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- 0:00Speaker 1: Cam and Renee's Real Estate Show on Mix 106.3. Step
- 0:05Speaker 1: into stylish, low-maintenance living in Canberra's inner north. It's a
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- 0:11Speaker 2: Well, Cam, we really enjoyed the latest instalment of the
- 0:14Speaker 2: Mix 106.3 Real Estate Show, and now it's time for
- 0:17Speaker 2: the podcast.
- 0:17Speaker 3: Michael Yardney, CEO of Metropole Property Strategists, joined us and
- 0:21Speaker 3: we asked the question, is now the time to buy?
- 0:24Speaker 3: Just with all the sort of unrest perceived or not
- 0:27Speaker 3: that's happening at the moment. And he gave us a
- 0:30Speaker 3: really good sort of market overview, didn't he?
- 0:31Speaker 4: He did.
- 0:32Speaker 2: Some really good advice. We love having a chat to
- 0:34Speaker 2: Michael and catching up with him. We also asked the
- 0:37Speaker 2: question of a local real estate agent, what is a
- 0:40Speaker 2: pole house? Now, I'd never heard of these before, Kemp.
- 0:43Speaker 3: Either had I, except I went to go to record
- 0:46Speaker 3: one with Zango.
- 0:47Speaker 5: Yep.
- 0:48Speaker 3: And so these incredible, it's almost like.
- 0:50Speaker 6: A tree house.
- 0:51Speaker 7: Yes, a real life tree house.
- 0:52Speaker 3: The whole house was built around these incredibly big treated
- 0:56Speaker 3: poles that you know, embedded into the ground, clearly, and
- 1:00Speaker 3: they go up and it's sort of built around. This
- 1:02Speaker 3: one that I went into had about four different levels.
- 1:04Speaker 6: It was insane.
- 1:05Speaker 2: Yeah, it is like actually a real-life treehouse. You've really
- 1:07Speaker 2: got to check it out.
- 1:08Speaker 1: It's awesome.
- 1:09Speaker 2: We also caught up with Peggy McAllister from MyAgent. She's
- 1:12Speaker 2: our South Coast... property guru, and so she gave us
- 1:15Speaker 2: a bit of an update on what's tracking with the
- 1:17Speaker 2: property market there.
- 1:18Speaker 3: Yeah, where people are coming in from, of course, are
- 1:20Speaker 3: the Maria Medical Centre. That's a big attraction and bringing
- 1:23Speaker 3: people into the area.
- 1:25Speaker 1: Yep.
- 1:25Speaker 3: Locals moving in and around and people coming from outside
- 1:28Speaker 3: as well.
- 1:28Speaker 2: So quite busy by the sounds of it.
- 1:30Speaker 3: Okay, that is the Mix 106.3 Real Estate Show. We
- 1:33Speaker 3: get to relive it through the podcast, and before we
- 1:35Speaker 3: get to it all, let's do this. Mix 106.3's Property
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- 1:53Speaker 2: Well, Cam, we've been hearing lots lately about property values
- 1:57Speaker 2: continuing to soften around the country on this show and
- 2:01Speaker 2: all elsewhere and other media everywhere. And the Reserve Bank
- 2:04Speaker 2: meets again on Cup Day. There's been talk, recent talk
- 2:07Speaker 2: around another possible rate rise there as well. So what
- 2:11Speaker 2: does this mean for our housing markets? And if you
- 2:13Speaker 2: are looking to move house to buy, sell, you know,
- 2:16Speaker 2: is it a good time? Is it not a good time?
- 2:19Speaker 2: Michael Yardney is CEO of Metropole Property Strategists. Hopefully he
- 2:22Speaker 2: can answer those questions for us.
- 2:24Speaker 1: Michael, good morning.
- 2:25Speaker 6: Good morning, Renee.
- 2:26Speaker 2: Now, just firstly, what do you think the Reserve Bank
- 2:29Speaker 2: will do at its next meeting?
- 2:34Speaker 4: Deputy Reserve Bank Commissioner Andrew Houser said inflation outlook looks maturely.
- 2:41Speaker 6: Worse than the RBA forecast in August. So it scared
- 2:44Speaker 6: the market.
