Realty Talk: No signs of a slowdown + Fragile Melbourne

This week Bushy’s guests include Stuart Weymms, Eliza Owen and Simon Pressley and Bushy’s Last Word or as he refers to it his Bush Bite – he questions if converting from long term to short term rental investment is short sighted.  We would love to get your feedback on that as well.  You can do that in the comments section under todays show.   Well just when you thought the threat of changes to negative gearing were over when Labor lost the last Federal election it is under pressure again.  With 60% of Australia’s 2.2 million property investors being negatively geared, I would have thought that the ALP might have learnt a lesson.  But that is politics, I guess.  More on that today in the show.  Simon Pressley makes a return, and he brings some of those enlightening graphics with him. This time it is demonstrate that despite growth of 5 and a half percent in property prices in the last 3 months, Melbourne’s fundamentals are still quite fragile.   But first up today, CoreLogic’s Eliza Owen tells Bushy that Australia’s housing boom is rolling on with national home values lifting another 2.2% in May.  The improvement was almost universal being recorded in 97% of subregions across the nation.  Eliza lists the reasons driving the continued improvement and if it is likely to continue. RealtyTalk is your trusted voice in property investment and Australia’s most popular online property show.  Founded by Kevin Turner and hosted by property expert Bushy Martin, RealtyTalk brings you exclusive interviews with Australia’s property industry leaders who deliver the latest, red hot property investing news and insights.  Subscribe now to get the latest episodes delivered to your inbox three times a week. RealtyTalk is brought to you by Realty, Australia’s leading search and  social property distribution platform that helps investors like you beat the crowd, giving you the earliest access to property opportunities, listings and, insights. Check out Realty. RealtyTalk is hosted by top property investment expert, author and founder of KnowHow Property, Bushy Martin. Find out how Bushy’s KnowHow team helps investors unlock freedom with finance and property here, and check out Bushy’s podcast Get Invested.  RealtyTalk is supported by BMT helping  property investors save thousands of dollars each year by maximizng tax deductions from investment properties. Find out more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.