How not to lose your deposit

Saving for a deposit to buy a property is hard enough – imagine the impact if you lose it when a builder goes bust. That is just one of the dangers of buying off the plan. Here are some tips on how to protect your hard earned deposit and bullet proof your purchase. Veronica Morgan from Your First H…

The rental squeeze

Between June and September, every major Local Government Area in Queensland saw a tightening in rental vacancies - a trend since the beginning of the pandemic in March, raising a few questions. Shannon Davis from HQ Property is here to answer them.

Buyers head for the hills

As remote working opportunities become more prevalent and demand for lifestyle properties and lower density housing options become more popular, regional areas of Australia have seen housing market conditions surge ahead. CoreLogic's Eliza Owen joins us for more.

Property in lockdown

Buying and selling property just got a bit harder, but if we all do the right thing then we should be back to normal in no time. But what is the right thing? REIQ CEO Antonia Mercorella sets out the do’s and don’t’s.

The rocky property road that looks so smooth

The process of buying and selling the property does not end with paying the seller and executing a document showing your interest to buy the property.  Kayleigh Whittaker from My Property Protect joins us.

Hotspot forecasting is ‘spot on’

As happened at the end of 2019 – and every year for that matter – the predictions about what next years property landscape would be like were coming thick and fast.  Even after Covid hit the predictors were floundering.  One though has been able to nail it year after year – even when things go pear…

Fourteen heads are better than one

Normally if you asked the opinion of fourteen property experts about the future, you might expect to get fourteen different opinions.  Surprisingly, when Bricks and Mortar Media rounded up the opinions of some of the country’s leading property forecasting brains for their 2021 B.M.M. Property Marke…

Before you get on the ladder

“Don’t be like so many first buyers and start looking without a plan” is good advice from Property Pursuit's Meighan Wells, who recently helped start a new self-help podcast for first home buyers. She joins us to overview the podcast along with some of the critical errors buyers make. 

What happens if the buyer fails?

A property failing to settle because of a default by the buyer is not totally uncommon, although it rarely happens.  Certainly, it has never happened on the TV series The Block – that is... until last week.  Winners of the Block 2020, Jimmy and Tam Wilkins have been forced to put their home back on…

Getting the title right

A great amount of property is owned by more than one individual and this is often referred to as ‘joint ownership'. However, there are two different types of joint ownership and real estate salespeople are often asked the difference between ‘joint tenants' and ‘tenants in common'.  Let’s clear it u…