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The BRUTAL Truth About Mortgage Debt Nobody Tells You | Finance Expert
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- The Follio Property Podcast
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- May 7, 2026
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- 1585
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Access our national Investment Report: https://441711975.hs-sites-ap1.com/follio-property-podcast-content-subscriber?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=Episode+63&utm_id=podcastJoin the portfolio management waitlist: https://follio.com.au/portfolio-management/ Stop guessing and start localizing your strategy before the 2026 rental crisis tightens its grip. Are you one of the millions of Australians quietly drowning in mortgage debt and nobody is telling you the real reason why? In this episode of the Follio Property Podcast, leading mortgage broker Chris Bates exposes the single lending mistake that locks Australian homeowners into financial traps for over a decade and what the government's tightening rules are quietly doing to your property investment future. If you own property in Australia, or plan to, this is the most important conversation you'll watch this year. The Australian property market is shifting fast, and the rules of real estate investing have changed dramatically. Borrowing capacity has collapsed from 14x income to just 5x, vacancy rates sit at a brutal 1%, and thousands of homeowners are now mortgage prisoners, trapped with lenders like Pepper Money and Liberty Financial, unable to refinance, unable to sell without losing everything. Chris Bates has spent his career advising homeowners, first home buyers, and seasoned investors on how to navigate one of the most complex home loan environments in Australian history. His core warning: "Property is as much a debt game as it is a property game." If you don't understand how to protect your borrowing capacity, your most valuable financial asset, the market will punish you. This isn't doom and gloom. It's the financial literacy blueprint that separates the investors w…