On the Performance Property Data podcast you’ll hear from some of Australia’s leading consultants in the property investment industry. Brought to you by Performance Property Data, this podcast features three segments each seeking to offer you practical information and advice on where and when you should invest your money. Property Insiders (released monthly) will bring you interviews between David McMillan (Director of Acquisitions) and other industry experts, highlighting the ins-and-outs o ...
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“Make sure that if you’re going to get a lawyer to do the work for you in a conveyancing space, that they are actually property lawyers.” In the final instalment of The Property Pineapple for 2018, Sharon welcomes Lynda Sanders into the studio. Lynda is the principal at the law firm Dixon & Sanders, who specialise in property and commercial law. In…
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Coming to you from Perth, with the magnificent Swan River behind him, David gives you a quick definition of “vacancy rate”. ‘Performance Insights’ is one of three segments you will hear on the Performance Property Data podcast. They are released every Wednesday and Friday, boosting your technical knowledge and giving you the lowdown on key property…
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Performance Insights - House Prices vs Unit Prices
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Sharon and Heath Bedford chat about the relationship between house and unit prices. And while there is a correlation between house and unit prices, it isn’t as simple as one going up and down with the other. Lag times between the markets, and a number of other factors including supply, demographics, and high house prices pushing people to unit purc…
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“Banks have reacted very quickly, and have shut down lending to a lot of people.” In the last edition of Property Insiders for 2018, David sits down with Nerida Conisbee, Chief Economist at the REA Group. They chat about her contributions to realestate.com.au as well as how key markets are shifting in the wake of political instability and the Royal…
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Property Insiders - Why Should Expats Invest in Australia? (with Dave Petrevski)
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“If you are looking at heading over there, if there’s any negotiations in your contract talks, US dollar is always the main one to go for.” The Daves (Misters McMillan and Petrevski) are back with another chat about the investment options for Australian expats. However this time the tables have turned somewhat, with Petrevski taking the lead in ask…
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Sharon and Phil are discussing underemployment in this new Insight. Currently in Victoria, underemployment is trending upwards, while unemployment is trending downwards. They chat about how this stat may impact the housing market. ‘Performance Insights’ is one of three segments you will hear on the Performance Property Data podcast. They are releas…
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“Unfortunately when vendors are in that distressed state, there can be real knee-jerk reactions at times…” Mark got his start in the property industry after buying his principal place of residence for him and his family. Through this process, he got a crash course in how the property market operates and the leverage that could be created through ow…
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Short-term arrivals is a measure of the passenger arrivals at airports, and is a metric recorded for both international and domestic travellers. It is used by Performance Property Advisory to record the number of people coming to Australia or a particular area. In almost all cases, it is positively correlated with property prices. ‘Performance Insi…
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Property Insiders - Adelaide Real Estate with Marina Ormsby
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“Trying to sell a single-fronted cottage in North Adelaide without a carpark…the market sees it as an issue.” Real estate agent, Marina Ormsby, is David’s guest for this edition of Property Insiders. They chat about the intricacies of the Adelaide real estate market and give an update of where it is at. Marina has been in the industry for 17 years,…
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“The only option I had was to sell my house.” Morgan Jewell is a young and intelligent mortgage broker, who at the age of 23 had a terrible experience with buying an off-the-plan property. She lays out all of the details for Sharon on this episode of The Property Pineapple. Already a property owner, Morgan was talking to her boss one day about want…
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Performance Insights - Investors vs. Owner-Occupiers
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Sharon and Heath discuss how the proportion of owner-occupiers or investors in an area can impact on house prices. ‘Performance Insights’ is one of three segments you will hear on the Performance Property Data podcast. They are released every Wednesday and Friday, boosting your technical knowledge and giving you the lowdown on key property markets …
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Property Insiders - Expat Financing with David Petrevski
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“Once you add all these allowances to the base wage, that’s what really gives the expats buying power. And that’s why it’s such a great opportunity for them at the minute.” David McMillan welcomes his namesake, old school friend and football teammate, David Petrevski onto the show. The two Davids have been teaming up recently bringing sound advice …
