Does the market determine the news or can news impact the market?

In this episode of The Property Nerds, Junge Ma, senior research analyst at InvestorKit, is joined by Dr Sunny Nguyen, who most recently served as an economist and analyst at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and has now joined Moody’s analytics as assistant director for APAC.

The duo delve into the world of data, with Sunny explaining methods that she used at the RBA to quantify factors previously thought unquantifiable. She unpacks how economists can measure things such as popular sentiment towards housing by analysing the language used in media reports.

Sunny and Junge also talk about how the stories in the news can impact consumers’ decisions, and discuss the way that such data can be used to inform forecasts of likely behavioural shifts among buyers and sellers.

The need for speed; it’s important to construct a property portfolio for growth from the very beginning, or else you could be missing 10–20 years of gains.

On this episode of The Smart Property Investment Show, Phil Tarrant is joined by Lachlan Vidler, director of Atlas Property Group, to unpack how investors can best manufacture capital growth through market acceleration and savvy buys – while being very wary of barking up the wrong tree.

Phil and Lachlan also discuss the valuable work being done by organisations such as the Property Investment Professionals of Australia, give their run-down on rates, and talk through the impact of tax policy decisions on Australia’s property markets.

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In today's podcast:

• Are Australia's Homes Really Colder than Sweden in Winter?;
• Why Australians Face a New Retirement Challenge; and
• Auction Volumes set for slight dip

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