Posts by Cate Bakos
Ep. 245 – Market Update January 24: Reinvigorated buyer energy and funding holidays with unsecured debt. What’s going on?!
Our January monthly update is up! What a difference the surprise inflation figure made when it came to consumer sentiment. However, an uptick in unsecured debt for holidays and household goods has the Trio a tad concerned.
Read MoreEp 244: Tackling Housing Affordability – Part 1: Dissecting Proposals for Housing Innovation
In this innovative, two part series, the Trio canvas some measures that could be implemented to ease affordability and promote the healthy functioning of the Australian property market.
Read MoreEp. 243 – Building Long-Term Wealth: Mastering Land to Asset Ratio & Paying Down Your Home Loan Vs Investing Surplus Cash Flow
This week’s episode features two great listener questions. The first relates to debt aversion and the option to pay down the home loan or invest. Our second listener question challenges Land to Asset Ratio as a reliable metric.
Read MoreEp. 242 – Market Update December 23: How has the year closed out?
Our December monthly update is up! The Trio canvas how the year has panned out, from some of the two-speed market conditions to the impact of severely reduced rental supply.
Read MoreEp. 241 – 2023: The Trio’s Property Predictions – who got them right? and did we get any wrong?
Pete Koulizos, (aka The Property Professor) comes back to the studio to unpack the 2023 predictions. How did they fare?
Read MoreEp. 240 – 2024: The Trio’s Property Predictions and Insights for the Year Ahead
In this week’s episode, Dave, Mike and Cate share their predictions for 2024. From interest rate movements to capital growth, potential market threats to government intervention. They don’t all agree but they do have some fun.
Read MoreEp. 239 – Optimising Offset Accounts – Why You Should Pay Off Your Home Loan First & Other Mortgage Strategies to Create Wealth & Maximise Retirement
This week’s episode is all about offset accounts and the dilemma that our lovely listener, Ben faces. Does he address his principal and interest PPOR debt first? Or does he consider the cashflow benefit of his investment offset account?
Read MoreEp. 238 – Case Study #8 – Do We Buy a Home Now & Convert Into an Investment? Can We Retire at 50 & How Many Properties Will We Need?
The Trio unpack the eighth property planning scenario. This time, Lisa and James are keen to know how they can retire by 50. What do they need to reconsider? And is it possible on their current incomes?
Read MoreEp. 237 – The Future of Property Investment – Unlocking the Power of AI, Opportunities and Challenges
The Trio grapple the concept of artificial intelligence. How does it impact the property industry? What are the risks?…. And can AI pick the perfect property?
Read MoreEp. 236 – Market Update November 23: A rate increase, higher listing volumes and regions are rallying
Our November monthly update is up! This month, the Trio circle in on some interesting changes and correlations to listing numbers and capital growth, and they ponder the changes to the sentiment index
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