- 2:45Speaker 4: I guess the next CPI figures, Renee, which are coming
- 2:48Speaker 4: out this coming week, are going to affect the Reserve
- 2:51Speaker 4: Bank's decision. But many economists believe these figures are going
- 2:55Speaker 4: to show inflation is higher than many expected. Now, that
- 3:01Speaker 4: means that the interest rate rises they've already got. given
- 3:04Speaker 4: just aren't working. However, they're talking about another interest rate rise,
- 3:08Speaker 4: which is going to hit mortgage holders and everyone. At
- 3:12Speaker 4: the moment, Westpac, ANZ, the two big banks believe there's
- 3:16Speaker 4: going to be an interest rate rise. National Australia, Commonwealth
- 3:19Speaker 4: Bank and the AMP expect the Reserve Bank to remain
- 3:23Speaker 4: on hold. So no one's really.
- 3:26Speaker 6: Sure what's going to happen.
- 3:28Speaker 4: I hope they're going to just be sensible and wait
- 3:31Speaker 4: to see what's happening.
- 3:33Speaker 6: But the Reserve Bank is warning us that.
- 3:36Speaker 4: Yes, there could be another interest rate rise. And very
- 3:39Speaker 4: few of us want it.
- 3:40Speaker 6: No one really wants that, do we? No, absolutely not, Michael.
- 3:44Speaker 3: Last interest rate rise, when that was announced, there were
- 3:47Speaker 3: a number of high-profile real estate commentators who went ballistic
- 3:52Speaker 3: in the media. They lost it, essentially. What are they
- 3:56Speaker 3: going to do if we get another one?
- 4:00Speaker 4: Well, there was one forecast by a very prominent economist
- 4:05Speaker 4: this week suggesting the house falls up to 40%. The
- 4:09Speaker 4: media loves those sorts of stories. That particular commentator, who
- 4:14Speaker 4: I used to have a lot of respect for in
- 4:16Speaker 4: the past, has been prosecuted. proven wrong again and again.
- 4:20Speaker 4: What's underpinning property values? What's going to stop them falling
- 4:23Speaker 4: significantly is the fact that we still need accommodation. It's
- 4:28Speaker 4: going to keep costing more to build. Building costs have
- 4:32Speaker 4: gone up. There's just not enough housing and people are
- 4:36Speaker 4: still getting on with their lives. Problem, of course, is
- 4:39Speaker 4: that fewer properties are coming up for sale. People who
- 4:42Speaker 4: don't need to move are just sitting on the sidelines
- 4:45Speaker 4: at the moment. But I bet you there's going to
- 4:47Speaker 4: be a lot more media speculation.
- 4:49Speaker 6: The media loves those sort of headlines, Cam.
- 4:52Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely.
- 4:53Speaker 2: And Michael, what would you advise someone who is looking
- 4:56Speaker 2: to buy at the moment if they are feeling worried
- 4:58Speaker 2: like lots of people seem to be?
- 5:00Speaker 4: Well, I can understand why homebuyers are reluctant to purchase
- 5:03Speaker 4: at the moment, Renee. If they listen to the media,
- 5:05Speaker 4: like we were just saying, they're talking about.
- 5:08Speaker 6: Catching a falling knife. However, I have no doubt that.
- 5:11Speaker 4: Anyone who buys in today's market is going to look
- 5:14Speaker 4: back in five.
- 5:15Speaker 6: Years' time and say, boy, that was.
- 5:17Speaker 4: Cheap, just like they did when we spoke about all
- 5:19Speaker 4: this over COVID five, six years ago, like in the
- 5:23Speaker 4: 2017-18 downturn during the.
- 5:25Speaker 6: Global financial crisis.
- 5:27Speaker 4: But I think especially for first-home.
- 5:29Speaker 6: Buyers is overstretching themselves.
- 5:32Speaker 4: I think it's a bigger danger than sort of trying
- 5:35Speaker 4: to time the bottom. So if you want to move house,
- 5:38Speaker 4: it's a.
- 5:38Speaker 6: Good time to.
