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Real estate news from across Australia – market shifts, regulatory changes, and industry developments that affect property professionals nationwide.
Big Four banks quick to pass on interest rate rise
Well, that didn’t take long. Just a few hours after the Reserve Bank lifted the cash rate 25 basis points to 3.10 per cent at its final meeting for 2022,…
Cash rate hits highest point in a decade
The cash rate is now at its highest level since 2012, with the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)…
Adelaide and Brisbane to be the strongest performers in 2023
The smaller capital city markets of Adelaide and Brisbane are set to be the top-performing property markets of…
Auction clearance rates hit a seventh-month high
Auction clearance rates have bounced back to a seventh-month high as vendors are now more prepared to meet…
First-home buyers choosing pets over family
First-home buyers would rather have more space for a pet than be close to their family according to…
New home lending falls to lowest level in three years
New home lending has fallen to the lowest level in three years as industry experts believe it's time…
High performers turn to tech for the edge
Technology continues to play an increasing role in the real estate industry, with more and more high performers…
Busiest auction week since June
The combined capital cities have had the busiest auction week since mid-June, with 2506 homes going under the…
Cash rate expected to rise again on Tuesday
The odds of another cash rate rise at this month’s Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meeting remain high,…
Vacancy rates hold steady in November
Vacancy rates across the country remain at record low levels, holding steady at 0.8 per cent according to…
Record low rental affordability puts low-income earners under severe rental stress
Surging rents and low vacancy rates are putting an increasing number of households under rental stress, with low-income…
Property values fall for seventh consecutive month
Property values have dropped more than $50,000 since their peak in April according to the latest CoreLogic Home…
Home prices fell in November as rates pressure buyers
Interest rate pressure is contributing to the “downward trend” in home prices, with new data showing values declined…
Long-term commercial investments still performing well
Despite rising interest rates and slowing growth in 2022, commercial property has continued to perform strongly over a…
Otago named Australia’s most family-friendly suburb
It’s getting easier for homebuyers to get into family-friendly suburbs as more stock comes onto the market according…
Unit growth falls into negative territory
Annual growth for units across the country has slipped into negative territory, with values down 1.4 per cent…
Nerida Conisbee: Where you should have bought a decade ago
Over the past decade, the median in Sydney has increased the most. There are a lot of factors…
Tenancy law reforms haven’t stopped investors
Tenancy law reforms in NSW and Victoria have only had a small impact on landlords’ decisions to purchase…
Sherrie Storor: how to generate listings on autopilot
Agents looking to level up and become a modern day agent that knows how to target the 2023…
Properties selling faster than prior to the pandemic
Despite overall demand slowing down since the peak of the boom, properties across the country are still selling…
Rental growth to continue to underpin commercial property
Strong rental growth will help mitigate the impact of rising interest rates on commercial property according to a…
New real estate reality show rumoured to be in the works
With Luxe Listings Sydney becoming one of the big TV hits of the past few years, a new…
Auction volumes continue to rise in lead-up to Christmas
Auction volumes have risen further this week, and the trend is tipped to continue in the lead-up until…
More land is required to build one million new homes
The government will need to release more land if they’re to meet their goal of building one million…
Property values have soared in the past 20 years while rents lag
House prices across Australia have more than doubled in the past 20 years, however, rents have not been…
Leading ladies share their success journeys
A success coach and behavioural profiler that was once a personal bodyguard for the queen was just one…
Property managers upskill with new investment portfolio manager course
Laing+Simmons is officially celebrating the first batch of graduates to complete its Investment Portfolio Manager course aimed at…
Does selling off-market come at a cost?
Choosing to sell your property off-market could be costing you as much as $60,000 according to a new…
Cheapest suburbs to buy within 10km of the CBD
As office workers return to their pre-pandemic lives and head back to CBDs, there are still a number…
Falling prices making access to liveable suburbs easier for buyers
Melbourne is now the most affordable city to purchase a house in suburb that is considered “livable” according…
Retail property transactions slow as consumers battle rising prices
Retail property sales have slowed, as economic uncertainty climbs according to the latest Herron Todd White (HTW) Month…
Is the Federal Government’s one million home plan already in jeopardy?
The Housing Industry Association (HIA) has warned the Federal Budget goal of creating one million new homes in…
Prestige property market mixed across the country
The prestige property market has softened on the East Coast but continues to hold up well in the…
Real estate agents turn ethics index on its head
The 2022 Governance Institute of Australia Ethics Index has been released and, once again, real estate has ranked…
Nerida Conisbee: Australia the knockdown nation
In the 12 months to June 2022, there were more houses knocked down in Australia than ever recorded…