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Sharon Taylor and David McMillan chat about inflation, covering what it is and its importance to growth in income, rental yields, and house prices. ‘Performance Insights’ is one of three segments you will hear on the Performance Property Data podcast. They are released every Wednesday and Friday, boosting your technical knowledge and giving you the…
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The Property Pineapple - Tomas Turkayoglu
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“So it’s hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst.” Sharon’s guest today on The Property Pineapple is her colleague at Performance Property Advisory, Acquisitions Manager, Tomas Turkayoglu. Tomas studied Construction straight after school, and then switched his major to Property. Despite his youth - Tomas is only 26 years old - he has a wea…
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Performance Insights - Gross Regional Product
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Sharon chats with Phil Almeida about Gross Regional Product (GRP) and how it can impact property prices. ‘Performance Insights’ is one of three segments you will hear on the Performance Property Data podcast. They are released every Wednesday and Friday, boosting your technical knowledge and giving you the lowdown on key property markets around Aus…
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Sharon and David are in Brisbane and chatting about bedroom approvals. This is a metric - when used in conjunction with other stats - that helps determine if a market is undersupplied or oversupplied. It is done by estimating the number of bedrooms in a particular area, as compared to the number of people. ‘Performance Insights’ is one of three seg…
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“We typically favour rental applicants who make it easy for us.” Nino started in the property industry almost by accident. After finishing high school, he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do, so took a casual job in his uncles’ real estate agency. He assisted the property manager, and soon fell in love with property management. Fifteen years later, he…
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David and Sharon are in sunny (but windy) Burleigh Heads to touch on job creation and its impact on house prices. ‘Performance Insights’ is one of three segments you will hear on the Performance Property Data podcast. They are released every Wednesday and Friday, boosting your technical knowledge and giving you the lowdown on key property markets a…
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Property Insiders - Top Australian Suburbs with author Peter Koulizos
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“The value in real estate is in land. You’re far better off investing in a property that has a decent land component.” Good friend of the show, Peter Koulizos, calls in from Adelaide for a chat with David about his bestselling book, Top Australian Suburbs. It’s been a decade since it was first published, but the information it holds still remains r…
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Performance Insights - How Does Income Affect Property Prices?
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Income is an important metric for determining the affordability of a particular property market. Here, from the windy cliffs of Burleigh Heads, Queensland, David and Sharon discuss the influence household income can have on property prices. ‘Performance Insights’ is one of three segments you will hear on the Performance Property Data podcast. They …
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“If we think about the modelling we’ve had from our mothers and grandmothers; that is redundant. We’re not living post-war anymore.” Sharon welcomes into The Property Pineapple studio Deanne Carter, speaker, podcaster, and investment mentor (among other things). They chat about her career, passions, inspirations, investments, and worries and hopes …
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Performance Insights - International Students
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It’s another lovely day in Melbourne, and Sharon and David are in Fitzroy Gardens to bring you another technical insight. International students head to Australia for a number of reasons, and them being here also has a number of positive impacts on our property markets and economy. ‘Performance Insights’ is one of three segments you will hear on th…
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Performance Insights - Foreign Investment (part 2)
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From Melbourne, Sharon and David discuss foreign investment, specifically looking at approvals by nation. They reveal that 28% of foreign approvals come from China, which is both a good and a potential bad thing. ‘Performance Insights’ is one of three segments you will hear on the Performance Property Data podcast. They are released every Wednesday…
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“We’ve been quite hands-on with everything we’ve done…” David sits down with his colleague and namesake, David Robbins (Senior Acquisitions Consultant - Performance Property Advisory), to discuss his background, investing experience, and the benefit he can add to his clients portfolios and wealth creation. Despite doing a valuation course at univer…
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Property Insiders - Financial Advisers and Property with Joel Hewish
