Rowan Crosby
Rowan Crosby is a senior journalist at Elite Agent specialising in finance and real estate.
Supporting local artists, the community and charities with The Studio
For the past two years, Laing+Simmons Young Property in Avalon has been trying to give back and support local artists through community exhibitions with local artists.
Building a house ‘one room at a time’
We’ve all heard about building a house one brick at a time, but an innovative new construction approach…
RBA getting on top of inflation as borrowers cut back
The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) aggressive cash rate hikes are starting to have the desired effect on…
More pain for Perth tenants as the vacancy rate tightens again
In a blow for Perth renters, the vacancy rate has fallen again after only recently showing signs that…
Has the bank of Mum and Dad shut its doors?
Despite record-high property prices and surging interest rates, just 1-in-10 first-home buyers are tapping into the bank of…
Foreign investors offload Australian commercial property
Foreign investors have reduced their exposure to Australian commercial property, as higher interest rates and soft returns for…
The power of a team: Ibrahim Merjan on scaling your business to 150 sales, an ‘auction everything’ approach and building your team sooner
Closing 150 sales in 12 months is only possible if you’re able to put together and manage a…
Australian households still managing to service their mortgage
Australian mortgage holders remain susceptible to financial stability risks, as higher inflation and rising interest rates continue to…
Demand for the Home Guarantee Scheme surges
The number of Australian first-home buyers taking up the Home Guarantee Scheme has surged, as younger Australians battle…
Investors flee the eastern states for Western Australia
After nearly a decade in the doldrums, property investors are flooding back into Western Australia at the expense…
New company set to make build-to-rent more flexible for tenants
A new property management company is aiming to make build-to-rent properties across Sydney more flexible and convenient for…
Richest US landlords see their wealth surge in 2023
Despite higher interest rates weighing on property prices, the wealth of the richest real estate tycoons in the…
Perth listings hit the lowest level in 30 years
The supply of homes for sale across Perth has fallen to the lowest level in 30 years, with…
69 per cent of homeowners won’t cope if interest rates rise again
More than two-thirds of borrowers won’t be able to pay the mortgage if interest rates rise again according…
Auction volumes hit the highest level in more than 12 months
Spring selling season is well and truly back in force with new data showing that auction volumes have…
Owner-occupiers lead the uptick in new lending
New lending is back on the rise after increasing 2.2 per cent in August, however, the overall level…
Foreign investors selling back Australian agricultural land
The price of Australian farmland has surged in the past three years, with strong interest from overseas, but…
New zero per cent deposit home loan option for homebuyers
A new home loan product that allows homebuyers to purchase a property with a zero per cent deposit…
Lower prices for unrenovated homes starting to entice buyers
Rising construction costs, led by shortages of trades, are making buyers wary of unrenovated homes, however, lower prices…
Rents set to keep rising across the country
Rents are expected to keep on rising in Sydney, Melbourne and a number of the smaller capital cities…
Increasing number of homeowners selling in under three years
Short-term selling is on the rise, with homeowners trading their property after owning them less than three years.
US home values are up $2.6 trillion in 12 months
US home prices have bounced back from last year's short-lived downturn with values up $2.6 trillion in the…
Knockdowns and rebuilds don’t always mean gentrification and rising prices
Suburbs that are seeing a high number of homes being knocked down and rebuilt doesn’t necessarily mean the…
QLD and NSW aren’t releasing enough land to meet surging population
New South Wales and Queensland are not releasing enough land to keep up with surging population growth, according…
Gold Coast trophy home sets new auction record
Queensland has a new auction record after a luxury Gold Coast estate with views that span from Main…
‘Hostile’ rental conditions see tenants paying 41 per cent of their income on rent
The ongoing rental crisis is making life hard for renters in WA, SA, and QLD, with some suburbs…
Sydney property is overvalued but not at risk of entering a property bubble
Sydney real estate might be overvalued, but it’s not at risk of being in a bubble according to…
Agencies pay millions to settle lawsuit over agent commissions
US-based brokerage RE/MAX has reached a settlement in two class-action lawsuits filed against it over agent commission payments.
Vacancy rates on the rise across NSW
In positive news for NSW renters, vacancy rates continue to rise, however, conditions still remain tighter than prior…
Another 92 social and affordable homes for QLD
In a bid to help ease the ongoing housing crisis, the Queensland government is funding the construction of…
Victorian land prices surge by up to $1 million
Victorian land values have exploded since 2020, with a number of areas seeing prices rise almost $1 million.
Over 96 per cent of homes resell at a profit
With property prices again on the rise, 96.3 per cent of sellers have locked in profits this year,…
Aussie suburbs where upsizers will find the best value
Despite high property prices, tight inventory levels and rising interest rates, people looking to upgrade their homes to…
Karyn O’Dea on supreme customer care, investing in your business and prospecting competitors’ sales
Most agents know, that more touchpoints equals more sales, but Karyn O'Dea from Ray White Robina has taken…
The “big cities are back” as the property price rebound continues
Property prices are likely to continue to grow in the months ahead, after a “massive improvement” in conditions…