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Real estate news from across Australia – market shifts, regulatory changes, and industry developments that affect property professionals nationwide.
Growth across capital cities slowing at
record pace
The annual rate of price growth across Australia's capital cities is slowing at the fastest rate since 1989.
Buyers and renters continue to struggle with housing affordability
Housing affordability has continued to fall with more pain ahead according to the Real Estate Institute of Australia…
REA Group announces new organisational structure
REA Group has announced changes to its organisational structure to further progress its strategy to build next generation…
Is there a better way to utilise Australia’s 13 million spare bedrooms?
Recently, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its latest Survey of Income and Housing. One interesting piece…
RBA goes ‘hard’ with interest rate jump
Higher than expected inflation has seen the Reserve Bank of Australia lift the cash rate for the second…
Rents and mortgage repayments to keep rising
Rents and mortgage repayments are expected to continue to rise over the next 12 months, putting more pressure…
Lenders have been quick to pass on interest rate hikes
Following the first cash rate hike in over a decade, lenders have been quick to pass on the…
Annual auction volumes declined in May
After a record volume of auctions were held in the first four months of the year, last month…
Auction clearance rate drops to its lowest point in almost a year
Auction volumes were slightly lower this week, with 2635 properties going under the hammer across the combined capitals…
Barellan Point is Australia’s top family housing market
Barellan Point in regional Queensland has been named the top housing market for families according to new research.
ANZ revises cash rate prediction on back of strong wages
The ANZ bank has tipped the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will lift the cash rate by 40…
Cash poor Australian households look to downsize
After two years where Australians were scrambling for larger homes, a new survey has found one in eight…
Unprecedented demand for industrial property pushing up prices
Record demand for industrial space has continued to put upward pressure on rents and property values with the…
Home prices fell in May as interest rates rose
Home prices across the country fell for the first time since the start of the pandemic just as…
The highlights from AREC 2022 – Day 2
RBA examines the post-pandemic housing market
Property prices have increased, the construction industry is at capacity, and the average Australian household size has fallen…
The highlights from AREC 2022 – Day 1
More than 4000 real estate professionals packed the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre yesterday for Day 1…
Preliminary clearance rate rises on the back of auction surge
This week proved the busiest auction week since the pre-Easter spike, with 3229 properties going under the hammer…
The East Coast’s most affordable and liveable suburbs
Sydney and Melbourne are becoming opportune markets for buyers with a growing list of affordable suburbs according to…
Australian home ownership rates lowest on record
The proportion of Australians who own their own home continues to sit at record low levels, new data…
Auction numbers to bounce back after the Federal Election
Auction volumes are set to rise sharply this weekend following lower volumes last week as a result of…
Innovators join forces: Propps and Agents’Agency strike partnership
PropTech game changer Propps has joined forces with the Agents’Agency to empower the independent real estate network’s agents…
Cost of living pressures the leading concern for Australian voters
The cost of living, healthcare, and housing affordability are top of mind for Australians on the back of…
Foreign buyers behind half of 2022 commercial property investment
More than half of all commercial property sales in 2022 have been to overseas buyers according to new…
AI lead generation proves its power in regional areas
Concerns over whether Ai technology could work in regional areas are very common across real estate agencies doing…
Demand for industrial space sees vacancy rate hit 10-year low
Industrial and logistics properties across the east coast of Australia are seeing record demand with vacancy rates now…
Rising construction costs to weigh on builders and home buyers: HTW
Rising construction costs are ongoing labour shortages are putting increasing pressure on builders and new home buyers, according…
Tight rental conditions forcing rents higher
Tight rental conditions across the country will likely see rents continue to surge in a number of locations…
Property flipping getting tougher as interest rates and building costs rise
Flipping property has been a solid investment strategy over the past 18 months, however, a leading buyers agent…
Headhunter-style solution for rental applications
Inspect Real Estate has released a new innovation in leasing, and already it's producing results for agents.
Set and forget commercial assets in high demand
The appeal of "set and forget" commercial assets remains incredibly high with a leading expert suggesting investors should…
Property price growth slows across regional Australia
Property prices across regional Australia are finally starting to show signs of easing after a record run of…
Rising rents put pressure on desperate tenants
Tenants battling soaring rents and tight vacancy rates have turned to "desperate measures" in the struggle to find…