property, at some point or another you’re probably going to run into someone who tells you about some “secret loophole” – whether it be about property, tax, SMSFs… you name it – that you can use to, ahh, exploit the system.

Well, folks… let’s just call it out, shall we?

Because there’s a MASSIVE difference between a Pipe Dream and the Real Deal. And we can assure you, the price you’ll pay if you get the two wrong is no small fee!!

Here’s the deal… during the week we reached out to folks on our Facebook Page and asked them what questions they had on their mind right now… and we received some eye-opening comments that made us go…

“Whoa. Hang on a sec…”

And so, of course, this episode was born!

You can check out the exact questions further below, but here’s a quick scope on what we cover:

 

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The Questions

Question about Buying Off The Plan from Angivin:
Guys we are very clear that you aren’t fans of buying Off The Plan, however can you please provide insight when this strategy has/could work please? 

 

Question about The Pipe Dream & Its Consequences from Kieren:
Is turning your super into a SMSF to borrow and build property a good idea? My mate at work got sold the pipe dream by his brother in law to do this. He tells me he is building dual key units and that it’s eventually going to net him $300,000 per year based on rental growth forecasts! I have told him this is not believable. Turns out his brother in law who convinced him to do this is getting $60k in kickbacks and is going to split it with him. He also tells me his interest rate is 5.7% because apparently no one lends to trusts cheaper than this? He also pays some bird $3k per year who will “sort any issues he has” on top of the property manager. And there is a snake “finance broker (as he referred to it)” in there somewhere who I reckon stitched him up on the interest rate. What happens when all this falls over and the money you put into your super each year doesn’t keep up with repayments? There is a $25k limit on how much super you can put in without big tax $$ so what then?

 

Question about How Much of A Buffer You Need from Toui
Hi TPC team, loving the Money SMARTS system! Question: when you talk about 3 to 6 months of living expenses, do you typically recommend that calculation on Essential spend? Or both Essential and Discretionary?

 

Question about The Pros & Cons Of Interest Only Versus Principle and Interest from Matthew
Hey guys! What is your opinion on the pros and cons of paying interest only vs principle? I am learning the ins and outs and have seen people succeed in either.

 

Question about The COVID-19 Recovery Across Specific States from Adam
Do you think any state will emerge from the covid storm quicker or better off than other states? And if so, will this translate in their property prices?

 

Question about Mortgage Payments On First Investment Property from Shannon
Suggestions on looking into P&I loan for first investment property if little difference in mortgage payment compared to interest only+ offset?

 

 

 

 

 

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