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Real estate news from across Australia – market shifts, regulatory changes, and industry developments that affect property professionals nationwide.
Off to a smart start: realestate.com.au announces artificial intelligence for Amazon Alexa
“We’ve started with voice-powered news content to see how consumers respond, and will be using these insights to create an even more immersive AI experience.”
First home buyers benefitting from stable market: REIA
Housing finance figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that first home buyers continue to…
Get ready. The employment landscape is about to change: Bryan Wilcox
Bryan Wilcox, CEO at the Real Estate Employers' Federation, summarises the major changes to be introduced in the…
Ray White Chairman weighs in on the negative gearing debate
INDUSTRY veteran Brian White, chairman of Australasia’s largest property group the family owned Ray White, slammed the now…
More Aussies are prepared to give up dream locations in favour of affordable homes: State Custodians
Increasingly limited choices and escalating prices are forcing many Australians to re-think their options when it comes to…
Purple gain and pain – revenue up but losses double
While the UK division shows a profit, losses in Australia and the US bring the overall result for…
Agent Comparison Tool launches on realestate.com.au
realestate.com.au today launch a website tool that allows consumers to more easily find the right agent to sell their…
Auction volumes decrease across the combined capital cities returning a 64.2 percent preliminary clearance rate
The final week of auction reporting for 2017 returned a preliminary auction clearance rate of 64.2 percent across…
LocationScore names Australia’s top holiday investment locations
Property research site LocationScore has crunched the numbers and identified the top holiday hotspots for property investment across the…
Housing loan affordability improves, first homebuyers flood market: REIA
Housing affordability has improved across the country in all states and territories, with a large increase in the…
Auction volumes continue to rise with Melbourne having the second busiest week this year
This week across the combined capital cities, auction volumes remained high with 3,353 homes taken to auction returning…
First time buyers entering the market but face long battle to save deposit
First home buyers are showing increased interest in the property market, but for those looking to take the…
RE/MAX Australia’s lads feel the pain for Make-A-Wish
It’s ‘Wax for a wish’ time again for RE/MAX Australia.
CoreLogic November Home Value Index: Values holding steady with Sydney trending lower and Perth bottoms out.
National dwelling values held steady in November, with a 0.1% fall in capital city dwelling values offsetting a…
Auction Volumes and Clearance rates steady in the first weekend of Summer with Canberra the standout performer
There were 3,276 auctions held across the combined capital cities this week, returning a preliminary auction clearance rate…
Coronis sets sights on bitcoin transactions
MD Andrew Coronis talks the future of crypto-currency in property transactions
The number of properties taken to auction continues to rise in the last weekend of spring
There were 3,409 homes taken to auction across the combined capital cities this week, returning a preliminary auction…
November additions complete LJ Hooker’s spring dozen
Is the renovation boom over? Data shows demand for tradies softening
Tradies have only seen a modest one per cent increase in hourly rates over the last quarter, suggesting…
Third busiest auction week this year with combined preliminary clearance rate in the mid 60’s
The combined capital cities returned a preliminary auction clearance rate of 65.4 percent this week across 3,335 auctions…
CoreLogic Property Pulse: Are investors driving the current market slowdown?
In line with a decline in dwelling values growth, the level of investor activity across the property market…
Westpac backs BRICKX
Fractional property investment firm BRICKX has secured investment from the Westpac- backed venture capital firm Reinventure, in its…
