Australia just hit 28 million people. By 2065, we will have 40 to 41 million. Sydney will be the size of New York. Melbourne will be bigger than London. So what does that mean for our roads, our rail, our housing supply, and the property market? Mark Bouris sits down with Adam Copp, Chief Executive Officer of Infrastructure Australia, the federal government's independent advisor on infrastructure investment, planning and reform, to unpack what this population surge really means for everyday Australians. They cover:

• Why Sydney and Melbourne are heading toward megacity scale and what that demands of our infrastructure
• The mass transit projects already underway and the ones we still need to build
• Why housing supply and infrastructure investment must move together, and why they so often do not
• The 30-minute rule of thumb that determines quality of life for commuters
• How Western Sydney's Aerotropolis is being built as a city from the ground up
• The role of superannuation funds in financing the next generation of infrastructure
• What climate change and geopolitical instability mean for Australia's long-term resilience
• Why Adam Copp is optimistic about Australia's future, if we are willing to build for it

Whether you are a property buyer, investor, or simply trying to understand where Australia is heading, this is a conversation that cuts through the noise and gets to what actually matters. Subscribe to Property Insights with Mark Bouris for weekly conversations with Australia's leading property, finance and economic minds. Find your local Yellow Brick Road broker: www.yellowbrickroad.com.au

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Domain President Jason Pellegrino joins Mark Bouris to unpack where Sydney and Melbourne house prices are heading, why units are set to outperform houses for the first time in five years, and how AI is about to reshape the way Australians buy and sell property.

Jason forecasts mid-to-high single digit price declines in Sydney and Melbourne over the next 12 to 18 months (4 to 8%), with the other capital cities still growing but slowing. He also reveals why Australian property transactions have been in decline for 25 years, and it has almost nothing to do with interest rates.

This is the first Domain forecast to incorporate the recent federal budget changes and the latest RBA cash rate movement, both of which Jason describes as "seismic" for the property market.

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Thinking about buying an apartment, but not sure what actually holds its value?

In this episode of Property Insights, Mark Bouris sits down with Andrew Hrsto, Founder and CEO of ALAND, for a candid look at the apartment market from someone who has built it from the ground up.

Andrew Hrsto founded ALAND in 2002 and has grown it into one of Sydney's most prolific apartment developers, with thousands of apartments delivered across Western Sydney and beyond, and projects now reaching the Central Coast and North Sydney. He has spent more than three decades in property and construction, and is also a long-time sponsor of the Parramatta Eels.

Mark and Andrew get into the things every buyer wonders about: what makes one apartment worth more than another, why brand, build quality and a walkable location now drive demand, and how the apartment buyer has changed from mostly investors to downsizers and owner-occupiers.

Andrew also explains why so much of an apartment's price comes down to taxes and imposts, why projects are harder to deliver than they were ten years ago, and where he thinks home ownership is heading, including the rise of build-to-rent and the lifelong renter.

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