Results for “first home buyers”
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…
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…
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 in his own words
In 2014 I called a rabbi to help promote an event. He spent 30 minutes working on me…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 – 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…
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…
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
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
After a five-bedroom Stafford Heights house went under contract at $1.72 million, a building and pest issue threatened…
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…
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 –…
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…
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 opens new office in Currumbin
The expansion follows more than 50 per cent growth in two years for the Gold Coast business, which…
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…
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…
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’…
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,…
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
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
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
A strategic pivot from residential marketing to commercial positioning delivered a result $36,000 above suburb comparables.
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…
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…
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
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…
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
Rightmove says sellers are competing harder for attention as football, record temperatures and a new Prime Minister push…