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Real Estate News
One-minute data: Metro areas drive Australian property market growth
Sales volumes jumped 5.5 per cent in the 2023-2024 financial year with Australia’s mainland states recording 663,158 residential property settlements.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Australia’s 20 largest property groups keep growing
Australian property has been strong over the past 12 months which is also driving up the value of some of the largest property groups in the country.
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Elite Agent
PEXA pursues partnership with UK lender
PEXA is progressing a strategic partnership with UK lender NatWest that will see it use PEXA's digital property exchange technology to deliver 48-hour remortgage transactions to its customers.
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Real Estate News
One-in-four eastern state homes paid for with cash
More than $120 billion worth of property was purchased in Australia’s eastern states with cash in 2023.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
PEXA revenue jumps 16 per cent in first half of financial year
Online conveyancer PEXA has seen its revenues jump 16 per cent over the first half of the 2024 financial year, thanks to a focus on executing its core strategy.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
The value of property purchases falls as buyers tighten their beltsÂ
Rising interest rates led Australian borrowers to tighten their purse strings last year, with the total value of property purchases down 12.7 per cent according to new research
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INDUSTRY NEWS
PEXA to strengthen UK expansion with acquisition of Smoove
Digital property exchange platform PEXA is set to acquire UK-based e-conveyancer, Smoove, in a $58.6 million (ÂŁ30.8 million) deal.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
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 to a new report.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Digital Affordable Housing Register to help solve the housing crisis
Australia will become home to an Affordable Housing Register that will unlock the private sector to participate in affordable housing in an effort to solve the nation’s housing crisis.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
PEXA acquires environmental analytics company Land Insight
Digital property settlements platform PEXA Group is expanding their offering after acquiring environmental analytics company Land Insight.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Property settlement volumes finish FY23 strongly
Property settlement volumes have trended significantly downward in the most recent financial year, but remain well up on pre-pandemic levels, according to new data from PEXA.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
One in four properties purchased without a mortgage
Cash buyers have been active on the East Coast, with a new report showing that 25 per cent of all property purchases in 2022 were made without a mortgage.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Australia’s housing crisis: unmasking the real culprits and solutions
The housing crisis is the hot topic on everyone's lips, and with last week's Federal Budget, and the release of the third and final whitepaper from LongView and PEXA examining the conundrum released this week, it's not going anywhere fast.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Private capital key to solving Australia’s housing crisis
Shared equity schemes and rental investment trusts funded with private capital offer the best chance to rectify the national housing crisis, according to new analysis released today.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Federal Budget doesn’t do enough to address long-term housing shortage
Real estate and housing industry experts have said the Federal Budget looks good on the surface but lacks the depth to address the nation’s long-term housing shortage.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
RBA hits pause on interest rates for now
After 10 straight rises the Reserve Bank of Australia has today elected to keep interest rates on hold, pausing the cash rate at 3.6 per cent.
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Thought Leaders Podcast
Crunch time: Evan Thornley on the real reason property prices are unaffordable, fixing the housing crisis and what the downturn means for agents
Evan Thornley tells us about the key driver behind the escalating housing crisis, the misconceptions surrounding the rental market and why pointing fingers at landlords misses the mark.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Australia’s rental system is ‘broken’ study reveals
Australia’s residential rental system is “broken” and fails to provide affordable, secure housing for tenants or a solid investment option for landlords.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Population patterns, not tax breaks, responsible for housing crisis
Australia's unique population patterns and a shortage of available residential land near jobs and services has had a far greater impact on house prices than interest rates or government subsidies, new analysis shows.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Borrowers look to refinance as rates rise
Refinancing could hit record highs this year following yesterday’s cash rate rise and with another widely predicted in March.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Refinancing burst takes off as rates rise
More Australians are refinancing their home loans at greater rates and for larger amounts on the back of rising interest rates, new data shows.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Commercial property settlements surged higher last financial year
The volume of commercial property settlements has surged by as much as 60 per cent across the east coast of Australia, according to new data.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Competition watchdog to examine PEXA
The competition watchdog has confirmed it is looking into claims digital settlement company PEXA has stymied competition in the property settlements market.
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Real Estate News
East coast kicks off 2022 with $150B worth of property sales
Despite talk of a softening market, Australia’s love affair with real estate continues, with the latest data from PEXA revealing more the $150 billion worth of property on the east coast settled during the first quarter of 2022.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Home Guarantee Scheme to put upward pressure on property prices
The recently expanded Home Guarantee Scheme announced in the latest Federal Budget could put further upward pressure on property prices according to experts.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Three new board members appointed to RESO
With over 1250 agents registered and 48,000 buyers invited into the platform across Australia and New Zealand and located in Adelaide’s innovation district Lot Fourteen alongside the likes of Amazon and Google, RESO looks toward a strong year ahead
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Aussie’s Spent $688 billion on property in 2021
Australians spent a whopping $688 billion in a home buying spree in 2021, which was an astounding 57 per cent more than the year before.
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Elite Agent
30 minutes with Domain’s John Foong: real estate the Australian way
The Australian real estate market is perfectly poised to take the best trends and features of big corporate in the US and amplify them to help agents build their brand and success. That’s the view of Domain’s new chief revenue officer John Foong, who joined the platform in Australia after almost 15 years with Google and Uber. Speaking exclusively to…
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OPINION
A buyer’s agent’s top property predictions for 2022
With the economy taking a brutal beating this year, many Australians have been sitting cautiously watching and waiting to see what the impact will be on the property market before making any big moves.
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National
Domain set to acquire Insight Data Solutions
Domain has announced it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Insight Data Solutions (IDS) by October this year, marking another step forward in executing its marketplace strategy.
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ACT Real Estate News
The ACT real estate industry can bring new properties to the market as restrictions ease
As of midnight, ACT agents can arrange a building inspection, EER reports and photography and videography.
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Real Estate News
Domain and PEXA announce strategic partnership
Property portal and technology company Domain has announced a partnership with digital property settlement solution PEXA. The strategic collaboration is set to bring together both companies’ proprietary data assets to unlock new unique insights and value across the property market. This collaboration is the beginning of a relationship between Domain and PEXA, two companies that operate across highly complementary segments…
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Real Estate News
REA Group appoints Chris Venter as Chief Technology Officer
REA Group has announced the appointment of Chris Venter to the role of Chief Technology Officer and a member of REA’s executive leadership team.
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Elite Agent
Proptech Association of Australia starts up dedicated awards for sector
The Proptech Association of Australia has just launched the first dedicated national awards for the nation’s property technology sector, with sponsorship from legal firm Ashurst.
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FEATURE INTERVIEWS
Bigger, better and bolder
It’s no secret that property managers are often used as a battering ram, caught in the middle of the landlord’s wants and the tenant’s needs. It’s no simple task managing the competing interests of varying parties, and the complex nature of the job often sees property managers leave the profession soon after entering it. MEN…
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