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Canstar Data Insights Director Sally Tindall. Image: Supplied/Lois
Industry News

Investor retreat wipes $5.4 billion off new lending as borrowing capacity squeezes capital cities

ABS figures show new mortgage lending fell for a second straight quarter, with investors leading the pullback after…

Homes in Glasgow sell three times faster than the UK average - making the Scottish city the fastest selling in Britain. Image: Deposit Photos
International

Correct pricing on day one is beating three months of discounting

New Alto data shows Glasgow homes agree a sale in just 11 days, with the company's CEO pointing…

PropTrack Economist Luc Redman says strong entry-level demand has protected most low-deposit buyers from negative equity. Image: Supplied/Lois
Industry News

Regional first-home buyers under 5% deposit scheme post double-digit equity gains

Fewer than 0.2% of the 48,000 households using the expanded scheme sit in negative equity, with outback Queensland…

Dr Fred Grosse: Image taken by Elite Agent at AREC 2018
Opinion

Dr Fred Grosse in his own words

In 2014 I called a rabbi to help promote an event. He spent 30 minutes working on me…

Greater Darwin in the Northern Territory, is the top-performing region in a national index for scheme-eligible first-home buyers. Image: Lois
Industry News

Darwin and Geelong take top spots for 5% deposit first-home buyers

Led by Zuccoli, Top End suburbs outperform major capitals on affordability, capital growth, and rapid sales turnover.

Cotality's Gerard Burg says five years of surging property prices will help protect homeowners in mid-sized capitals from severe value drops. Photo: Supplied/Lois
Industry News

Mid-sized capitals hold deep buffer against price falls

New Cotality modelling shows Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide could absorb a 20% fall in values without erasing five…

Local market expert Matthew Makin (Director, Woodards Sunbury & Macedon Ranges) has seen buyer demand for family homes with backyard space push local annual growth to 4.3 per cent, significantly outperforming the broader Melbourne market. Image: Supplied/Lois
Industry News

Sunbury emerges as one of Melbourne’s stand-out growth suburbs amid auction rebound

While Melbourne dwelling values fell 2.8 per cent over the year, Sunbury grew 4.3 per cent as buyers…

Driving Driving director lists Blue Mountains cottage
Celebrity Homes

Hollywood heavyweight Bruce Beresford lists charming Blue Mountains retreat

Bruce Beresford and wife Virginia Duigan are selling their Wentworth Falls home of 19 years as agents report…

Franchise News

Why Storyhouse treats social media as a sales engine, not a branding exercise

Mark Josem is rewriting the agency playbook, combining digital storytelling, buyer psychology and bilingual auctions to challenge the…

McGrath Traralgon left back, Matt Johnson, right back Sam Shaw, left front, Alison Johnson, right back Melissa Van Berkel. Image: Supplied
Franchise News

Matt Johnson opens McGrath office in Traralgon

The new office pushes McGrath's network into Gippsland, a region McGrath Research ranks second on the east coast…

RBA pauses cash rate: Industry leaders weigh in on housing outlook and buyer confidence

Interest rate expectations: Experts view the hold as a sign the aggressive hiking phase is easing, with market…

Pardeep Singh. Image supplied
Franchise News

Pardeep Singh – taking calculated risks to achieve success

Pardeep Singh's journey into real estate came from an unexpected turn of events that changed the trajectory of…

Features

The leaders’ ledger: Real estate CEOs reveal the challenges, opportunities and decisions shaping the future

A comprehensive directory of Australia’s top real estate leaders, featuring exclusive insights from select agency CEOs on AI…

Experts reveal biggest mistakes In unsettled property market. Image: Lois
Industry News

Expert Q&A night exposes depth of buyer confusion

A First National agency's finance, legal, tax and construction panel ran an hour over schedule as attendees queued…

First-home buyer secures Seaforth unit through database match before public campaign
Agent Stories

First-home buyer secures Seaforth unit through database match before public campaign

A well-timed database match and strategic off-market approach delivered a first-home buyer their dream apartment while saving the…

How Allie Coutts kept a Stafford Heights contract on track after a building report hurdle
Agent Stories

How Allie Coutts kept a Stafford Heights contract on track after a building report hurdle

After a five-bedroom Stafford Heights house went under contract at $1.72 million, a building and pest issue threatened…

Market at a Crossroads: Ray White's David McMahon (left) argues that strategic agents are still finding success, while real estate commentator Tom Panos (right) warns of a frozen Sydney auction market. Images: Supplied/Lois
Features

