The number of unoccupied houses in Australia continues to increase and the 2016 Census shows that 11.2% or around one million of our dwellings were empty at this time last year. The report identified about nine million private …
ReadAfter the SEEK survey, there comes several positive job advertisement figures in Australia. Total job ads are now 26% higher than in 2013. Since the torrid 2013, Queensland is leading with the strongest annual increase across all states. …
ReadAccording to CoreLogic, there is a capital growth of 10.5% across the combined capital cities over the year to 31 July. The quarterly price also increased albeit slowly at 2.2% in July, compared to 3.6% in February. Sydney …
ReadThe next Brisbane property boom is expected when the Brisbane CBD finishes its expansion. The $3 billion Queens Wharf Project, along with other projects in the CBD, is expected to create a ripple effect in Brisbane. The projects …
ReadThe residential property market is now responding to higher mortgage rates, stricter credit rules and affordability challenges with capital gains moderating compared to the first part of the year. This is despite most capital cities, including Sydney, reporting …
ReadHouse prices in capital cities have continued to increase albeit the recent moderation of growth rate. The national median house price has risen by 10.1% compared to the same period in 2016 despite it being the lowest quarterly …
ReadThe Melbourne market may get tough but it may not get as bad as some predict. According to Secret Agent, media often plays on median price movements with actual market fluctuations but the truth is, if the median …
ReadOur population is growing, as does the need for more housing. Demographics drives our property markets and not all housing or locations can make a good investment property in the next decade or so. While interest rates and …
ReadAustralia’s overall economy is growing at an almost stalling speed with its GDP growing only about 1.8 percent in 2017 with a possible acceleration of about 2.5 percent in 2018. This seems inadequate to address the country’s current …
ReadSydney is expected to experience the end of the market upswing. It is now being constrained by low rental yields and buy and sell affordability. However, sales demand still exceeds resale supply. Its new housing supply is still …
ReadRecently the media has been full of stories stating that we at the top of market. But are we really? There are also stories predicting price collapses over the next few years. How accurate are they? There is …
ReadSydney home values remained unchanged in April and the combined capital cities only increased by 0.1 percent adding to a string of a data that points to a slowdown in property prices. The April results mark the weakest …
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ReadAfter the dust settled following the July 2016 federal election, real estate agents’ expectations about the future of commercial property had remained constant. Commercial Property Guide’s Asking Price Index (API) continues to reflect the mild euphoria towards commercial …
ReadI will give myself a 50 per cent pass mark for my 2016 predictions. At the end of 2015 I predicted that: Commercial lending would continue to grow – I got this right The Sydney and Melbourne residential …
ReadSome sectors of the Australian property market surprised on the upside this year. Particularly the Melbourne and Sydney property markets. But four years of strong capital growth and the prospect of interest rates rising in the future is …
ReadI am really not a Trump-man. Apart from his vulgarity, when it comes to the nation’s economy, I dislike showmen. I felt the same about Blair and Rudd. But months before taking office, Donald Trump is already having …
ReadTreasurer Scott Morrison recently came out in the press all guns blazing regarding Home Ownership Affordability – and he made a valid point. Recent statistics show that only 8% of new mortgages relate to first home buyers which …
Read“Sydney house prices could rise by 18% in 2017, and Melbourne house prices could rise by 17%!” Now these are not the predictions of a property spruiker, but those of leading analyst SQM Research’s Louis Christopher in his …
ReadSydney’s auction clearance rate has strengthened yet again despite having the second highest level of residential property listings this year. The weekend auction clearance rate hit 81.4 per cent up slightly on last week’s 79 per cent where …
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