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The pandemic has driven an uptake in proptech

Necessity is the mother of invention.

News

Mining and remote work drive the COVID-19 regional shift

An in-depth report from realestate.com.au paints a compelling picture of a mass exodus from cities.

Industry News

Outback NSW blocks sell for $1 at auction

Eighty properties dotted across far-west of regional NSW went under the hammer last weekend, with some landlocked blocks…

Celebrity Homes

Celebrity homes: The most and least popular

REVEALED: The Celebrity Homes We Love (And Hate) Most!  Kim Kardashian West’s house tour is the most viewed,…

Industry News

Banks start accepting further First Home Loan Deposit Scheme applications

The Housing Industry Association (HIA) welcomes the news that banks will start accepting loan applications for the New…

Industry News

Home loans dive under 2 per cent, with all eyes on the big four

Sally Tindall, research director at RateCity.com.au, said all eyes were now on the big four banks, which hold…

News

Cash rate cut will improve housing affordability – if banks get on board

The RBA's decision to cut the official interest rate to a historical low of 0.10 per cent will…

News

Cash rate cut to new historic low

The Reserve Bank of Australia have cut the cash rate by 15 basis points to a new historic…

Franchise News

New boutique agency in Noosa taps UrbanX platform

Working with a team of like-minded professionals in a prime location is the aspiration for many. Noosa Estate…

News

Kristen Stewart puts her Malibu retreat on the market

The house was designed by world-famous architect Lorcan O'Herlihy.

News

HomeBuilder is working for now, but a second cliff is up ahead

A 15.4 per cent leap in the number of dwelling approvals and a 25.3 per cent rise in…

News

A fifth of Aussies in a better position to buy a house thanks to COVID-19

A fifth of Aussies in a better position to buy a house thanks to COVID-19 New research has…

News

REIQ appoints two new board directors

The Real Estate Institute of Queensland announced the appointment of two new directors to its board.

News

Dwelling approvals and construction loan commitments surge

The number of dwellings approved rose 15.4 per cent, according to ABS data released today.

News

‘Bureaucratic inefficiencies’ keeping real estate agents unemployed

The Real Estate Institute of NSW has hit out at Fair Trading for bureaucratic inefficiencies that are keeping…

Industry News

Australian housing values are rising, after five months of declines

Following what CoreLogic refer to as "five months of consistent declines in residential property values", the national home…

News

Clearance rate at highest point since pre-pandemic

The preliminary clearance rate has hit its highest peak since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, coming in…

Commercial

Property developers and investors make AFR Rich List

Three moguls who have made their fortune in the property game appear in the top ten of the…

News

Homely appoints David Webb as Head of Industry

Homely.com.au has announced that David Webb is joining its Executive Team as the Head of Industry. As Homely’s…

News

HIA wins SafeWork NSW award for pandemic initiatives

The Housing Industry Association has been announced as the winner of the 2020 SafeWork NSW Awards for "outstanding…

News

Pierce Brosnan lists Malibu beach house for $142m

Walls of glass, temperature-controlled wine storage unit, and mindblowing oceanic views: it's the perfect beach pad for 007.

Franchise News

The Agency’s Sam Hobbs lands $20m of Melbourne sales in two weeks

The Melbourne property market has certainly bounced back since Stage 4 restrictions lifted across Melbourne earlier this month.

Industry News

Inside the Hobart housing boom

Industry News

Sydney house prices rise as units fall, marking largest price gap on record

Sydney housing prices took a massive tumble in the June quarter, losing close to $22,000 off the median…

News

Hobart house prices to leapfrog Adelaide, as Darwin moves past Perth

Domain's latest House Price Report has revealed the Australian housing industry has largely bounced back, with all capital…

Franchise News

The Pilbara agent on the cutting edge of technology

The ‘online auction guy’ – that’s what buyers and sellers in the Pilbara region are calling Realmark Karratha…

Industry News

Green Building Council takes steps to eliminate natural gas in new buildings

Green Building Council of Australia have completely overhauled its Green Star rating system in a push to eliminate…

News

National rent prices fell annually for the first time

The September 2020 quarter CPI figures show the impact that the pandemic has had on national rental prices.

Commercial

CoreLogic partners with innovation program RealTechX

CoreLogic has today announced its backing of emerging technology businesses in real estate through Taronga Ventures' RealTechX program.…

News

The Reserve Bank believes the recession could be over

Reserve Bank deputy governor Guy Debelle told a Senate estimates hearing on Tuesday that the RBA believes the…

News

Don Ha and the growth of RE/MAX New Zealand in 2020

When the global RE/MAX brand expanded to four new countries in the first of half of 2020 and…

Franchise News

Energy-saving AI tech trialled in CBD offices and malls

AMP Capital has started to roll out new energy saving AI technology in a number of its Australian…