- 5:41Speaker 4: Do it if you've got financial buffers to cope with
- 5:44Speaker 4: another interest rate rise. And I think just as importantly, Renee,
- 5:47Speaker 4: you're going to have to have the nerve to tune
- 5:50Speaker 4: out from those negative stories.
- 5:51Speaker 6: In the media that we were just talking about.
- 5:54Speaker 4: But if you're buying for the long term, a few
- 5:56Speaker 4: percentage points either way at the bottom isn't really going
- 5:59Speaker 4: to matter.
- 6:00Speaker 6: In 10 years' time, Renee.
- 6:01Speaker 7: Yep.
- 6:01Speaker 2: So basically people should just go for it if they're
- 6:03Speaker 2: in a position to do it.
- 6:04Speaker 4: Keep on with your life if you're ready for it.
- 6:06Speaker 6: That's right.
- 6:07Speaker 4: It's a great time for upgraders because you can take
- 6:10Speaker 4: advantage of the bigger falls and the more expensive properties
- 6:13Speaker 4: because the gap between what you're selling and what you're
- 6:16Speaker 4: buying is actually narrower.
- 6:17Speaker 6: Than it used to be.
- 6:18Speaker 7: Yeah, gotcha. Okay, Michael.
- 6:20Speaker 2: Well, I guess we'll see what happens on Cup Day
- 6:23Speaker 2: and go from here and we'll cross our fingers and toes.
- 6:25Speaker 5: But thank you so.
- 6:26Speaker 7: Much for your time this morning.
- 6:27Speaker 6: Okay. Thank you, Renee. Thanks, Cam.
- 6:29Speaker 5: Cheers.
- 6:30Speaker 2: Marco Yardley, CEO of Metropole Property Strategist. Well, Cam, this
- 6:33Speaker 2: morning we're asking what is a pole house? A pole house.
- 6:38Speaker 2: And where would you find one in Canberra? I've never
- 6:40Speaker 2: heard of this before.
- 6:41Speaker 3: So it's P-O-L-E, simply just standard pole house.
- 6:44Speaker 7: Yes, yes.
- 6:45Speaker 2: And they're actually, you know, I think we're going to
- 6:47Speaker 2: learn about how cool they really are. Andrew Curran is
- 6:51Speaker 2: principal of LJ Hooker in Targonong, knows a thing or
- 6:54Speaker 2: two about pole houses. Andrew, good morning.
- 6:57Speaker 8: Yeah, good morning, Renee. Thanks for having me on the show.
- 6:59Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks for coming on. Now, look, let's just cut
- 7:02Speaker 2: to the chase. Can you tell us what is a
- 7:04Speaker 2: pole house? I've never heard of these before. Why are
- 7:08Speaker 2: they so unique?
- 7:09Speaker 6: It's not surprising.
- 7:10Speaker 8: They are, you know, not often found in Canberra.
- 7:13Speaker 5: But as you know, Canberra is quite a hilly region,
- 7:16Speaker 5: especially the Tuggeranong Valley.
- 7:18Speaker 8: The beauty of those hills is obviously.
- 7:19Speaker 5: You've got some elevation and then you've got some views
- 7:22Speaker 5: to the surrounding areas. But naturally building on the sides
- 7:26Speaker 5: of those hills can be challenging. Often the blocks are
- 7:30Speaker 5: steep and undulating and that's where pole homes come into
- 7:32Speaker 5: their own. As the name suggests, the main supporting structure
- 7:36Speaker 5: of a pole home is just really large treated timber poles,
- 7:41Speaker 5: which are cut to varying lengths, and that accounts for
- 7:43Speaker 5: the fall of the block. It allows the house to
- 7:46Speaker 5: be set on the side of the hill and blend
- 7:49Speaker 5: into the landscape rather than imposing itself on the block.
- 7:53Speaker 3: Yeah, now, so, and I've been to this house, so
- 7:56Speaker 3: I've seen it, as we've mentioned, and the poles sort
- 7:58Speaker 3: of come up through the whole of the structure.
- 8:01Speaker 6: It is almost like... A real treehouse, isn't it?
- 8:07Speaker 8: Well, that's exactly right.
- 8:08Speaker 5: In fact, what happens with the construction, as it takes
- 8:11Speaker 5: on the fall of the land, it creates different elevations.
