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  • INDUSTRY NEWS

    RBA cuts cash rate to 1.25 per cent – industry reacts

    In what was a widely expected move, the Reserve Bank of Australia has cut the cash rate to an all-time low of 1.25 per cent. At their monthly meeting on June 4, the Board elected to lower the cash rate by 25 basis points, explaining the decision was aimed at supporting employment growth and providing greater confidence that inflation would…

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  • Real Estate News

    Sales activity falls in all Australian regions: CoreLogic

    The latest CoreLogic Regional Report reveals challenging property market performance across Australia’s regions, with falling sales activity in the 12 months to February 2019. Commenting on the regional report findings, CoreLogic research analyst Cameron Kusher said: “The regional markets are taking their lead from the capital cities, with the annual rate of value growth winding down across most regions. While…

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  • Real Estate News

    Leasing activity up 13 per cent in May: REIWA

    New reiwa.com rental data has revealed Perth tenant activity increased 13 per cent in May, with 4,316 properties leased during the month. REIWA Deputy President Lisa Joyce said activity in the Perth rental market had enjoyed a strong rebound this month, following a more subdued April. “In May, the suburbs that saw the biggest spike in leasing activity were Warnbro,…

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  • Real Estate News

    Housing downturn losing steam: CoreLogic

    The CoreLogic May 2019 home value index results have shown national dwelling values were down 0.4 per cent, the smallest month-on-month decline since May 2018. Although at a broad level dwelling values are still trending lower across the regions of Australia, the pace of declines eased further in May, continuing a trend that has been evident since the beginning of…

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  • INDUSTRY NEWS

    May 2019: RBA rates remain at 1.50 per cent – industry reacts

    Yesterday (7 May 2019), the RBA Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.50 per cent for its 30th consecutive meeting. Here’s a quick rundown of what happened. With respect to the housing market: The adjustment in established housing markets is continuing after the earlier large run-up in prices in some cities. Conditions remain soft and rent inflation…

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  • Real Estate News

    The worst could now be behind us: CoreLogic

    CoreLogic has released the home value index results for April 2019, confirming that the decline in home values has lost some momentum over recent months. Dwelling values across Australia continued their downward trajectory in April, falling by half a per cent over the  month to be down -7.2 per cent over the past twelve months, and -7.9 per cent lower…

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  • OPINION

    Negative gearing is not the biggest issue our property market faces: Charles Tarbey

    The Australian property market has been consistently disrupted by false and misleading predictions which coupled with a widespread tightening of credit policy has created the real issue impacting our industry. A fallout from the Banking Royal Commission saw banks apply stricter lending requirements that made it difficult for consumers to obtain finance, particularly for investors. Whilst I have the greatest…

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  • Real Estate News

    CoreLogic launches a new home loan analytics portfolio, merging portfolio and property data

    CoreLogic has launched a new home loan analytics portfolio, merging portfolio and property data to assist lenders operating in changing market conditions. According to CoreLogic Executive Head of Data, Analytics and Solutions, Tracey Ah Hee, this analysis solution will help lenders to identify portfolio blind spots. “We match a lender’s existing portfolio data to property-specific data to provide a customer-level…

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  • Real Estate News

    Rent yields across Australia rise over the first quarter of 2019: CoreLogic

    The first CoreLogic Quarterly Rental Review for 2019 has been released, with results showing a national increase in yields over the past three and 12 months. According to CoreLogic Research Analyst Cameron Kusher, gross rental yields for the first quarter are at 4.10 per cent compared to 3.95 per cent in the previous quarter and 3.77 per cent a year…

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  • Real Estate News

    Current rental yields around New Zealand are looking up

    CoreLogic have released their figures concerning growth in New Zealand’s rental market, revealing that rental growth is now outpacing property values. Interestingly, the results show the highest rental yields can now be found outside the main centres while the 10 lowest yielding suburbs are all located in Auckland. CoreLogic’s Senior Property Economist, Kelvin Davidson, noted that after a long period…

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  • INDUSTRY NEWS

    April 2019: RBA rates remain unchanged – industry reacts

    Yesterday (2 April 2019), the RBA Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.50 per cent for its 28th consecutive meeting. Many commentators expected this to be the case as the cash rate has now remained unchanged for 32 months. Here’s a quick rundown of what happened. With respect to the housing market: The adjustment in established housing…

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  • Real Estate News

    Budget 2019 focused on a strong economy

    Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg handed down the Federal Budget last night. With a Federal Election on the horizon, the centrepiece of the budget was a cash rebate pitch to middle income earners and no changes to taxation legislation this side of an election. It’s the second year in the row there was no mention of…

