Bricks & Mortar Media

07/09/2023

Today was a special day for me professionally as the Chair of the Property Investment Professionals of Australia (P**A) as I had the opportunity to meet with the Federal Shadow Housing Minister, Michael Sukkar MP, at Parliament House in Canberra to represent the interests of members and the wider property investment sector.

We discussed a variety of pressing issues, including the rental crisis and ways to incentivize property investors to enter – and stay – in the property market to help alleviate the current and persistent rental undersupply. We also discussed the low barrier to entry in the property investment advice sector.

It was a privilege few people get so I certainly made the most of the opportunity!

24/08/2023

We are terrible at promoting Bricks & Mortar Media because we're so busy promoting our fabulous clients. In fact, they have appeared in 1,972 stories in nationwide media since the start of this year!

We also devote plenty of energy and time representing the industry and investors via Nicola's voluntary position as Chair of the Property Investment Professionals of Australia (P**A) and Kieran's voluntary position as Board Member of the Property Investors Council of Australia (PICA).

Today, we had the opportunity to represent our members to the Brisbane Short-Stay Accommodation Taskforce. It was an excellent meeting where industry and investor stakeholders were given a fair hearing.

Thanks go to the Taskforce for recognising that the property investment profession and investors deserve an opportunity to be heard, too.

09/01/2023

It is a truism that the media never sleeps which means that since Christmas our fabulous BMM clients have appeared in 47 stories in nationwide media - including this wonderful market forecast from Jayden Fennell from Australian Broker! Roll on 2023, we say!

Industry experts share their thoughts

29/09/2022

What is the reason why we haven't posted anything for nearly four months, you might be wondering?

Well, we think we can safely say we have been too busy helping our small volume of clients appear in some 700 media stories around the nation since then :-)

Clearly, we've been flat out creating media opportunities and engagement to even think about promoting ourselves!

We'd like to say we will be much better at posting in the future, but probably not...

Nick & Kier

After over two years of stiff competition, lack of stock and jawdropping price growth, there is another promising sign for buyers undeterred by interest rate rises.

09/06/2022

New analysis has identified the suburbs where the number of active buyers has dipped alongside an uptick in new listings, offering potential bargains for those keen to purchase.

New analysis has identified the suburbs where the number of active buyers has dipped alongside an uptick in new listings.

07/06/2022

The average number of active bidders at auction reduced by about five per cent during May, partly due to the Federal Election but also the interest rate increase at the start of the month, according to the new Apollo Auctions' May Auction Report.

The average number of active bidders at auction reduced by about five per cent during May, partly due to the Federal Election but also the interest rate increase at the start of the month, according to the new Apollo Auctions May Auction Report by Apollo Auctions Director Justin Nickerson.

23/05/2022

We've been so busy helping clients over the past month or two, we have forgotten to promote ourselves! In fact, BMM clients have featured in 247 media stories since the start of April, including this one :-)

Headlining Labor’s plans is the Help to Buy scheme, a shared-equity program that aims to significantly lower the cost of buying a home.

29/03/2022

Billions of dollars worth of big-ticket infrastructure projects have been greenlit as part of the government’s mammoth pre-election budget.

29/03/2022

Smart Property Investment’s Phil Tarrant sits down with Lachlan Vidler, owner of Atlas Property Group and author of the book A Military Guide to Property Investing, to discuss the three big things influencing a "burning hot" investor market.

If investment decisions were to be based on global and local uncertainties, as well as gloom-and-doom headlines, how come investment properties are still selling like hotcakes?

23/03/2022

Amid tougher requirements imposed by lenders, it has become increasingly important for first-time buyers to prioritise saving a deposit, said the award-winning director of brokerage Zippy Financial Group.

Lenders want to see genuine savings history

14/03/2022

Strong price increases in the property market over the past year means investors would now require higher budgets to secure a strategic real estate investment, Sydney buyers’ agent, Ben Plohl, said as he identified five affordable investment house locations.

$728,000 is the new "affordable house price" benchmark now, a Sydney buyers' agent says

10/03/2022

Normally, any nation’s capital city would present fine opportunities for investors to buy property and, on the surface, Canberra looks no different but it's not often on the investment radar as it turns out.

The high rental yields and capital growth are tempered by the land tax on investment properties in the ACT.