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Taking Back Saturday
Buying a house is hard. The market is competitive and for a lot of buyers, it feels like everything is stacked against them and they don't know where to turn or who to trust. Join Sam Hunter & Chayse Jones from Happy Buyers Club every week as they explore and unlock the often complicated world of real estate to help every day aussies understand how real estate really works. Think of this as home buyer therapy. Learn more - https://linktr.ee/happybuyersclub
Episodes
- Taking Back Saturday
Finance fundamentals and what's next for interest rates with HoLo
This week on Taking Back Saturday, we’re joined by Justin at HoLo to talk all things home loans, from borrowing capacity and deposits to interest rates…
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Ins and outs of Commercial Property investing with Jascha Johnston
This week on Taking Back Saturday, we’re doing things a little differently. We’re joined by Jascha Johnston, Director of Industrial Property Brisbane, to…
- Taking Back Saturday
Your questions, our answers
A listener Q&A episode of Taking Back Saturday this week with Sam and Chayse from happy buyers club. We put the callout on Instagram, you sent through the…
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Real estate fundamentals
What makes a property a fundamentally good buy? This week, Luke and Chayse from Happy Buyers Club break down the importance of identifying future objections…
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Brisbane property prices continue to fall
This week on Taking Back Saturday with Chayse and Sam from happy buyers club - Brisbane property data for September is in and Brisbane’s property market…
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What are interest rates doing next? (HoLo market update)
This week on Taking Back Saturday, Chayse sits down with mortgage broker, Justin Dickinson from HoLo to talk through what’s next for interest rates…
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First home buyer special with Luke Broekman
Buying your first home (or any home) can feel like a minefield. Deposits, borrowing capacity, grants, repayments, making offers — and trying to work out…
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How to buy a house before Christmas
Christmas is 105 days away! So if you’re buying in Brisbane and want to be in before Christmas, you’ve got roughly 8 weeks to find the one. This week on Taking…
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Spring is not coming to save sellers
Spring has sprung, but it isn’t coming to save sellers. Brisbane’s market has softened, stock is taking longer to sell, and the biggest challenge for many…
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How to put a deal together in the current market
The market has changed, and so has the way buyers need to approach a deal. This week, we’re talking about patience, persistence and asking better questions…
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How to solve Brisbane's housing crisis with Jess Caire
This week on Taking Back Saturday, we’re joined by Jess Caire, Executive Director of the Queensland Division of the Property Council of Australia, to unpack…
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Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner talks the future of Brisbane
This week on Taking Back Saturday, we’re joined by Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner for a big-picture conversation about the future of our city. We talk…
- Taking Back Saturday
HoLo Market Update
A special Monday edition of Taking Back Saturday with Holo's Justin Dickinson, ahead of tomorrow's RBA decision, unpacking the big questions around interest…
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Brisbane house prices are down again
Brisbane's house prices have officially posted a second straight monthly decline, but is the market really in trouble? This week on Taking Back Saturday, Sam…
- Taking Back Saturday
How to succeed at auction
It's the Auction Week finale! In this final episode, Sam and Chayse from Happy Buyers Club bring together everything you need to know before bidding. From…
- Taking Back Saturday
Inside the Mind of an Auctioneer with Sam Kelso
Auction Week continues! This week on Taking Back Saturday, we're joined by Place Estate Agency's lead auctioneer, Sam Kelso, to unpack what really happens on…
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Auctioneer Marcus Frater joins us for Auction Week
It's Auction Week on Taking Back Saturday, and we're kicking things off with one of Queensland's most experienced auctioneers, Marcus Frater. As a…
- Taking Back Saturday
Talking Brisbane Property with Mark Diamond of Atlas Brisbane
This week on Taking Back Saturday, we're joined by Mark Diamond from Atlas Brisbane. We unpack what he's seeing in the Brisbane property market, whether…
- Taking Back Saturday
Persist or pivot
If you've been listening to Taking Back Saturday for a while but still haven't bought, this episode is for you. This week Sam and Chayse are talking about the…
- Taking Back Saturday
with Yan Tang of Yata Architecture
This week on Taking Back Saturday, we're joined by Brisbane architect Yan Tang to talk about what makes a home truly great. From how an architect inspects a…
- Taking Back Saturday
What is really happening in the Brisbane property market right now?
