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Mortgage repayments hit 50.9% of family income as property buyers grow more cautious
New PRD research reveals the mounting pressure on Australian homebuyers, with mortgage affordability deteriorating, first-home buyers taking on larger loans and confidence in the property market continuing to weaken.
Ipswich agency helps raise extra $20,000 for Domestic Violence Action Centre
Century 21 Josie Smith & Co was a major sponsor of the Domestic Violence Action Centre's 30-year anniversary…
LongView Real Estate wins REIV’s top agency award
LongView Real Estate has been named Large Residential Agency of the Year at the REIV Awards for Excellence…
Harcourts unites Australia and NZ for joint auction event
The network's first coordinated trans-Tasman auction campaign will run across both countries in the lead-up to summer selling…
Data centres leapfrog offices and warehouses as $18.3bn construction pipeline takes shape
New research shows the building category that includes data centres has overtaken traditional commercial construction categories, with NSW…
‘We need house price growth to slow’: Housing Minister weighs in on property downturn
Federal Housing Minister Clare O'Neil says Australia's long-term house price growth is unsustainable, arguing that improving affordability must…
Greg Brydon completes rare REIV and Australasian title double
The Apollo Auctions general manager's win comes as Academy participant Joe Horton took runner-up honours in the same…
Jason Kiprovski pivots before auction to secure premium result in challenging East Ryde market
Jason Kiprovski read the buyer signals, pivoted before auction, and secured a result 10% above comparable sales —…
Harcourts Property Centre opens New Farm office
The inner-Brisbane office brings residential, commercial, prestige and projects teams together under one roof as the South East…
DiJones licensee says new model freed up his time to lead
One year into running DiJones Lindfield, Daniel Blagg says shifting administrative and operational work onto the group's centralised…
Pulse Property expands to Liverpool and Campbelltown, hits 110 staff
The Sutherland Shire-based agency is bringing two One Agency CPG offices into the Pulse brand, with Simon Perri…
MA Financial freezes property fund withdrawals as residential development pressures mount
MA Financial has suspended applications and redemptions from its real estate credit fund until at least March 2027…
Farmland sales settle near 7,000 for third straight year
National farmland transactions eased 2.8 per cent in 2025/26, with Ray White Group's head of research, Vanessa Rader,…
Monique Cruse and Daniel Arnott launch Ray White Innisfail
The pair join the Murphy family and Joe Indorato, bringing Ray White's Cairns network and proptech to Far…
RBA acknowledges major housing correction but warns inflation risks are worsening
The Reserve Bank has acknowledged the scale of Australia's housing downturn, but Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser says worsening…
NZ housing market worth NZD$1.66 trillion, but momentum stalls
First home buyers have pushed their market share to a record high as rising mortgage rates and high…
House prices fall across every capital for first time in 15 years as market records steepest quarterly drop
House prices fall in every capital as Australia records steepest quarterly decline Australia's housing downturn has spread to…
Natalie Robinson secures $6.5m chicken farm sale in 24 hours after vendor waited two years
A database buyer who missed out on a previous chicken farm made a full-price unconditional offer within 24…
Facebook ads and transparent comps deliver West Ryde family 7% above pre-auction offer
Stephen Jackson's transparent approach and targeted Facebook campaign delivered a West Ryde family two serious bidders and a…
Belle Property Rochedale launches dedicated commercial division
Mandeep Singh and Grant Turner will lead the new offering, bringing commercial sales and leasing services to Brisbane's…
Ray White NZ leaders draw on All Blacks performance culture
More than 200 Ray White New Zealand business leaders gathered at Eden Park for a symposium pairing elite…
New platform maps property investors’ next strategic move
Zapiio wants buyer's agents, brokers, accountants and property managers working from the same plan, rather than each pushing…
Inflation showdown puts fifth RBA rate hike firmly on the table
A surprise rise in unemployment has reduced expectations of another interest rate increase, but Compare the Market’s David…
Gold Coast waterfront specialist Carita Lanham joins Coastal Property Agents
Waterfront specialist with more than 800 homes sold joins Coastal Property Agents as experienced agents look for stability…
From independent to 100 sales: PRD Liverpool Plains eyes milestone year
PRD director David Colman explains how the Liverpool Plains partnership was designed to add operational support without changing…
Property confidence crashes to six-year low as agents tip 4.2% price fall
NAB's survey finds interest rates and credit access have overtaken property prices as the main obstacle for buyers,…
Investor shift to new housing masks bigger exit from established homes
New ABS lending data shows investors are pivoting towards newly built housing following May Budget changes, but Ray…
BizCover launches new cyber insurance campaign to tackle small business scams
BizCover, a leading online business insurance service in Australia, is raising awareness about cyber attacks and liability through…
Sherrie Storor returns to agency ownership with Ray White
The veteran coach and former agency owner has launched Ray White Icon in Brisbane, opening offices in Bridgeman…
Mario Tucci notches fifth consecutive Harcourts Titanium status
The Harcourts Rata & Co partner is the first consultant in Australia to reach the benchmark five years…
PRD leadership tours Victorian offices and investor events
The network's corporate team visited offices across Victoria and co-hosted investor events in Bendigo and Kyneton, where PRD's…
Regional migration hits pandemic-era high as new Queensland hotspots emerge
Australians are moving out of the capitals at rates not seen in a June quarter since 2021, with…
Garden appeal helps secure $1.23 million Ballina sale
A 12-month relationship and a garden that felt like acreage helped Angela Proudman achieve a $1.23 million result…
Local investor secures first property in own Ashgrove neighbourhood for $959k
Tamara Lee's transparency-first campaign attracted a local first-time investor to a compact Ashgrove townhouse proving Brisbane's investor market…