Taking Back Saturday

Sam and Chayse are kicking off 2025 with an all-new series of buyers podcasts which will cover all the basics and the not-so-basics of buying a property.

This first episode is all about preparation - getting ready to buy, nailing your non-negoatiables, preparing your offer conditions and assembling your buying team.

These are the steps that seperate the buyers from the browsers.

For the last Taking Back Saturday podcast for 2024, Sam and Chayse take the opportunity to look forward to 2025 and what's to come in the Brisbane property market next year.

Link to Data from SQM Research published on Dec 1 :

https://sqmresearch.com.au/uploads/26.11.24%20Housing%20Boom%20and%20Bust%20report%202025%20media%20release%20final.pdf

Thank you to everyone who's supported us this year. It's been a blast. Looking forward to even bigger and better things in 2025.

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On this week's show, Sam and Chayse dig into the finer details of purchasing a unit in Brisbane. The unit market is hyper competitive right now so having a solid understanding of what to look out for will put you in the best position to buy.

Key Takeaways:

What buyers should be looking for in a unit purchase

Boutique complexes vs bigger complexes

Body corp structures, fees and searches

Body Corporate search clause:

This Contract is subject to and conditional upon the Buyer conducting satisfactory searches (in the Buyer’s absolute discretion) of the Body Corporate records within fourteen (14) days from the date of the Contract (‘the Due Date’).

The Buyer must give notice to the Seller that:

(i) it is satisfied with its searches and this special condition is either satisfied or waived; or

(ii) it is not satisfied with its searches and the Buyer terminates this Contract, in which case, the deposit is to be refunded in full.

The Seller may terminate this Contract by notice to the Buyer if notice is not given under clause (b) by 5pm on the Due Date, in which case, the deposit is to be refunded to the Buyer. This is the Seller’s only remedy for the Buyer’s failure to give notice.

Joining Sam on the podcast this week is special guest and fellow buyers agent, Darren Piper of Universal Buyers Agents.

Darren has been a buyers agent for nearly a decade having helped hundreds of families and investors buy the right property over that time and he now runs one of the biggest Buyers Agencies in Australia.

So who better to speak to about navigating, researching and negotiating within the Brisbane market. Strap in for some excellent insights and tips from Brisbane's OG Buyers Agent.

In this week's episode of Taking Back Saturday, regular hosts Sam and Chayse discuss the current state of the Brisbane property market, as they are seeing it.

It's a back to basics episode with tips on collating comparable sales results, as well as comparable unsold properties to build value in a property.

They also discuss the uptick in auction campaigns and how to best navigate them, as well as their projections for 2025.

On this week's podcast, Sam is joined by Jacob Butler, founder and fellow buyers agent at Hunter Gather.

We are big fans of Jacob, so it was only a matter of time before we convinced him to join us on the podcast.

His experience and successes in the buyers agency space make him a trusted advisor to all buyers. Enjoy.

Sam and Chayse are on the mics this week for their October Market Wrap podcast.

With some much needed context, they discuss last month's house, townhouse and unit price movement, stock levels, seller expectations and urgency in the market.

A must listen if you're a buyer or seller in the market right now.

On this week's episode, Chayse plays host to special guest, Julia Doyle of Place Camp Hill to get an agents perspective on buying well in Brisbane.

It's raw and honest and should give buyers a great insight into important role that agents play and how to best work together.

Key Takeaways:

Buyer beware! Inspired by a recent post on reddit, Sam and Chayse tackle the very relevant and sometimes complicated world of building and pest reports.

On this week's podcast, we cover:

- What is a B&P and why are they important?

- How to choose a good B&P inspector?

- What to expect from a B&P inspection?

- B&P best practice and top tips

For most people, buying a new home means borrowing money so for today's podcast, we wanted to talk all things mortgages with world class mortgage broker and managing director of HoLo, Justin Dickinson.

Finance is such a critical piece of the home buying journey so we appreciate having Justin's wealth of knowledge and experience to draw upon.

On the pod, Sam and Justin go deep on interest rates, market movement, pre-approvals and bridging finance. A must listen for all buyers and borrowers.