That Backyard Property Podcast

Days on market in Perth have blown out from 8 days to 21, and sellers are still pricing like it is last year. In this episode, Michael Killiner sits down with Rowen Powell, Director of Verve Buyers Agency, to ask where...

A median priced Perth investment house now costs around $750 a week to hold, and from 1 July 2027 you can no longer use that loss to cut the tax on your salary. In this mini episode, Michael Killiner works through what...

Treasury says the budget's tax changes will add just $2 a week to rents. The property industry says something completely different. In this episode, Michael Killiner sits down with Bree Ridge-Singh, Director of Property...

First home buyers have never had more help: a 5% deposit scheme with no income test, no stamp duty in WA up to $600K, and the investors who used to outbid you stepping back after the budget. But it's all arriving in a...

The RBA just lifted the cash rate to 4.6%, the fourth rise this year, and it did it five days after the job numbers came in soft. In this mini episode, Michael breaks down why the RBA hiked into a cooling labour market...

Michael Killiner sits down with Michael McGowan, Executive Director of Housing Industry Association of WA, for one of the most in-depth conversations we've had on what's really driving Perth's housing crisis. With...

Every major Australian property crash, from the 1890s to the early 1990s, had one thing in common, and it wasn't too many houses. In this mini episode, Michael unpacks why credit is the real engine behind property...

His business bank account once dropped to 17 cents, and he owns five properties but still rents the family home. In this episode, Michael sits down with radio broadcaster turned podcast studio founder Angus O'Loughlin...

A $3.4 billion developer just collapsed, leaving 2,500 half-built homes and 1,000 subcontractors hanging. In this solo mini episode, Michael breaks down what really brought Bathla down, and the one question it should...

She built a $15 million property portfolio and says the one word that should make you run from any buyer's agent is "guarantee." In this episode, Michael sits down with Dawn Fouhy, co-founder of Future Proof Property...

Three weeks ago, all four big banks were tipping rate cuts. Today the last holdout flipped: every one of the big four now says the next move is up. In this solo mini, Michael fact-checks the banks' track record and...

Australia has hit a trillion-dollar debt level, and the tax office is now owed around 65 billion dollars. In this episode, Michael sits down with Pas Princi, tax specialist and Group Managing Partner of SEER Financial...

Three rate rises this year, and yet arrears are still low and the banks say everything is fine. In this mini episode, Michael breaks down what those headline numbers are hiding: the offset and redraw buffers Australian...

Daniel Paton says renting for 18 months while you build can quietly cost you $150,000 in after tax money and hidden opportunity cost, and most people don't realise it until they're halfway through the build. In this...

Higher-value homes fell more than 3% last quarter, yet not a single cent left anyone's bank account. So why does a lower valuation hurt so much? In this episode, Michael breaks down the wealth effect, why falling...