Everyone wants to know why housing has become so unaffordable. But what if the policies designed to fix the crisis are actually making it worse?

On Property Buzz, Phil Tarrant and Liam Garman question whether recent tax reforms, lending changes, and housing policies could have unintended consequences for investors, developers, and first home buyers alike.

From the crackdown on investor taxes to broader housing reforms, the pair examine whether the government's approach will genuinely improve affordability or simply reduce housing supply and place even more pressure on the market.

They also explore Australia's increasingly fragmented property landscape, where Sydney and Melbourne continue to soften while Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth tell a very different story, proving there is no such thing as a single Australian property market.

The conversation then shifts to the broader economy, examining how higher interest rates, persistent inflation, and growing employment uncertainty could shape borrowing power, property values, and investor confidence in the months ahead.

Finally, the duo assess the potential fallout from changes to self-managed super funds, posing one critical question: if individual investors are gradually pushed out of the market, who will fund Australia's next generation of housing?

Australia's buyer's agent sector is under pressure. But while many see uncertainty, forward-thinking property managers have a rare opportunity to become the trusted advisers investors are searching for.

In this episode of The Property Management Excellence (PMX) Podcast, REB's Alex Whitlock and Liam Garman unpack the buyer's agent sector under mounting pressure. They explore how ongoing policy shifts and industry instability are widening the property advice gap, and why property managers are uniquely positioned to step into that space.

The pair discuss how the collapse of Dashdot exposed deeper issues within the largely unregulated buyer's agent industry, raising questions around business models and the long-term sustainability of the sector.

Whitlock argues that investors are now looking for trusted professionals who understand the full investment journey, creating an opportunity for property managers to evolve from rent collectors into strategic advisers who help clients navigate an increasingly complex market.

They also examine how changes to negative gearing, capital gains tax, and SMSF property investment are reshaping investor behaviour, and why agencies that align their sales and property management teams will be best placed to build stronger client relationships and capture the next wave of investment business.

Everyone says Australia's property market is cooling. The problem? The headlines are telling only half the story, and investors buying into the panic could be looking in all the wrong places.

On Property Buzz, Phil Tarrant and Liam Garman rip into the biggest myths driving Australia's property market, arguing that the country's housing story is becoming more divided than ever, with winners and losers emerging simultaneously.

The duo reveals why Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth continue to push ahead while Sydney and Melbourne slow, exposing how relying on national headlines could lead investors to make costly decisions.

Attention then turns to the federal government's latest property reforms, with Tarrant warning they could backfire spectacularly by squeezing housing supply, making development harder and creating the very affordability problems they were meant to solve.

The episode finishes with one of the industry's biggest controversies, as Tarrant and Garman question whether some high-volume buyer agencies are manufacturing competition, inflating demand and putting business growth ahead of their clients.