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
155 episodes
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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Episode 96: Trusted Insider Threats – Data Security in Real Estate
Hosts Ciaran O'Brien and Peter O'Malley expose the hidden risk of insider threats in the real estate industry, where organised crime syndicates are placing moles inside agencies to access sensitive personal information. With data breaches costi...
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Episode 95: Spring Stock Surge – Auctions, Rentals & Economic Headwinds
Hosts Ciaran O'Brien and Peter O'Malley break down Sydney’s spring property market as a surge of new listings puts pressure on clearance rates. With 1,115 auctions scheduled in a single week and clearance rates slipping to 51%, many vendors are...
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Episode 94: Spring Market Begins – Rain Delays, Rate Cuts & Rising Buyer Demand
Hosts Ciaran O'Brien and Peter O'Malley analyse the opening weeks of Sydney’s spring property season. Relentless rain has delayed listings, while three recent rate cuts have eased mortgage stress and reduced urgency for some sellers. Despite fe...
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Episode 93: Housing Incentives, Rezoning & Sydney’s Next Growth Wave
Hosts Ciaran O'Brien and Peter O'Malley unpack major government announcements set to reshape Sydney’s property market. From new first home buyer incentives to large-scale rezoning plans, these policy shifts aim to boost affordability and supply...
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Episode 92: Sydney’s Property Underquoting Scandal
Hosts Ciaran O'Brien and Peter O'Malley break down the Reserve Bank’s 0.25% interest rate cut — the third in 2025 — and what it means for property buyers and sellers. At the same time, Sydney’s real estate sector is reeling from a major underqu...
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Episode 91: Fictitious Buyers – Exposing Real Estate's Dirty Tricks
Hosts Ciaran O'Brien and Peter O'Malley uncover the deceptive use of “fictitious buyers” by agents—an unethical tactic designed to pressure genuine buyers into overpaying. Peter explains how this differs from the previously discussed “ph...
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Episode 90: CPI Cooldown Sets Stage for August Rate Cut
Sydney’s property market remains stable as inflation data supports a likely August interest rate cut. With vendors and buyers anticipating a spring shift, hosts Ciaran O’Brien and Peter O’Malley break down how CPI figures, policy changes, and a...
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Episode 89: Industry Under Fire – Commissions, Conflicts & Consumer Trust
Hosts Ciaran O'Brien and Peter O'Malley delve into serious allegations against one of Australia’s top agents, accused of misleading vendors and manipulating commission structures for personal gain. Sparked by a series of Sydney Morning Herald e...
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2GB Sydney Now with Luke Bona
Sydney's property market shows resilience with auction clearance rates of 76% despite winter conditions and the Reserve Bank holding interest rates. The market is experiencing "artificial strength" due to extremely low housing stock levels whil...
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Talking Property - Second Half of 2025 Sydney Property Market Previewed
SQM Research’s Managing Director Louis Christopher recently joined us to outline provide his view on how the Sydney Property Market will perform heading toward Christmas. Louis discusses:Why both the Sydney and National ...
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Talking Property - State of the Market June 2025
Australia's best property analyst, SQM Research's Louis Christopher joined us to discuss the Sydney property market. In this chat, we discuss the the market response to the two interest rate cuts, what the RBA are likely to do in Ju...
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2SM with Chris Smith - Is REA Group Too Powerful?
Host Chris Smith (2SM’s Across Australia) is joined by real estate expert Peter O'Malley to unpack the ACCC’s investigation into REA Group and the growing backlash against skyrocketing advertising fees. With Australian property sellers now foot...
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Episode 88: Glebe Island, GDP & the Housing Crunch
Hosts Ciaran O'Brien and Peter O'Malley unpack Premier Chris Minns’ potential pivot to Glebe Island for housing development, after the collapse of the Rose Hill Racecourse plan. With Sydney’s median house price pushing $1.486 million and econom...
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Episode 87: ACCC Targets REA Group — Market Power, Price Hikes & Shifting Listing Trends
In this episode, we examine the ACCC’s investigation into REA Group and whether Australia’s leading real estate portal is misusing its market dominance. With vendors and agents under pressure from rising listing costs, we unpack the economics b...
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Episode 86: Rate Cuts, Wage Data, and the Next Phase of Australia’s Property Cycle
The RBA has delivered a 0.25% interest rate cut, opting for a cautious step down while acknowledging growing international risks. In this episode, Ciaran O'Brien and Peter O'Malley break down what this move signals for property buyers, investor...
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Episode 85: Rate Cut Anticipation and May Market Momentum
Hosts Ciaran O'Brien and Peter O'Malley unpack renewed activity in Sydney's property market as the first "clean weekend" since mid-April brings more buyers through open homes—yet clearance rates linger at just 46%.We look ahead to the an...
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Episode 84: Missed Opportunity? RBA Holds as Markets Flounder
Hosts Ciaran O'Brien and Peter O'Malley dissect the RBA’s controversial decision to hold rates during the federal election—despite inflation now sitting comfortably within target bands and business conditions described as “putrid” across multip...
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