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Real estate news from across Australia – market shifts, regulatory changes, and industry developments that affect property professionals nationwide.
Hobart records the highest price growth over the past 20 years
Sydney and Melbourne are regularly in the real estate headlines, but it’s a much smaller capital city that has come out on top as recording the best median house price…
Are the proposed Privacy Act recommendations a regulatory overreach?
The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) has called on Attorney General Mark Dreyfus to keep the Privacy…
March was the busiest month for new listings since May
Sellers have slowly started to return to the property market with new listings rising 10.5 per cent in…
The top reasons buyers re-list within two years
Job relocation, financial stress and lifestyle changes, such as having a baby, are among the top reasons why…
Build-to-rent could boost housing supply by 150,000
Cutting government taxes on build-to-rent developments could lead to an increase of 150,000 new rental properties over the…
Couples moving in together sooner to save on rising housing costs
New couples are moving in together faster and leaving the romance at the door, in a bid to…
NSW and Victoria still the focus for commercial investors
Commercial investors remain focused on both NSW and Victoria in 2023, however, Western Australia is proving a popular…
Rents surge in longest ever stretch of price growth
Tenants continue to face extreme financial pressure, with rents rising at the fastest rate since before the pandemic.
Refinancing hits a record high as borrowers try to combat rising rates
Rising interest rates are pushing increasing numbers of borrowers to refinance in search of lower interest rates, while…
Rental market reaccelerates from supply shortage
A chronic shortage of rental properties across Australia has reignited growth in weekly rents and further tightened already…
Smaller capital cities are the standout performers in a ‘segmented’ market
The smaller capital city property markets of Adelaide, Perth and Darwin have been the standout performers from across…
Flight to quality for East Coast CBD office space
Businesses are demanding A-grade CBD office space in Melbourne and Sydney as employers try to entice workers back…
NurtureCloud reshaping the real estate industry
Ray White embarked on its journey with the PropTech platform NurtureCloud in 2021 to reshape the way real…
Home Value Index rises for the first time in almost a year
CoreLogic's national Home Value Index (HVI) increased 0.6 per cent in March, marking the first month-on-month rise since…
Housing shortfall tipped to worsen rental crisis
Australia’s housing crisis is set to worsen, with the nation expected to experience a shortfall of 106,000 homes…
Experts weigh in on interest rate debate
More than one-third of experts in Finder’s RBA Cash Rate Survey believe the central bank will put the…
Low stock levels fuelling national property price rises
Positive demand drivers, including low stock levels, are keeping a floor under property prices with national values rising…
Look to the regions for affordable property
Home loan affordability may be declining but the great Australian dream of owning your own home is still…
One in four borrowers are paying over 6.5 per cent on their mortgage
Rising interest rates have caught borrowers off guard, with one-in-four now paying over 6.5 per cent interest on…
Will drop in inflation bring a rates pause?
Inflation has fallen for the second month in a bring, bringing with it renewed hope the Reserve Bank…
Ruff times for pet owners: Oaklands Park earns top ‘sad puppy’ score
The southern Adelaide suburb of Oaklands Park has been ranked the hardest in Australia for tenants with pets…
AuctionWORKS brings the hammer down on 60,000 auctions
Leading auctioneers, AuctionWORKS has officially brought the hammer down on more than 60,000 auctions and in excess of…
HomeBuilder deadline extended for property owners
Property owners at risk of losing the $25,000 HomeBuilder grant due to ongoing building delays have been given…
Loss-making resales jump across Sydney and Melbourne
The share of loss-making home sales across the country has jumped, led by both Sydney and Melbourne, which…
The great debate: short-term holiday rentals in Australia’s housing crisis
Are short-term holiday rentals the solution to or the problem in Australia’s housing crisis?
Buying a rent roll can supercharge your business – but only if it’s done right
While purchasing a rent roll can be an effective strategy for increasing cash flow and encouraging business growth,…
New listings suffer as sellers err on the side of caution
The seasonal uptick in property listings that usually occurs in the first half of March has been noticeably…
Australia’s rental system is ‘broken’ study reveals
Australia’s residential rental system is “broken” and fails to provide affordable, secure housing for tenants or a solid…
Herron Todd White: too soon to call a bottom in the property market
High interest rates and the prospect of more pain ahead for borrowers as fixed-rate loans roll off, suggests…
Little Real Estate partners with Rental Heroes to deploy AI technology
Australia’s largest independently owned real estate agency Little Real Estate has joined forces with Rental Heroes to implement…
Sydney renters paying $633 a week more than a year ago
Rents in Australia's unit market have surged, with the national trend recording its highest annual growth on record…
Time to save a deposit drops for first-home buyers
The time taken to save a deposit to purchase an entry-level first home has dropped by as much…
Listing Loop now offers conveyancing to further deliver qualified buyers to agents
Top Australian off-market and pre-market property portal ListingLoop.com.au has partnered with leading licensed law firm Bond Conveyancing to offer conveyancing…
High interest rates weigh on new homes sales
The record rise in interest rates is continuing to weigh on new home sales, while a better than…
Australian RE/MAX agents top commission earned globally
Australia had the highest level of average commission per agent in 2022 throughout the 140,000-plus agents in the…