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“Real estate has really been kept as a separate asset class entirely from the industry, and so financial advisers have never really grown up in an environment where they could recommend real estate in the past.” Old friends David and Joel Hewish catch up for a chat about the financial planning industry and its relationship to property. Joel is the …
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Performance Insights - What is The Affordability Index
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David’s there to explain one of the key metrics for investors: the affordability index. Sharon’s there to keep him in line. This technical insight offers an understanding of what the affordability index is, how it’s calculated, and it’s application for potential property investors. ‘Performance Insights’ is one of three segments you will hear on th…
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“It was literally all the money was pouring into a hole.” Sharon’s guest on this episode of The Property Pineapple is hotelier and family man, Jim Croft. Jim and his wife bought their first property as an investment in 2007. Although optimistic about its investment potential, they also chose the place based on it liveability, in case they would nee…
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Property Insiders - Property Investors Council of Australia (PICA) with Ben Kingsley
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“We know that the State Governments have all but abandoned public and social housing over the last decade in the tens of billions of dollars. And the people who have picked up the slack have been mum and dad property investors.” Ben Kingsley is David’s guest on this episode of Property Insiders. Ben is the host of his own podcast, The Property Couc…
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Sharon and David are in the Treasury Gardens on a fine Melbourne day for this technical insight on the population pyramid. The population pyramid is the ideal distribution of a populace divided by age. At the top are the oldest demographic, and then the younger the demographic the more people there are creating a pyramid shape. Australia’s is in a …
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“These types of decisions can impact you more than just financially.” Sharon is joined today by IT professional, David McCracken. Having been investing in property since he was 23, David has a lot of experience with the market. However, he brings with him today not a story of success, but rather a tale of what not to do. David had toiled hard to bu…
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Property Insiders - PIPA with Peter Koulizos
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“You should look for somebody who is a PIPA member, because then you know you can have confidence that they have your interests at heart.” David’s guest on this instalment of Property Insiders is lecturer, author, and Chair of The Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA), Peter Koulizos. He chats with David about PIPA’s objectives, and…
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“Work out what it is that’s stopping you…and do something about it.” Sharon’s guest on this edition of The Property Pineapple is Kerry Ashbrook, founder and director of Life You Choose, an organisation empowering women to achieve financial independence. Kerry has bought 11 properties over her life, and still owns three of them. She sat down with Sh…
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Performance Insights - What is Median Price?
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Joining David on a suburban street in Richmond, Melbourne, Heath Bedford (Director of Acquisitions - Performance Property Advisory) grills David about median house prices. They explain what it is and its importance to investors. Check out the article to accompany this podcast episode at www.performancedata.com.au ‘Performance Insights’ is one of th…
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Property Insiders - Investing for Sportspeople with Greg Stafford
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“I think 90 percent of players will invest in property at some point during their playing days.” David’s guest on this episode of Property Insiders is ex-AFL footballer, builder, and Performance Property Advisory consultant, Greg Stafford. They settle down to talk about the work they do advising young sportspeople about maximising their potentially…
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Performance Insights - International Students
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It’s another lovely day in Melbourne, and Sharon and David are in Fitzroy Gardens to bring you another technical insight. International students head to Australia for a number of reasons, and them being here also has a number of positive impacts on our property markets and economy. ‘Performance Insights’ is one of three segments you will hear on th…
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On a deceptively hot morning, David and Sharon are in Melbourne’s Treasury Gardens for this insight instalment. Looking at some of the pros and cons of foreign investment, they weigh the situation up with reference to both established and new or off-plan properties. ‘Performance Insights’ is one of three segments you will hear on the Performance Pr…
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Property Insiders - Interest Rates with Mark Davis
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“There’s no set rule between owner-occupier and investor. I believe it all comes down to your profile.” David gets together again with Mark Davis from The Australian Lending & Investment Centre (ALIC) to chat around the question… Should you fix your interest rate? David and Mark first talk about the process behind how the RBA and banks set interest…