Brisbane's property market might finally be catching its breath. This week on Taking Back Saturday, we unpack the latest price data, why market sentiment…
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Talking AML Changes with Jake Morrison
This week on Taking Back Saturday, we’re joined by Asset Legal’s Jake Morrison to unpack the biggest change to Australian residential real estate in years —…
- Taking Back Saturday
Talking B&P's with Alwin Fung of UrbanBuildCo
This week on Taking Back Saturday, we sit down with Alwin Fung from Urban Build Co, our go-to building and pest inspector, to unpack what buyers really need to…
- Taking Back Saturday
Talking Brisbane Architecture with Jess Hardwick
This week on Taking Back Saturday, we’re joined (for the 2nd time in TBS history) by architect Jessica Hardwick to discuss how homeowners can make thoughtful…
- Taking Back Saturday
How to sell in a flatter market
In this week's episode of Taking Back Saturday, we explore how to successfully navigate selling your home amidst a flatter market. With buyers becoming more…
- Taking Back Saturday
June market wrap
Join Chayse and Sam for this month's market wrap on Taking Back Saturday. It felt like there was a lot going on in May. Interest rates went up again, fuel got…
- Taking Back Saturday
How to buy in a flatter market
The Brisbane market may be flattening, but that doesn’t mean buying property has become easier. In this week’s episode of Taking Back Saturday, Chayse and Sam…
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Is this the market that buyers have been waiting for?
This week on Taking Back Saturday, we unpack the shift happening in the Brisbane property market and why buyers might finally have the conditions they’ve been…
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with Tarah Hastie of Activates Construction
This week on Taking Back Saturday, Chayse sits down with Tarah Hastie from award-winning Brisbane builders, Activates Construction. From designing homes that…
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Budget, Tax Changes and WTF it all means for Brisbane
On this special Monday edition of Taking Back Saturday, Sam and Justin Dickinson from HoLo break down the Federal Budget, the proposed property tax changes and…
- Taking Back Saturday
with Liz Tilley of The Courier Mail
This week on Taking Back Saturday, Chayse is joined by Queensland Real Estate Editor for The Courier-Mail, Liz Tilley, for a behind-the-scenes look at…
- Taking Back Saturday
Market wrap - Brisbane, the little market that could
This week on Taking Back Saturday, we step back and make try to make sense of the mixed signals around the Brisbane property market right now . The national…
- Taking Back Saturday
with Remy Durieux of Remy's Real Estate
This week on Taking Back Saturday, we sit down with Remy Durieux of Remy’s Real Estate — a name you might recognise from many hilarious billboards around…
- Taking Back Saturday
Sell first or buy first
This week on Taking Back Saturday, Sam and Chayse are talking to the movers, the upgraders and the upsizers thinking of buying and selling in the same market…
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with Tom Uhlich of Boss Money
This week on Taking Back Saturday, we’re joined by Tom Uhlich from Boss Money Mortgage Brokers for a straight-talking conversation about what’s really…
- Taking Back Saturday
What next for the Brisbane market?
This week’s Taking Back Saturday Market Wrap Podcast dives into the big question on everyone’s mind: what does the current global uncertainty actually mean for…
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with Luke Broekman of HBC Invest
This week on Taking Back Saturday, we’re joined by Luke Broekman — one half of the new HBC Invest duo. We learn about Luke's journey into buyers agency, what’s…
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with Adam Bloom of HBC Invest
This week on Taking Back Saturday, we’re joined by the newest member of the Happy Buyers Club team, Adam Bloom, who’ll be leading our investment-focused…
- Taking Back Saturday
Is the Brisbane market cooling?
