608 | REIA President: Are Governments Making the Housing Crisis Worse? - Chat with Jacob Cain

608 | REIA President: Are Governments Making the Housing Crisis Worse? - Chat with Jacob Cain

Published: July 30, 2026

Duration: 1:10:04

Recorded just days after Victoria welcomed a new Premier, this conversation couldn't have come at a more pivotal time. 

Ben and Shane sit down with Jacob (Jake) Caine, President of the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) and the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA), to unpack one question that's shaping the future of Australia's property market: 

Are governments solving the right problem... or creating new ones? 

From Victoria's rental reforms and proposed auction reserve price changes to the Federal Government's new tax policies and anti-money laundering (AML) laws, Jake explains why...