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  • Real Estate News

    Housing downturn loses some steam: CoreLogic

    CoreLogic’s latest home value index results show the pace of declining property values in March eased relative to the past four months. Head of Research at CoreLogic, Tim Lawless, confirmed that the 0.6 per cent drop in March was the smallest of the month-on-month declines since values fell by 0.5 per cent in October last year. However, Mr Lawless noted…

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  • Elite Agent

    ‘Together we will succeed’: Owen Wilson

    Owen Wilson stepped into the top job at realestate.com.au in January – amidst arguably the worst downturn in the property market in the past 10 years. With an uncertain year ahead and global players such as Facebook making their own plans in real estate, Wilson’s overall philosophy is that it’s time for REA Group and agents to work together for…

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  • Real Estate News

    Nation’s capital dominates the REIA awards for 2019

    The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) announced the winners of the 14th National Awards for Excellence last night at a gala dinner held at Crown Perth on 21st March 2019. REIA President Adrian Kelly said the awards acknowledge and recognise the best of the best in Australian real estate. “More than 250 real estate professionals from across Australia converged…

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  • INDUSTRY NEWS

    Jellis Craig launches innovative suburb reporting

    Victorian boutique group Jellis Craig have launched an innovative resource to help buyers and sellers make informed property decisions. Suburb Reports are based on data sourced through Core Logic and are designed to provide potential and existing clients with up-to-date market insights while helping to drive leads for the group. Jellis Craig CEO Nick Dowling believes that the new reports…

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  • INDUSTRY NEWS

    March 2019: RBA rates unchanged, industry responds

    Yesterday (5 March 2019), the RBA Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.50 per cent for its 27th consecutive meeting. Here’s a quick rundown of what went down! With respect to the housing market: After the earlier large run-up in prices, the adjustment in the Sydney and Melbourne housing markets is continuing as conditions remain soft in…

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  • Real Estate News

    CoreLogic Home Value Index: Downward trend continues in February

    CoreLogic released its February home value index results showing a a fall of 0.7%, across the combined capitals increasing the cumulative decline to -6.8% since values last peaked in October 2017. Head of research at CoreLogic, Tim Lawless said, “The fact that we are seeing weakening housing market conditions across regions where home values were previously rising at a sustainable…

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  • Real Estate Newsnews

    Reinvigoration of IT strategy to kickstart McGrath’s future growth

    McGrath Limited (ASX: MEA) announced its FY19 first-half results, showing an 18 per cent drop in revenue. A release to the ASX points to the subdued market conditions having an impact on performance, resulting in an  EBITDA loss for the first half of $2.5 million. This result comprises the previously reported first-quarter loss of $1.9 million and a reduced second-quarter…

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    February 2019: Interest rates on hold, Industry reaction

    Yesterday (5 February 2019), the RBA Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.50 per cent for its 26th consecutive meeting. “Inflation remains low and stable. Over 2018, CPI inflation was 1.8 per cent and in underlying terms inflation was 1¾ per cent,” said RBA Governor Dr Philip Lowe. “Underlying inflation is expected to pick up over the next…

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  • INDUSTRY NEWS

    CoreLogic’s January Home Index shows continued falls

    CoreLogic’s January home value index shows the property market in Melbourne and Sydney continued to fall, with all capital cities apart from Canberra recording a month-on-month fall in dwelling values. CoreLogic’s hedonic home value index shows a further 1.0 per cent decline in national dwelling values over the first month of 2019, taking the cumulative decline in Australian dwelling values…

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  • EPM: Case Studies

    What landlords and tenants are really thinking

    The latest Perceptions of Property Managers report examines the quality of service landlords and tenants receive from agents. It found that while the majority of landlords – 56 per cent – received good or excellent service from their property managers, 16 per cent of landlords experienced poor service and an additional 28 per cent received average service. Tenants reported an even…

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  • SELLING + MARKETING PROPERTY

    The story behind realestate.com.au’s most-clicked listing of 2018

    After languishing on the market for three years, a property in Victoria’s Narre Warren North sold this year with Kristen Turner of Peake Real Estate who took over the listing in April. Not only did Ms Turner secure a record price for the home, it also become the most-clicked on realestate.com.au for 2018 – finding its way in front of…

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  • FRANCHISE NEWS

    Sunshine Coast waterfront specialist joins LJ Hooker

    Real estate specialist Alan Riley – who’s credited with some of the Sunshine Coast’s top waterfront property sales – has joined LJ Hooker Mooloolaba’s sales division as co-principal. Mr Riley has been credited with several million-dollar waterfront sales for Mooloolaba and Minyama sellers over 2018, including $3.25m and $2.88m for two properties at Mooloolaba as well as a record $5.15m…