- 8:14Speaker 5: And sometimes you find some of those levels are up
- 8:17Speaker 5: amongst the canopy of the trees. So you're looking out
- 8:20Speaker 5: through the foliage, you're looking at the bird life, and yeah,
- 8:23Speaker 5: it creates that feeling of a giant treehouse. And certainly
- 8:26Speaker 5: 56 Icona Circuit is a real prime example of that.
- 8:30Speaker 2: And so there is that one you just mentioned, but
- 8:32Speaker 2: from what I understand that there's a few of these
- 8:34Speaker 2: ones in Corwell, how did they sort of came to be?
- 8:37Speaker 5: Well, Icona Circuit, you know, it wraps around the height
- 8:42Speaker 5: of Corwell. So Arthur Corwell Hill, it's called, and it's
- 8:45Speaker 5: probably the dress circle street. And a lot of those
- 8:48Speaker 5: blocks on the side of the hill, they're slopey. And
- 8:52Speaker 5: there just seems to be a little concentration in Icona
- 8:54Speaker 5: Circuit of Canberra pole homes, uh, There was a builder
- 8:58Speaker 5: back in the day when that sort of was being built.
- 9:02Speaker 8: That maybe was his forte. I'm not too sure whether
- 9:05Speaker 8: he did.
- 9:05Speaker 5: Other homes as well, but there's about four or five
- 9:08Speaker 5: that I know of certainly in that street, and there's
- 9:10Speaker 5: not that many elsewhere in Tuggeranong.
- 9:14Speaker 3: And so what about the architecture? Is there one particular
- 9:16Speaker 3: person who designed these? Do you know much about that?
- 9:19Speaker 8: I did try and research that, actually. What I could
- 9:22Speaker 8: find out is that.
- 9:25Speaker 5: The original owners of this particular house were draftsmen themselves,
- 9:28Speaker 5: and they had some input into the design.
- 9:31Speaker 8: Each pole home is slightly different.
- 9:33Speaker 5: So it's not like a cookie-cutter kind of home. They
- 9:36Speaker 5: are a little bit different, and this one is set
- 9:39Speaker 5: over five levels.
- 9:40Speaker 8: It has all sorts of.
- 9:41Speaker 5: Decks and things and windows capturing the nature surrounding the
- 9:46Speaker 5: property and bringing that inside, which is just beautiful.
- 9:49Speaker 2: Yeah, and so if people want to come and have
- 9:51Speaker 2: a look at one and see what we're talking about,
- 9:53Speaker 2: what is a pole house in person? You mentioned 56
- 9:56Speaker 2: O'Connor Circuit. When can they come and have a look?
- 9:59Speaker 5: Yeah, look, it is open today at 12.30.
- 10:01Speaker 6: You can come along.
- 10:03Speaker 5: You can also find the advert on Zango, for instance,
- 10:05Speaker 5: if you look that up. Give us a call any time.
- 10:08Speaker 8: We can show you through.
- 10:09Speaker 5: People that have come through have just been fascinated, really,
- 10:12Speaker 5: by the structure.
- 10:15Speaker 8: The kids, in particular, have been enthralled by the bedrooms.
- 10:18Speaker 8: Each bedroom... has its own loft area.
- 10:20Speaker 5: It's like a little breakout area for the kids. They
- 10:23Speaker 5: can have their toys up there or a little study room.
- 10:27Speaker 5: It's quite an unusual property. I've not seen anything like
- 10:30Speaker 5: this one. Even with the other pole homes, this one's
- 10:33Speaker 5: quite different.
- 10:34Speaker 2: Yeah, well, people need to definitely go and have a
- 10:35Speaker 2: look and see for themselves. It is something out of
- 10:37Speaker 2: like a fairy tale or storybook or something, really. Andrew,
- 10:42Speaker 2: thank you so much for your time this morning.
- 10:43Speaker 8: No, you're welcome. Thank you for having me on the show.
- 10:46Speaker 8: Appreciate it.
