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Elite Agent
Construction costs spike again, driving property prices to new heights
Last year, it looked like the rapid rise in construction costs had come to an end.
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Elite Agent
Beyond blame: The complex housing paradox facing Australia’s Baby Boomers
Despite widespread belief Baby Boomers are primarily responsible for Australia's housing market woes, the reality is far more complex.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Nerida Conisbee: What the US presidential race means for Australia’s economy
As Australia looks ahead to the next United States presidential election, the potential outcome - a Kamala Harris presidency or a return of Donald Trump - would have very different impacts on our economy.
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Nerida Conisbee: Shouldn’t we already be in recession?
An interesting global study was recently released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF,) which looked at how sensitive countries were to monetary policy based on their housing markets.
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Real Estate News
Nerida Conisbee: The uncomfortable truth about achieving housing affordability
There have been a lot of people, events and policies blamed for Australia's low level of housing affordability.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Canberra’s property market booms as Perth and Darwin listings plummet
Canberra is currently leading the way when it comes to growth in the number of properties coming to market.
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Elite Agent
Where are Australia’s most walkable suburbs?
How do you measure walkable cities? One way is to take a look at the reliance on cars.
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Elite Agent
Nerida Conisbee: House prices will continue to rise until construction woes end
Construction problems started during the pandemic, with blocked supply chains and high levels of global demand that meant the price of materials increased.
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Elite Agent
Byron Bay is back as regional prices recover
The pandemic led to the greatest movement of people to regional Australia ever recorded.
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Nerida Consibee: What the best and worst price growth suburbs say about the market
All suburbs across Australia are seeing year-on-year price growth.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Rents rise $200 per week nationally, affordability still “years off”
It has been a tough four years for renters.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Population problems: 10 ways to accommodate 13 million more people
The latest population projections from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have just been released and, while getting long-term projections correct is notoriously difficult, the reality is that in the next 48 years we are very likely to have a much bigger Australia.
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Real Estate News
Women’s home buying resilience outshines singles market dip
The number of single people purchasing homes is falling, but becoming more evenly matched by gender.
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CONTRIBUTORS
House prices have accelerated fast in 2024
It has been a strong start to 2024 for Australian housing markets, with house prices already up 2.2 per cent.
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Elite Agent
Harvesting hopes: A patchy outlook for farmland values in 2024
Farmland values doubled in the three years to June 2023, however with more mixed agricultural conditions in 2024, it is unlikely we will see such stellar growth this year.
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Elite Agent
We need to be careful with negative gearing in a rental crisis
Private investors, or 'mum and dad' investors, provide most rental properties in Australia.
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Elite Agent
Nerida Consibee: why Perth properties sell in just 11 days
Time on market is plunging in Perth.
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Elite Agent
Aussie suburbs’ love affair with cars amid urban shift
Revving up for the upcoming Melbourne Grand Prix, let's dive into the Aussie suburbs that have an undeniable love affair with their four-wheeled companions.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Nerida Conisbee: Why Australia’s luxury homes have outperformed the market
Over the past decade, luxury houses have experienced a far stronger rate of growth than the rest of the market.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Nerida Conisbee: Canberra tops the country for economic growth
It was a great year for mining, we were all travelling again and population growth surged.
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Elite Agent
Nerida Consibee: property market predictions for 2024
Despite rapidly rising interest rates and strong population growth, a lack of homes coming to market and overall housing shortages led to big increases in both prices and rents across Australia in 2023.
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Elite Agent
Nerida Conisbee: Regional Australia house prices return to growth
It is hard to find a capital city suburb that is not recording price growth.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Nerida Consibee: Which suburbs do best over the summer months?
Spring is generally seen as the peak selling season.
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OPINION
Australia lags behind when it comes to building enough homes
We aren’t quite the worst country in the world for not building enough homes.
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OPINION
Nerida Conisbee: Construction cost crisis nears its end
Construction cost increases have been a major driver of inflation and a big problem for housing supply.
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OPINION
Nerida Conisbee: Will house prices drop now that supply is increasing?
House prices have been rising across Australia since the start of the year.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Australia vs world: The rental affordability gap
With rents surging post-pandemic across Australia and a lot of discussion around who should provide rental properties, it is timely to have a look at how Australia compares to the rest of the world for rental affordability.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Regional migration slows but not in Queensland or South Australia
Despite decades of government intervention to try to get more people to move to regional Australia, it was the pandemic that led to the biggest shift of people from capital cities to regional Australia.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Farms have hit record prices but the forecast is more uncertain
We have never had such good farming conditions as we did in 2022. While particularly good Australian weather conditions were the major driver, so too were poorer conditions elsewhere around the world.
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OPINION
Nerida Conisbee: Is 2023 the year for apartments?
Australian apartment prices are now back to their 2022 peak, having barely fallen last year.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Wealthy migrants flock to Australia for schools, lifestyle and financial safety
If you could live anywhere, where would it be? For the world’s wealthy, Australia is a top pick.
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OPINION
Nerida Conisbee: what’s behind the regional Australia price rebound
Regional Australia was the standout during the pandemic, with the virus sparking the greatest movement of people to these parts of Australia ever recorded.
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OPINION
First home buyers dip their toe back in the market
It isn’t a bad time to be a first home buyer at the moment.
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OPINION
Nerida Conisbee: low volume winter looks likely
In April, new listings were down 17.1 per cent with Sydney and Melbourne seeing the biggest falls.
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OPINION
Nerida Conisbee: when will property prices return to their peak?
We’re now consistently seeing house price growth across every Australian capital city.
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