According to a recent report done by Domain, Sydney house prices have been dropping at a pace not experienced since a decade ago due to the negative forecasts concerning the current housing market. The average discount on prices …
ReadAccording to a recent CoreLogic study, residential property values in most capital cities have declined in February for the fifth consecutive month. It was more moderate than the declines in the past two months but it was the …
ReadThe Melbourne property market has been a very strong and consistent performer in the past few years. However, is it too late to buy a property in the city? There is no single answer to this. There are …
ReadMost real estate news have lately been about the return of net interstate migration to Queensland from NSW and Victoria, where its residents cash-out and buy cheap in SEQ. However, reports show something different. It appears that Queensland’s …
ReadThe 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 come 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 to 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 per cent in 2017 with a possible acceleration of about 2.5 per cent in 2018. This seems inadequate to address the …
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 …
ReadThese Suburb Performance Reports from Real Estate Investar will provide invaluable market data to help you find exactly the right property to purchase. Designed to help you identify affordable areas experiencing high rates of growth, these FREE Suburb …
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 …
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