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  • INDUSTRY NEWS

    CoreLogic reveals best performing suburbs for 2018

    CoreLogic has released their Best of the Best report for 2018, revealing the suburbs which performed best as the property market slowed. At a macro level, CoreLogic research analyst Cameron Kusher describes the property market conditions for 2018 as ‘slowing quite rapidly’. Digging beneath the surface, his analysis found that the market conditions are now somewhat of a mixed bag,…

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  • INDUSTRY NEWS

    December 2018: Interest rates on hold, Industry reaction

    At its meeting yesterday (4 December 2018), the RBA Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.50 per cent for its 25th consecutive meeting. “Conditions in the Sydney and Melbourne housing markets have continued to ease and nationwide measures of rent inflation remain low,” said RBA Governor Dr Philip Lowe. “Credit conditions for some borrowers are tighter than they…

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  • OPINION

    Would a shorter auction campaigns get more attention?

    Drifting in a sea of listings, it’s harder for agents holding onto the four-week campaign life-raft to be rescued come auction day. CoreLogic data from the four weeks to 28 October showed the volume of listings in Sydney (30,397 listings) was 18.6 per cent higher than the same period in 2017. In Melbourne (36,526) the figure was 19.5 per cent higher.…

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  • INDUSTRY NEWS

    November 2018: Interest rates on hold, Industry reaction

    Yesterday (6 November 2018) the RBA Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.50 per cent for its 24th consecutive meeting. “Conditions in the Sydney and Melbourne housing markets have continued to ease and nationwide measures of rent inflation remain low,” says RBA Governor Dr Philip Lowe. “Growth in credit extended to owner-occupiers has eased but remains robust, while…

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  • FRANCHISE NEWS

    Burleigh-Miami leaders take on LJ Hooker’s newest addition

    Former Realty Blue agency specialists Danny O’Donnell and Adam Van Leeuwen have today been announced as the joint partners leading newly launched LJ Hooker Burleigh Beach. Combined, the duo sold more than $60 million worth of property in the last year, positioning Mr O’Donnell and Mr Van Leeuwen as Burleigh Heads’ and Miami’s top agents, respectively. Fronting the Gold Coast…

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  • FRANCHISE NEWS

    McGrath announces opening of new office in Nambucca Heads

    McGrath Estate Agents today announced the opening of a new office in Nambucca Heads as it strengthens its presence on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. McGrath Nambucca Heads will be led by Principal Martin Wells, this expansion will be the third office in the region and this will complement the Coffs Harbour and Sawtell offices Mr Wells…

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  • Sponsored Content

    How to build customer loyalty with diversification

    Diversification isn’t a new concept; almost every agency offers both a sales and property management service, after all. But tech tools can take this much further. You don’t have to use one to use another, but together these tools help you provide a great customer experience: from the first touchpoint, through to moving day and beyond. Meet sellers on social media…

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    CoreLogic appoints new Head of Real Estate

    Fifth-generation real estate veteran Geoff White has taken over the reins as the CoreLogic National Head of Real Estate. A prominent member of the Victoria real estate industry with extensive expertise, Geoff has been CoreLogic’s Group Sales Director since 2017, and previously headed up the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV). Mr White says that his time with CoreLogic Victoria…

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  • FRANCHISE NEWS

    McGrath expands Central Coast presence with a new office in Avoca Beach

    McGrath Estate Agents have announced the opening of a new office in Avoca Beach on the booming Central Coast region of NSW. McGrath Founder and Executive Director John McGrath said, “The Central Coast continues to be an important real estate market and offers a diverse range of properties in all price brackets, and increasingly popular among Sydneysiders who are attracted by…

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  • Thought Leaders Podcast

    Episode 66: Investors and short term letting – one size does not fit all

    In this week's edition of the Elevate podcast, Samantha McLean talks to Mike Johnson of MadeComfy, a short-term letting platform. Many of your investor clients out there have probably heard stories from colleagues and friends about how much money can be made on places like Airbnb and Booking.com, but not every property and every situation will bring high returns --…

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  • INDUSTRY NEWS

    October 2018: Interest rates on hold – industry reaction

    Yesterday (2 October 2018) the RBA Board decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 1.50 per cent for its 24th consecutive meeting. “Conditions in the Sydney and Melbourne housing markets have continued to ease and nationwide measures of rent inflation remain low,” says RBA Governor Dr Philip Lowe. “Growth in credit extended to owner-occupiers remains robust, but demand by investors…

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