Current Market Insights
The Current Market Insights Podcast is brought to you by Harris Partners Real Estate.
Understanding the property market can be a challenging thing, with highs and lows, twists and turns. The media and agents tend to spread the news they want you to hear, with the advice they want you to follow.
Current Market Insights is an unbiased look into what is happening, what tips you can use to buy, sell, or rent, and that you wont find anywhere else.
Episodes
172 episodes
Episode 117: Who Really Benefits When Tax Policy Picks Winners In Housing?
We react to the Federal Budget’s big property moves and explain why the headline promise of helping first home buyers may actually tighten rentals and lift prices in new stock. We break down how the negative gearing reset and capital gains tax ...
Across Australia with Chris Smith - Negative Gearing, Rising Rents & Sydney’s Market Reality
On Across Australia, host Chris Smith is joined by Peter O’Malley to cut through the political noise surrounding negative gearing and capital gains tax reform. Rather than focusing on headlines, the discussion examines what’s ac...
Episode 116: RBA Hike #3: Reading Between the Lines of the Cash Rate
We unpack the RBA’s 0.25% rate rise to a 4.35% cash rate and read the statement for what it really says about inflation risk and what comes next. Then we shift to the on-the-ground property impacts, from Sydney’s tightening rental market to wha...
Episode 115: Sydney Real Estate Faces A Trust Reckoning After A 10-Year Ban
A ten-year ban doesn’t just end one agent’s career. It detonates a trust problem that’s been sitting in plain sight across Australian real estate for years. Ciaran O'Brien sits down with industry veteran Peter O'Malley to unpack why the Josh Te...
Episode 114: Sydney Market Confidence Breaks
Sydney feels like it has hit a new gear, and not the fun kind. Buyer confidence has slipped hard, open home crowds have thinned out, and auction clearance rates are now printing numbers many people have not seen in years. We sit down and get sp...
Episode 113: The Underquoting Crackdown Is Here
The New South Wales government just tabled legislation that could fundamentally change how real estate agents operate. Fines are tripling, agents will be forced to publish a price on every listing, and a new statement of information will create...
Episode 112: Two Hikes In, Nowhere to Hide
The RBA just hiked rates for the second time this year and the board was split 5-4, which is rare and significant. In this episode, Ciaran O'Brien and Peter O'Malley unpacks what that split really signals, why markets are already pricing in a t...
Episode 111 | Conditioning vs Feedback: What Every Seller Needs to Know
In Episode 111, Peter O’Malley and Ciaran O’Brien unpack one of the most important issues sellers face during a sales campaign: the difference between genuine buyer feedback and agent conditioning. They explore how some agents win listings with...
Episode 110 | Sydney Property in a Shifting Market with Special Guest Mike Salvartsis, Owner Director of Real Property Buyers
In Episode 111, Ciaran O’Brien and Peter O’Malley sit down with special guest Mike Salvartsis, Owner Director of Real Property Buyers, for a sharp look at what is really happening across the Sydney property market. The conversation covers how g...
Episode 109: From Offers To Exchange: Protecting Yourself In NSW Property Deals
In this episode of Current Market Insights, Ciaran O’Brien and Peter O’Malley unpack the part of buying in NSW that most people think they understand, until it gets real. Offers are easy. Exchange is the moment it becomes binding. And the pathw...
Episode 108: Sydney Property Market Update February 2026 What the Numbers Really Say
Ciaran O’Brien sits down with Peter O’Malley for a boots on the ground read of the Sydney property market as February 2026 wraps up. They unpack a softer feel behind the headlines, including Marrickville results that raised eyebrows and why com...
Episode 107: RBA Rate Hike, NSW Name and Shame List, and Why Sydney Rents Could Jump 10%
This week on Current Market Insights, Kieran O’Brien and Peter O’Malley unpack the key points from Peter’s latest monthly newsletter and what they mean on the ground in Sydney real estate.They cover why the market is likely to brush off...
Episode 106: Rate Hike Reality — Sticky Inflation, Borrowing Power & What Comes Next
Hosts Ciaran O’Brien and Peter O’Malley unpack the RBA’s latest rate hike and why inflation in Australia remains stubbornly above target. We explore how the next six weeks could reshape sentiment, borrowing capacity and price momentum, while co...
Episode 105: Inflation, Housing Costs & Trust Under Pressure
Hosts Ciaran O’Brien and Peter O’Malley break down the 3.8% CPI print and why housing costs—especially rents and electricity—are doing most of the damage. We explain what a likely 0.25% RBA hike means for prices, buyer sentiment, and negotiatio...
Episode 104: The Three Signals Shaping Sydney in 2026
Hosts Ciaran O’Brien and Peter O’Malley deliver a clear-eyed check on how Sydney’s property market opens in 2026—steady inspections, cautious buyers, and a noticeable shift where apartments begin edging ahead of houses as first home buyer activ...
2026 Sydney Property Preview with John Stanley on 2GB
Peter O'Malley joins 2GB's John Stanley to give a clear read on Australia’s property market in 2026, weighing forecasts for modest growth against pressure from rising rates, strong migration, and a tight rental market. Peter looks at investor e...
Talking Property – The 2026 Property Market Previewed
In this special Talking Property episode, Harris Partners’ Peter O’Malley is joined by SQM Research Director Louis Christopher, widely regarded as Australia’s leading property analyst, to preview what lies ahead for the housing ...
Talking Property - The 2025 Sydney Property Market
SQM Research's Louis Christopher offers an insightful breakdown on the State of the Market in Sydney for 2025. We unpack why Sydney’s 2025 property market rose overall yet lost steam late in the year. • three rate cuts then a CP...
Episode 103: A Year in Review — Cuts, Cracks & Crossroads
Hosts Ciaran O’Brien and Peter O’Malley wrap up a year where rate cuts calmed mortgage distress, yet inflation quietly returned through energy, services, and daily essentials. As AI reshapes jobs, rental markets hold steady, and policy reforms ...
Episode 102: Prices Rise as Auction Heat Cools
Hosts Ciaran O’Brien and Peter O’Malley break down Sydney’s late-year property trends — where prices keep climbing even as auction heat fades. With migration pressure, infrastructure investment, and rate movements all pulling the market in diff...
Episode 101: Choosing the Right Property Manager
Hosts Ciaran O'Brien and Peter O'Malley unpack how to choose a property manager who genuinely protects your asset — not one who disappears after signing the agreement. From understanding the difference between a BDM and a true property manager ...
Episode 100: Buy First or Sell First? Avoiding Costly Traps
Hosts Ciaran O'Brien and Peter O'Malley unpack why buying before selling snares one in ten property owners — and how to avoid panic discounts, bridging finance blowouts, and stressful settlement timelines. With real examples and proven strategi...
Episode 99: Sydney’s Strength & the Economy’s Strain
Hosts Ciaran O'Brien and Peter O'Malley explore why Sydney’s property market continues to defy broader economic headwinds. As unemployment rises and central banks face pressure to balance inflation with growth, we examine how policy shifts, mig...
Episode 98: The Hidden Cost of Selling – Why Small Price Shifts Matter
Hosts Ciaran O'Brien and Peter O'Malley unpack why a seemingly “small” price change can translate into a substantial real-world loss once you factor in stamp duty, agent fees, legal costs, and market timing. Using real examples, they illustrate...
Episode 97: Rate Hold Pressure, Rezoning & Market Moves
Hosts Ciaran O'Brien and Peter O'Malley unpack why a rate hold can still feel like a squeeze for households, even as Sydney’s property market shows firmer prices, mixed clearance rates, and ultra-tight rental conditions. With rezoning plans, fi...