- 10:47Speaker 2: That's Andrew Curran, Principal of LJ Hookah in Tuckernong. Well, Cam,
- 10:52Speaker 2: I was in Mollymook recently, as you know, with my
- 10:55Speaker 2: family for a little getaway. And we love, you know,
- 10:58Speaker 2: going to the coast, but especially to that part of
- 11:00Speaker 2: the coast.
- 11:01Speaker 3: You stayed right near the golf course.
- 11:02Speaker 7: Didn't you?
- 11:03Speaker 2: Yes, yes, we did.
- 11:04Speaker 7: I knew the golf club there.
- 11:05Speaker 4: It was awesome.
- 11:06Speaker 2: But I would go for walks each morning with my
- 11:08Speaker 2: dad and put Bon in the pram and push her around.
- 11:10Speaker 2: And we just love... walking just through the streets, talking
- 11:13Speaker 2: about the houses, look at this house, look at that,
- 11:15Speaker 2: especially the ones for sale.
- 11:16Speaker 4: You know.
- 11:17Speaker 3: And there's conversations happen all the time and there's lots
- 11:19Speaker 3: of shop fronts like, you know, the real estate agents
- 11:21Speaker 3: and people milling around there. The best thing about driving
- 11:23Speaker 3: down the coast is so you get across to Braywood, great,
- 11:26Speaker 3: then you go down the hill, get through and sort
- 11:29Speaker 3: of just arrive, park, open the door and just get
- 11:34Speaker 3: that waft of salt air.
- 11:36Speaker 1: And it's just that's why I'm here.
- 11:38Speaker 7: Yep. Yep, and it's so nice.
- 11:39Speaker 2: And so we are going to do a bit of
- 11:41Speaker 2: a South Coast property update this morning because it's been
- 11:43Speaker 2: a hot minute. Peggy McAllister, a licensed agent at MyAgent,
- 11:47Speaker 2: is our go-to person. Peggy, good morning.
- 11:50Speaker 7: Good morning, Renee and Cam.
- 11:52Speaker 2: Now, look, give us an overview of how the property
- 11:54Speaker 2: market is tracking on the coast at the moment.
- 11:56Speaker 7: Yeah, so look, it's very much the same as last
- 12:00Speaker 7: time we spoke. It's just ticking along. It certainly is
- 12:03Speaker 7: a little bit quieter than what it was last year,
- 12:05Speaker 7: but we are still seeing properties transact. And whilst there
- 12:08Speaker 7: has been some softening, the prices are holding still relatively well,
- 12:13Speaker 7: I have to say. So yeah, it's still ticking along.
- 12:16Speaker 3: Peggy, when I speak to agents in Canberra, they're talking
- 12:19Speaker 3: about this idea of they have to do just a
- 12:21Speaker 3: little bit more. They have to go the extra steps
- 12:23Speaker 3: to help people who are selling their houses, get everything ready,
- 12:27Speaker 3: just to create the whole positive experience. Are you finding
- 12:31Speaker 3: that you're having to do that as an agent on
- 12:33Speaker 3: the coast as well?
- 12:34Speaker 6: Absolutely. Absolutely.
- 12:36Speaker 7: It's definitely, having worked through three cycles up and down,
- 12:40Speaker 7: there are certainly a lot of additional things that need
- 12:42Speaker 7: to happen to position a property during the quieter market conditions.
- 12:46Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah.
- 12:47Speaker 2: And Peggy, where is most of the interest coming from? Like,
- 12:50Speaker 2: is it locals kind of moving into different parts of
- 12:52Speaker 2: the region or people relocating from elsewhere? Look, there is,
- 12:57Speaker 2: you know, quite a trend with locals moving around at
- 12:59Speaker 2: the moment.
- 13:00Speaker 7: You know, you've got your families upsizing to acreage. You've
- 13:02Speaker 7: got your retirees on acreage downsizing. You've got some families
- 13:06Speaker 7: wanting to be in that Browley catchment for the private
- 13:09Speaker 7: high schools. So there's a lot of movement in the area.
- 13:12Speaker 7: We are noticing the Maria Hospital is bringing down health employees.
- 13:16Speaker 6: So we've got permanent people.
