Smart Property Investment Podcast Network

In this episode of The Smart Property Investment Show, managing editor Liam Garman sits down with Ashby Farrell, director and licensee at WHITEARCH, to unpack the realities of Perth's ultra-tight property market and what it means for investors. Farrell describes conditions as "catastrophic" for buyers, with available listings dropping below 2,000, well under the roughly 2,500 properties typically needed for market balance, pushing days on market into single digits. Despite the frenzy, he argues the issue is not affordability but a severe supply shortage, noting strong local incomes and deep buyer pools competing for limited stock. Farrell reveals why many property owners are refusing to sell, choosing instead to hold positively geared assets while prices continue to climb – and how this mindset is locking stock out of the market. For investors, the environment demands discipline, with Farrell stressing the importance of targeting assets that deliver immediate rental yield rather than banking on future increas