In this Australian Property Podcast episode, your hosts Pete Wargent from Allen Wargent Property Buyers and Owen Rask talk about the big 3 property news stories of the week, and what they are investing in for 2026.
In this week’s episode, Owen and Pete cover:
1 – Tax reforms – what’s on the agenda?
2 – Rental inflation reignites
3 – Property or shares for 2026?
Interest rates smashed mega landlords – few sold (ABC News)
Negative gearing hits a dead end ahead of economic summit (AFR)
Labor will never cut negative gearing (MacroBusiness)
National Vacancy Rates July 2025 (SQM Research PDF)
Rental squeeze reintensifies (Pete Wargent blog)
Aussie rent shock returns (MacroBusiness)
Other news of interest
RBA cuts cash rate by 25bps in August (James Foster Macro)
Rental squeeze reintensifies (Pete Wargent blog)
The $10m square metre question hanging over the office market (AFR)
Cotality Housing Chart Pack – August Report (CoreLogic PDF)
Commonwealth Bank posts $10bn profit, mortgage arrears easing (ABC News)
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