Skip to content
The Real Estate Industry's Home Page
Search

Results for “first home buyers”

News

What’s driving the housing markets: HTW

Demand for residential property remains strong, however, the rate of growth is slowing according to the latest Herron…

News

First Home Guarantee Scheme might not help all first-time buyers

While the First Home Guarantee Scheme has been expanded to help more first home buyers enter the property…

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…

News

Construction costs rise at the fastest rate in 21 years

The cost to construct a new home is rising at the fastest rate since 2001 putting increased pressure…

News

Australia’s top 10 most affordable regional areas

The great Australian dream of owning a home is still alive, with a new report identifying the Top…

News

Demand for property still strong despite signs of easing market

The Australian housing market remains strong and demand in Melbourne and Adelaide has hit record highs, despite signs…

News

Four ways rural agents are leveraging technology

The perks of technology in rural Australia go beyond just posting your property to a major real estate…

Features

How to make it on TikTok as a real estate agent

When you think of social media platform TikTok, images of teenagers doing funky dances come to mind. And…

Industry News

The real estate issues the new Federal Government must tackle

The rental crisis, housing affordability and supply will be among the hot topics in the real estate sector…

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…

Industry News

Ray White Sutherland Shire expands into Engadine with fifth office

Matt Debreczeni and Gavin Ottaway are proud of their growth in the team and are excited to have…

News

New Zealand house prices continue to soften

New Zealand property prices are growing at a slower rate, with the latest CoreLogic House Price Index (HPI)…

interest rates
News

Home loan commitments decline from record highs

The value of new home loan commitments fell 3.7 per cent to $32.3 billion in February after a…

Features

David Washington: Building a future with eXp Realty

He might be selling real estate in the oldest country town in South Australia, but that doesn’t mean…

News

Perth sales volumes highest in a decade

Perth sales volumes hit a 12-year high last month and the market shows no sign of slowing down,…

Sydney auction
News

Auction volumes dip as the market readies for its busiest week of the year

CoreLogic is tipping next week will prove the busiest auction week of the year so far after volumes…

News

First home buyers could turn to rentvesting in Sydney and Melbourne

Priced out of the major cities, first home buyers could choose to rentvest in what’s becoming a more…

Features

How We Sold It: Cove House

When one of Sydney’s most recognisable luxury homes, Cove House, sold last year, it did so on the…

News

What’s good and what’s not in the 2022 Federal Budget

Tuesday's Federal Budget had an overarching theme of reducing the cost of living and come Wednesday morning the…

Industry News

What’s in the budget for real estate

In a federal budget that was as much about a pending election as it was an economic update,…

News

One in three borrowers on the brink of financial stress

Borrowers are starting to feel the pinch of rising living costs, with one in three now on the…

News

NZ first home buyers struggling to get a mortgage

First home buyers in New Zealand are struggling to get a mortgage with tighter lending requirements and rising…

News

REIA welcomes the opposition’s regional focus

The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) has welcomed the focus on regional living with the announcement the…

News

Home Guarantee Scheme to be continued and expanded

First home buyers will continue to get assistance entering the property market from the Federal Government, with the…

Image of Brisbane River and properties
Industry News

Preliminary clearance rate dips on the back of higher auction volumes

The preliminary clearance rate fell to its lowest rate of the year so far on the back of…

News

Voters worry young people won’t be able to buy a home

Nearly three quarters of voters fear young Australians will never be able to afford a home according to…

Features

Lee Dowdall: All for Harper

Losing a child is a parent's worst nightmare, but for The Agency's Lee Dowdall it's a heartbreaking reality.…

News

Young Aussies stuck living at home longer

The rising cost of housing around the country is forcing young Australians to stay at home longer with…

Industry News

First home buyers forced to save for 11 extra months to afford a home

Average couples are now forced to spend 11 additional months saving for a deposit to afford an entry-level…

News

REIWA calls for targeted stamp duty reform

REIWA is calling on the WA Government to introduce stamp duty reforms to help first home buyers and…

Industry News

Bridging loan FinTech Bridgit raises $7.7 million

Non-bank lender Bridgit has secured $7.7 million in its latest funding round as the FinTech company looks to…

Industry News

Rising property prices, low interest rates lead to record housing debt

Housing debt levels have hit a record high on the back of soaring property prices new data reveals.

Industry News

Investors driving rising markets on Herron Todd White property clock

Soaring Sydney property prices in 2021 “overshadowed” another key market trend of rising rental rates, according to the…

News

East Coast floods to affect vacancy rates

The floods in Northern NSW could impinge on the state’s already tight vacancy rates according to industry experts.

News

Auction volumes down by almost a third

Auction volumes have dropped by almost a third this week, but it is not recent flooding in Queensland…