- 13:17Speaker 7: Doctors, nurses, different medical professionals that are moving south around
- 13:22Speaker 7: that Maria Brawley region for the new hospital. So that
- 13:25Speaker 7: is definitely a trend. And we are still having people
- 13:28Speaker 7: come here to retire. I would say the investor and
- 13:32Speaker 7: holiday home market is probably a little bit light on
- 13:34Speaker 7: at the moment.
- 13:35Speaker 3: Yeah, I tell you what, with the Maria Medical Centre there,
- 13:39Speaker 3: plenty of people will be going down to Churros Heads
- 13:40Speaker 3: as well. Like that's just such a beautiful spot with
- 13:43Speaker 3: that big new development happening. That must be creating a
- 13:46Speaker 3: lot of interest as well for you.
- 13:48Speaker 6: Look, absolutely.
- 13:49Speaker 7: I live in Churros, and I've just moved here within
- 13:52Speaker 7: the last two years, and I have to say it
- 13:53Speaker 7: is definitely an area that is on the up, but
- 13:56Speaker 7: the prices are still very competitive. You know, if you've
- 13:58Speaker 7: been thinking about a coast house for the last few years,
- 14:00Speaker 7: there couldn't be a better time to try and secure one.
- 14:03Speaker 3: So I can just imagine you down there, Peggy, on
- 14:05Speaker 3: a Friday afternoon at the One Tree Inn enjoying a
- 14:08Speaker 3: nice glass of wine.
- 14:09Speaker 7: Do you know what? We actually went to the Churros
- 14:11Speaker 7: Country Club last night because they've got new people in
- 14:13Speaker 7: the restaurant, and the food is fantastic, and it was packed.
- 14:17Speaker 7: So it was a really good vibe.
- 14:18Speaker 2: Yeah, that's so cool. And do you have something special
- 14:21Speaker 2: for us to snap up? Anything in the works at
- 14:23Speaker 2: the moment you want to mention?
- 14:25Speaker 7: I do. I have a really beautiful brand new duplex,
- 14:28Speaker 7: Walking Distance to the Beach in Sunshine Bay.
- 14:32Speaker 1: Okay, tell us a little bit about that place.
- 14:34Speaker 7: So it's brand new and, you know, there's a lot
- 14:36Speaker 7: of people that build duplexes and they're really just basic,
- 14:40Speaker 7: you know, investor type properties. This has really been built
- 14:43Speaker 7: and geared to the downsizing retiree. Very high quality finishes,
- 14:48Speaker 7: ducted reverse cycle air conditioning, fully landscaped. timber floors, stone benchtops,
- 14:53Speaker 7: and really high-quality cabinetry.
- 14:55Speaker 6: Throughout, skylights.
- 14:56Speaker 7: Like, it's just stunning. So it's for that person that
- 15:00Speaker 7: wants to downsize but doesn't want to downsize on quality
- 15:03Speaker 7: and doesn't want to downsize its four-bed, two-bath, an oversized garage,
- 15:07Speaker 7: and huge storage-slash-workshop area under the house.
- 15:11Speaker 6: Yeah, Renee, I've seen pictures of this place. You just
- 15:13Speaker 6: go there in a second.
- 15:14Speaker 7: Yep, absolutely.
- 15:15Speaker 3: It's so good.
- 15:16Speaker 7: All right, Peggy.
- 15:16Speaker 2: Well, we love, you know, this time when you make
- 15:19Speaker 2: us for just a few minutes of our Saturday morning.
- 15:21Speaker 2: We feel like we are where you are, which is
- 15:25Speaker 2: so lovely. Thank you for your time as always.
- 15:27Speaker 7: It's a pleasure.
- 15:28Speaker 5: Cheers.
- 15:29Speaker 2: Peggy McAllister, Licensed Agent at MyAgent.
- 15:32Speaker 3: Well, those are the interviews we most enjoyed in last
- 15:35Speaker 3: week's Mix 106.3 Real Estate Show. If you love hearing
- 15:38Speaker 3: about the latest trends or you're just up for a
- 15:40Speaker 3: sticky beak, be sure to drop by for a listen
- 15:43Speaker 3: this Saturday between 9 and 10.
- 15:45Speaker 1: Cam and Renee's Real Estate Show on Mix 106.3.