There’s a lot of noise in the headlines right now — conflict in the Middle East, rising fuel prices, inflation and uncertainty around interest rates. In this…
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with Nikita Higgins of Happy Buyers Club
This week on Taking Back Saturday, we're introducing the newest member of the happy buyers club team, Nikita Higgins, the only way we know how - by doing a…
- Taking Back Saturday
Market wrap: happy hunger games
It's market wrap time on Taking Back Saturday with prices up 1.6% in Brisbane this month (1.5% for houses / 2.1% for units). Sam and Chayse take a deeper look…
- Taking Back Saturday
Buyer series - Part 7 - Holy s*** you've just bought a house!
Welcome to the final part of the Taking Back Saturday buyer series with happy buyers club's Chayse and Sam. You've had an offer agreed, the contracts are…
- Taking Back Saturday
Buyer series - Part 6 - Preparing for and bidding at auction
In this episode of the Taking Back Saturday Buyer Series, Sam & Chayse dive into the often fear-inducing world of auctions. Whether you're a first-time bidder…
- Taking Back Saturday
Buyer series - Part 5 - Making offers that get accepted
This is part 5 of the Taking Back Saturday buyer series featuring your favourite buyers agent duo, Sam and Chayse. You've seen it, you like it, now it's time…
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Buyers series - Part 4 - How to inspect
The time has come to get off realestate.com.au and actually get out and inspect some properties! In part 4 of our Taking Back Saturday buyer series, Sam and…
- Taking Back Saturday
Prices are up (and so are interest rates)
On this special Tuesday edition / 100th new episode of Taking Back Saturday, we break down what’s really happening in the property market right now. We're…
- Taking Back Saturday
Buyer series - Part 3 - Talking to agents
Part 3 of the new Taking Back Saturday buyer series is all about real estate agents. If you're buying property, there is a fair chance you'll need to speak to…
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Buyer series - Part 2 - Pre-approval
Like we always say, before you fall in love with a great house, fall in love with a great mortgage broker so joining Chayse on this week's podcast is the…
- Taking Back Saturday
Buyer series - Part 1 - Get prepared
Over the coming weeks on Taking Back Saturday, Chayse and Sam will be bringing back their comprehensive series of buyers podcasts which cover all the basics…
- Taking Back Saturday
Buyer mindset
In this week's episode of Taking Back Saturday, we unpack the biggest mistake buyers make heading into a new year — chasing the what and where without getting…
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HBC's predictions for 2026
This week on Taking Back Saturday 🎙️- it’s our 2026 predictions episode! Sam and Chayse from happy buyers club break down what they think will happen in the…
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2025 market wrap
This week's Taking Back Saturday podcast is our last of 2025 so we're taking the chance to look back at the year that was and reflect upon the predictions we…
- Taking Back Saturday
with Bailey McKee from Belle Property Bulimba
This week on Taking Back Saturday, we’re joined by Bailey McKee from Belle Property Bulimba for a candid, on-the-ground take on the Brisbane market. We unpack…
- Taking Back Saturday
Won't somebody please think of the children? (December Market Wrap)
It's market wrap time again on Taking Back Saturday and spoiler alert, it's still mental out there right now! Chayse and Sam run through the details of what…
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with Ross Armstrong from Place Newmarket
This week on Taking Back Saturday, Sam is joined by one of Brisbane’s leading Inner North agents — and fellow podcaster — Ross Armstrong. We dig into what the…
- Taking Back Saturday
Why does real estate suck?
This week on Taking Back Saturday… we’re leaning right into the unofficial HBC tagline: real estate sucks. Why does it suck? Honestly… where do we start?…
- Taking Back Saturday
Bonus Ep: Time to Refinance?
This week on Taking Back Saturday, Justin Dickinson from Holo jumps back into the hot seat for a timely deep dive into one big question: Is now the moment to…
- Taking Back Saturday
with Shane Hicks of Place Camp Hill
This week on Taking Back Saturday, we’re diving deep into the fast-paced, high-stakes world of auctions with none other than Brisbane’s auction king himself —…
- Taking Back Saturday
The Brisbane market is nuts right now!
The market is nuts right now — things are moving fast, days on market are low, and price growth (especially under $2M, and even more so under $1M) is getting a…
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with Craig Loudon of Tobin Real Estate
This week on Taking Back Saturday, we’re joined by a true Brisbane real estate legend — Craig Loudon. With over 40 years in the industry, Craig has seen it…