Why single bidders and softening rates don’t mean the end of auctions

While Tom Panos warns auction activity has hit 1991 recession lows, Ray White’s David McMahon argues that data-driven…

Cut-paper collage illustration of heritage wallpaper patterned with human ears, with a video doorbell camera mounted at the centre
Opinion

The house is listening – and it heard your vendor report

More than half of sellers in a new US survey kept the cameras rolling during open homes –…

Senator Pocock said it was great news that Labor had released a change to negative gearing laws to better protect widows and divorcees. Image: Supplied/Lois
Industry News

Labor moves to fix ‘widow tax’ on investment properties

Australians who inherit an investment property from their spouse will not lose any existing negative gearing access under…

Esther Yong breaks down the modern listing presentation, and why reaching international buyers is becoming a non-negotiable part of a complete strategy. Image: Supplied/Lois
International

International buyer coverage is now part of a complete campaign

As domestic buyer demand tightens, agents are widening their reach to international capital – and building it into…

Harcourts Property Hub. Photo supplied
Franchise News

Harcourts Property Hub opens new office in Currumbin

The expansion follows more than 50 per cent growth in two years for the Gold Coast business, which…

US homeowners associations are foreclosing on more residents. Image: Lois
International

What US HOA foreclosures mean for your strata levy conversations

Overseas data shows unpaid fees are rising alongside insurance and repair costs, a reminder for sales agents to…

Chris Hanley OAM, Director and CEO of First National Byron Bay
Features

The wisdom of Chris Hanley – 30 lessons from a man who’s never had a bad year in real estate

He's held 40 per cent market share in one of Australia's most watched postcodes for more than three…

Torn-paper collage of a Victorian terrace house with wrought-iron fence, chandelier shadow and a ghostly figure on a staircase
Features

Nick Brown: A break lease isn’t a crisis – it’s a negotiation

Tenants ending a lease early is part of the job – Nick Brown on why the ‘break lease’…

Australian Home Price Falls Deepen in July: Brisbane, Adelaide Join Decline
Industry News

National home price falls deepen, Brisbane and Adelaide join decline

Two separate market indices confirm the downturn has spread beyond Sydney and Melbourne into previously resilient mid-sized capitals,…

Collage of a newsstand stacked with property newspapers beside a hand holding a photo of a modern home, with more listing photos spilling from a smartphone
AI

21 reasons to send a press release – and the part AI still can’t do

Publicity wins listings, attracts good people, and builds a record you can't buy. The 21 moments worth pitching…

Off-market strategy delivers four offers in first weekend for The Gap vendors under contract pressure
Agent Stories

Off-market strategy delivers four offers in first weekend for The Gap vendors under contract pressure

When vendors had already committed to their dream home, Allie Coutts built off-market interest before photos were taken…

Leo Edwards sells Cape Paterson home unsold by four agents over previous three years
Agent Stories

Leo Edwards sells Cape Paterson home unsold by four agents over previous three years

After four agents and three years with zero offers, Leo Edwards generated more than 70 enquiries through a…

Main road property repositioned as clinic site delivers record result
Agent Stories

Main road property repositioned as clinic site delivers record result

A strategic pivot from residential marketing to commercial positioning delivered a result $36,000 above suburb comparables.

The Investor Edit:
Industry News

The Investor Edit: Tracking Investor Trends Post-Budget

Investors pulled back after the Federal Budget, but the picture since then has been more complex. Drawing on…

Franchise News

The strategic shape-shifter: why Laura Langford embraces the ‘curly’ deals

From high-stakes capital to bespoke residential sales, Laura Langford unpacks why navigating the complex and unpredictable is the…

Mansour Soltani, Head of Research. Our Top 10. Image: Supplied
Industry News

Over 52,000 extra Aussie homes plunge into mortgage stress as financial squeeze hits blue-chip suburbs

Nationwide housing crunch escalates as cash flow deficits spread far beyond outer growth corridors

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Industry News

Market resilience: 85% of suburbs post price gains despite 2026 headwinds

New realestate.com.au data shows house prices have grown in 85 per cent of Australian suburbs over the past…

Dr Sherman Chan, Chief Economist at Australian Property Institute. Image: LinkedIn/Lois
Industry News

Tax reforms now outweigh interest rates in price outlook

Property valuers say negative gearing and capital gains tax changes are now more widely cited than interest rates…

UK asking prices fall as World Cup and heat distract buyers
International

UK asking prices fall as World Cup and heat distract buyers

Rightmove says sellers are competing harder for attention as football, record temperatures and a new Prime Minister push…