Media Commentary

MEDIA STATEMENT: Why falling for the property hotspot myth will leave buyers in the cold and out of pocket
If budding property buyers follow the advice of property pundits, who regularly sprout the benefits of the latest hotspot, they will undoubtedly pay too much.

MEDIA STATEMENT: Victorian budget’s ‘rinse and repeat’ approach to housing crisis doomed to fail
The Andrews Government’s social housing ‘cash splash’ detailed in last night’s budget is a missed opportunity that’s doomed to fail to fix critical housing shortages

MEDIA STATEMENT: Middle-aged Australians hardest hit in COVID – losing jobs and homes as they enter sunset years
New research reveals that older Australians are working for longer just “to sustain their financial positions” and retain their homes. Coupled with a report from

MEDIA STATEMENT: Mum and Dad investors ignored by nation’s peak building lobby group
Not sure what the nation’s peak building lobby group has against mum and dad investors (“Builders pitch for $5.1bn to avert corona ‘bloodbath’”) but the

Are Mum and Dad investors the unsung heroes for the ‘invisible’ homeless?
With the focus of Homelessness Week’s ‘Everybody Needs a Home’ campaign highlighting various community groups all pleading with government for more cash to combat homelessness,

Serious flaws in Homebuilder grant means it misses the mark in helping middle Australia who are hurting the most
Housing commentator and property developer Ian Ugarte believes the Federal Government’s new HomeBuilders Scheme is seriously flawed as it does nothing to support those most
As Seen In









Want to interview Ian Ugarte or find out more about his affordable housing advocacy work?