Posted in News Items on 21st May 2013 by Terry Ryder
Why is the Perth market so hot? A clue is provided by a Statistics Bureau survey conducted in Western Australia seven months ago, but published only today. The Housing Motivations and Intentions…
Posted in News Items on 17th May 2013 by Terry Ryder
Australia’s dominance of iron ore trade is set to rise. The nation will soon become the world’s largest exporter of gas. Investment in coal is projected to rise and remain strong at least…
Posted in News Items on 8th May 2013 by Terry Ryder
The Reserve Bank has done its bit. Now it’s up to lenders. And it appears that this time, unlike all those previous times, the major banks are going to give borrowers the full benefit of the 25…
Posted in News Items on 24th April 2013 by Terry Ryder
Capital city housing markets continued their rise in the March Quarter, following growth in the December Quarter. The March Quarter House Price Report from Australian Property Monitors shows an…
Posted in News Items on 8th April 2013 by Terry Ryder
Regional property markets continue to be led by towns impacted by the resources sector. Some are leading Australia in price growth, increases in sales volumes and rental growth. Mount Isa in…
Posted in News Items on 5th April 2013 by Terry Ryder
As we get deeper into 2013 the key indicators for real estate get stronger. I’ve been featuring them in a series a conference presentations in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in recent weeks and…
Posted in News Items on 22nd March 2013 by Terry Ryder
Hotspotting customers often ask me to help with property selection or to recommend specific properties in areas highlighted by our Hotspots reports. Until now I have been unable to assist, as…
Posted in News Items on 19th February 2013 by Terry Ryder
Residential vacancies in Australian cities declined sharply in January 2013, according to figures from SQM Research. It says the average vacancy rate across the eight capital cities dropped from…
Posted in News Items on 12th February 2013 by Terry Ryder
Australian oil & gas sector workers are, reportedly, the highest-paid in the world. A survey by recruitment firm Hays says Australians earn 25% more than their US counterparts, pocketing an…
Posted in News Items on 7th February 2013 by Terry Ryder
St George bank is cutting its fixed home loan rates for one, three, four and five years. It claims to have the lowest fixed rates in the market, compared with the majors: 5.15% pa for one year,…
Posted in News Items on 22nd January 2013 by Terry Ryder
Can a capital city be a Boom Town? It can, if it’s Darwin. Darwin heads our new National Top 10 Boom Towns 2013 report. Darwin, more a regional centre than a capital city, had huge rent…
Posted in News Items on 16th January 2013 by Terry Ryder
Developer Stockland has heralded 2013 as “the year to make a change”, with communities around New South Wales already showing signs of increased buyer enquiry during the Christmas and New…
Posted in News Items on 8th January 2013 by Terry Ryder
Recent interest rate cuts have halted a trend of rising demand for fixed-rate home loans, according to Mortgage Choice. The mortgage broker’s figures show that after four consecutive months of…
Posted in News Items on 29th December 2012 by Terry Ryder
Our consistent advocacy of regional Australia as a place of opportunity for property investors is supported by statistics published by Smart Property Investor. They show that houses show better…
Posted in News Items on 12th December 2012 by Terry Ryder
It’s Darwin first and daylight second when it comes to house price growth, according to the new edition of Real Estate Market Facts from the Real Estate Institute of Australia. The report…
Posted in News Items on 4th December 2012 by Terry Ryder
This is the catalyst real estate markets have been awaiting. The Reserve Bank cut the official interest rate 25 basis points today, its sixth cut since November last year. The cash rate is now…
Posted in News Items on 21st November 2012 by Terry Ryder
Some of cheapest locations around Australia are also among the best performers on capital growth recently. Maryborough in Victoria, one of the locations featured in the new Regional Edition of the…
Posted in News Items on 12th November 2012 by Terry Ryder
Market indicators continue to depict a slow steady recovery in residential property markets. ABS figures published today show a 3.8% rise in the value of housing loans in September, with NSW,…
Posted in News Items on 9th November 2012 by Terry Ryder
It should surprise no one that residential land sales are falling in Melbourne. Developers have supplied too many house-and-land packages in recent years (as well as too many apartments) and demand…
Posted in News Items on 25th October 2012 by Terry Ryder
Darwin remains the outstanding performer on price growth, as capital city prices generally consolidated in the September Quarter. Australian Property Monitors’ House Price Report shows that…
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National Top 10 Miners Playgrounds Major mining companies employ many of their workers on …
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Perth's property markets have surged in the early part of 2013, as price growth returns to the Western Australia capital for the first time since 2007. WA is Australia's leading boom st…
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SA: 320km north of Adelaide Port Augusta's geographical advantage - at "the crossroads of Australia" - is expected to bring benefits to the town as mining and power generation projects evolve - i…
Why is the Perth market so hot? A clue is provided by a Statistics Bureau survey conducted in Western Australia seven months ago, but published only today. The Housing Motivations and Intentions surv…
Hotspotting will feature at the 2013 Home Buyer & Property Investor Show in Brisbane on the weekend of 1-2 June – and we can provide free tickets to the event. Hotspotting founder Terry Ryd…
The Housing Industry Association has embarked on a national program of misinformation. In doing so, it is set to confirm its reputation as the least credible and most ineffectual of the bodies claimin…
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