Covid has accelerated the remote work movement. Australians have fled the big city to greener pastures and clearer shores. What better place to a sea change, tree change than Australia’s most eastern tip. Global media coverage has put Australia at the forefront of Covid safe spots, this has drawn celebrities, actors and affluent business owners to find sanctuary in a small beach town in northern New South Wales.

Byron Bay has grown from what was a small tight-knit beach community, to become Australia’s most expensive location to buy property, with median house prices in Byron Bay eclipsing the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney.

In this episode, we shine the light on the Byron Bay property market, with no better expert than pioneering buyers agent, Michael Murray. Born and bred in Byron Bay, Michael has helped families, friends, celebrities and entrepreneur to find their slice of paradise for over 30 years. The influx of new money has pushed locals out and put mansions on hills, has this changed the bay forever?

RELEVANT EPISODES:Suburb Trends April 2021 | Highest median growth suburbs! Episode 160 | Working from Home Movement: Has Covid accelerated the inevitable | Soren Trampedach, Work Club Global Episode 158 | Top economist puts Australia in the world picture | Warren Hogan

GUEST LINKS:https://www.byronpropertysearch.com.au/ Facebook.com/byronpropertysearch Instagram -@byronpropertysearch https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-murray-69b21510/

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 April 2021.

https://www.theelephantintheroom.com.au/podcasts/173

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.