Welcoming back social researcher and demographer, Mark McCrindle, Founder and Principal of McCrindle, a prominent research house that uses data and trends to create strategies for leading brands and businesses. In this episode our hosts pick the brains of Mark to understand the full extent of Covid-19 and its impact on society and how it has altered consumer behaviours on both micro and macro levels.

Here’s what we covered:

• The similarities between Covid-19 and the past economic crisis.
• What will potentially happen to the social fabric post Covid?
• Which generations will adopt new practices and who would be adverse to change?
• How will zero migration impact property prices?
• How long until migration goes back to normal rates?
• Will tourism in Australia bounce back? Will it be restored by domestic tourism?
• Will the lack in international tourism increase the need for a high-speed rail system?
• How will the work from home movement take over?
• Why is it in the first time in a century people per household has increase?

RELEVANT EPISODES:Episode 76 | Mark McCrindle Episode 130 | Glen James Suburb Trends July, 2020

GUEST LINKS:Sekisui House - Exploring the benefits of apartment living. CLARA - Is Australia ready for High Speed Rail? The Urban Living Index - Measuring liveability of Sydney suburbs

 

HOST LINKS:Looking for a Sydney Buyers Agent? www.gooddeeds.com.au Work with Veronica: https://linktr.ee/veronicamorgan

Looking for a Mortgage Broker? www.wealthful.com.au Work with Chris: [email protected]

Send in your questions to: [email protected]

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT: Please note that this has been transcribed by half-human-half-robot, so brace yourself for typos and the odd bit of weirdness…

This episode was recorded in July, 2020.

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