540 | Hiding in Plain Sight: What this REA Economist is Seeing that You Aren’t! – Chat with Anne Flaherty

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Timestamps  

• 0:00 – Hidden in Plain Sight: What REA’s Economist is Seeing That You Aren’t – Chat with Anne Flaherty   
• 1:13 – Bryce’s 50th: Donate the gift of sight 
• 3:15 – Incoming Federal Budget deep dive…  
• 3:54 – Moorr Update: The Value over Time insights tool is READY!   
• 4:23 – Join the waitlist for our latest book: How to Retire on $3K a Week  
• 4:54 – Mindset Minute: “No matter where you are, future you will be glad you started! Why wait? Don’t wait!” 
• 6:53– Welcome Anne, Senior Economist at REA!  
• 7:28 – If we had met you when you were 10 years old, would we have seen an economist in the making? 
• 9:53 – Money Story: Debating with dad over property values?! 
• 12:11 – How her background & experience helped her investing journey 
• 14:33 – “Data doesn’t capture everything” 
• 15:56 – Anne’s first experiences independently managing money  
• 17:44 – Did her parents also invest in property?  
• 19:15 – How much weight should be given to Status vs. Fundamentals  
• 21:58 – Is long-term sustainable price growth & land value possible?  
• 24:08 – Does Anne get excited by Lead vs. Lag data?  
• 27:13 – Is Australia shifting towards premium apartment builds?  
• 29:09 – Is this the missing middle?  
• 30:29 – A day in the life of an economist… 
• 33:41 – When is the next interest rate cut coming?  
• 35:01 – Where is the housing undersupply most severe?  
• 37:46 – State-by-state undersupply levels  
• 39:41 – Melbourne set to become the most affordable rental market?!  
• 43:34 – What is the future for Perth’s capital growth?  
• 46:19 – Demand levels post the RBA’s interest rate cut in February 
• 49:43 – Is the rising demand broad-based or skewed?  
• 51:06 – Anne’s view on APRA’s 3% buffer rate 
• 52:06 – Beware of growing climate risk!  
• 53:48 – If you could fix one thing about Australia’s housing system, what would it be? 
• 54:52 – Has anything surprised Anne in 2025?  

And… 

• 57:29 – Thank you for your expert insights, Anne!  
• 58:27 – Life-by-design hack: Two, not three!  
• 1:01:49 – WMPN: Federal Budget housing measures & Labour’s finfluencer strategy