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Coming to your ears from the Performance Property Advisory offices in Collins St, Melbourne, Sharon and Phillip bring you an insight on LVR - Loan to Value Ratio. They discuss what it is, and also its implications for Lender’s Mortgage Insurance. ‘Performance Insights’ is one of three segments you will hear on the Performance Property Data podcast.…
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Performance Insights - Credit Growth and House Price Growth
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David chats with Phillip Almeida (Director Acquisitions at Performance Property Advisory) about relationship between credit growth and house price growth. Credit growth is growth investors see through consumer credit, home loans, business loans or personal loans. They discuss the positive correlation between the two types of growth, where as one go…
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Sharon invites her friend and colleague, Phil Almeida (Director Acquisitions at Performance Property Advisory) to chat about his property investing journey. Starting out as a 19 year old, Phil’s first purchase was in the outer-Melbourne suburb of Sunbury. He acknowledges now that he was perhaps a little underprepared for such an investment, and had…
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Phil Almeida chats with David McMillan about mortgage arrears. They cover what it means, how it’s calculated, the impact of the RBA losing control of mortgage arrears, the state of the market in the capital cities, and some of the opportunities open for the savvy investor. ‘Performance Insights’ is one of three segments you will hear on the Perform…
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Sharon and Phil Almeida, Director of Acquisitions at Performance Property Advisory, are at the Reserve Bank of Australia building in Collins St, Melbourne for this technical insight. The RBA is responsible for making monetary policy and in determining the cash rate is influenced a number of factors: current interest rates, the relationship between …
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Property Insiders - BRICKX with CEO Anthony Millet
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“There is no other financial product out there, that gives you exposure to the housing market without buying a house itself.” This month on Property Insiders, David sits down with Anthony Millet, entrepreneur and CEO of BRICKX, a unique and exciting new opportunity in the property investment market. BRICKX is an online platform that allows people t…
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David is joined by Phil Almeida, Director of Acquisitions at Performance Property Advisory, in Curtain Gardens, Carlton, Melbourne for this technical insight answering the question ‘What is Yield?’ They explain the term, expanding to discuss the difference in meaning and application of ‘gross’ and ‘net’ yield, and also how the yield can be used to …
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The Property Pineapple - Jane Slack-Smith
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Sharon is excited to have property investor and educator, Jane Slack-Smith, on the show today. Jane is a former mining engineer, demolitions expert, and risk assessor, and now passes on everything she has learned through a successful property investing career through her business Your Property Success. She comes on the podcast to share some of her …
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Performance Insights - What is Vacancy Rate?
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David is joined by Heath Bedford, Director of Acquisitions at Performance Property Advisory, to chat about vacancy rates. This is a measure of the undersupply or oversupply of vacant properties in an area, and it can have impacts on rental prices. David and Heath take a look at two contrasting examples exhibiting one of the best vacancy rates in th…
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BONUS EPISODE - Preparing for the Coming Storm
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Today we’d like to bring you a special bonus episode that was recorded for the Sydney Property Buyer Expo in late October. Our Director of Acquisitions, David McMillan gave a talk at the expo entitled “Preparing for the Coming Storm”, offering tips and advice about not losing money. Here, he talks to radio station 2UE in Sydney, about some of the t…
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Property Insiders - Kevin Agent talks Cash Buffers
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“Money is the root of all evil, but if you haven’t got it, it’s worse.” This month on Property Insiders, David sits down with Kevin Agent from the Australian Lending and Investment Centre to chat about cash buffers. A cash buffer is an amount of money you have in a special account that is there if something happens beyond your control. Kevin tells …
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The Property Pineapple is one of three segments you will hear on the Performance Property Data podcast. Property Insiders are released monthly and are conversations with industry leaders offering knowledge and expertise. And Performance Insights are released every Wednesday and Friday, giving you the lowdown on key property markets around Australia…
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David gets together with Mark Davis from The Australian Lending & Investment Centre (ALIC) to chat around the question… Why go to a broker instead of a bank to manage your property investments? Through their discussion, David and Mark make the following points: brokers tend to focus more investment lending, structuring, enabling you to create wealt…
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