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Property prices tipped to rise further in 2024
Combined capital city house and unit prices are tipped to reach a record high in 2024, after price…
Unlocking confidence in Australia’s property market: agents hold the key to easing frustration and uncertainty
Australians are feeling frustrated, unbalanced and uncertain about the current property market, providing agents an opportunity to solve…
Falling prices in some suburbs make it easier to buy in Sydney and Melbourne
With interest rates rising, buying conditions remain tough however, there are still locations where people can find both…
Is Queensland’s First Home Owner Grant all it’s cracked up to be?
The Queensland Government has doubled the state’s First Home Owner Grant but a property expert warns the offer…
Michelle May: Property trends that will dominate in 2024
As we fast approach the end of 2023, the Australian real estate landscape is showing clear indications of…
First home buyer demand across New Zealand hits a record high
Despite reduced housing affordability and higher living costs, first home buyers (FHBs) in New Zealand are buying homes…
Cup Day rate rise: RBA lifts interest rates to 4.35 per cent
The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted interest rates for the first time in five months, hiking the…
New Zealand property prices rise for the first time in 18 months
The first signs of a recovery in New Zealand property prices have begun with values increasing 0.4 per…
From ordinary to extraordinary: The Block leaves lasting impression on property market
The 19th season of hit renovation show, The Block, may be nearing its finale, but it will leave…
Rental market is ‘extremely challenged’ as listings drop and rents soar
A chronically challenged rental market, fuelled by record low supply and soaring weekly rents, is creating a self-perpetuating…
REIA proposes plan to tackle housing crisis
The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) has released bold suggestions to tackle the ongoing housing crisis and…
South Australia’s property market goes from strength to strength
South Australian property prices continue to rise, despite the headwinds of higher interest rates and economic uncertainty.
First-home buyers opting for “memories not mortgages”
First home buyers are increasingly First-home buyers are increasingly opting for “memories not mortgages” as the high cost…
First-home buyers dominate the NZ market
The number of New Zealand property sales in September were 8 per cent higher than a year ago,…
Investors can still find affordable options
Despite near-record high property prices across the country, there are still affordable locations for investors, according to a…
Pressley’s proposal: Why stamp duty should be swapped for a Medicare-style housing levy
Leading property analyst Simon Pressley has called on stamp duty to be abolished and replaced with a three…
Has the bank of Mum and Dad shut its doors?
Despite record-high property prices and surging interest rates, just 1-in-10 first-home buyers are tapping into the bank of…
Demand for the Home Guarantee Scheme surges
The number of Australian first-home buyers taking up the Home Guarantee Scheme has surged, as younger Australians battle…
New zero per cent deposit home loan option for homebuyers
A new home loan product that allows homebuyers to purchase a property with a zero per cent deposit…
Rents set to keep rising across the country
Rents are expected to keep on rising in Sydney, Melbourne and a number of the smaller capital cities…
$2.2 billion housing and infrastructure plan announced in NSW Budget
A $224 million Essential Housing Package has been announced as a major part of the NSW Budget as…
Home run for owner-occupiers as investors sit on sidelines
Current buyers looking for new homes are likely to be owner-occupiers, not investors, who want a standalone property…
Housing affordability at the lowest level since 2008
Housing affordability continues to worsen across Australia with new data showing it now takes 45.9 per cent of…
Still affordable opportunities for investors, as prices rise
Despite property prices rising substantially since 2020, there are still opportunities for investors to find good quality locations…
Reserve Bank keeps interest rates on hold for third consecutive month
The Reserve Bank of Australia has kept interest rates on hold for a third consecutive month as it…
“Buyers are back”, as higher prices boost confidence
The likelihood that rate hikes have ended and rising prices, has seen buyers return to the market according…
Housing affordability hits the worst level in three decades
The great Australian dream of home ownership is becoming a nightmare for many families, with new data showing…
QLD and WA suburbs continue to outperform
The property market across the country continues to look increasingly positive, with an expert tipping more growth is…
It costs $75,000 less to build a new home closer to Sydney CBD
Housing built closer to the Sydney CBD could end up saving $75,000 in infrastructure-related costs per home according…
40,000 low-income earners able to access the government’s shared equity scheme
Up to 40,000 low-income earners will get additional government help to purchase a home under the new Help…
First home buyers saving deposits faster
First home buyers are saving almost $200 more per month than they were last year but it still…
Trend towards lifestyle locations set to continue
Queensland and Western Australia are set to be the big winners as people continue to flee the big…
RBA issues a reprieve and holds interest rates
Borrowers are breathing a sigh of relief today after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) decided to leave…
NZ home sales record first annual increase in two years
After being battered by one of the sharpest tightening cycles in the world, there are signs that the…
Nick Borelli: Overcoming extreme adversity
After miraculously waking up from a two-week coma and surviving multiple organ failures after a mystery illness struck,…