Build-To-Rent Surging The build-to-rent (BTR) sector is continuing to surge with new figures showing more than 4,300 apartments were added to the market in 2024. And Knight Frank predicts more will be delivered in 2025 with about 8,900 dedicated BTR apartments under construction in Australia and a further 20,000 approved for development over the next […]
Call To Prioritise Buyers The majority of Australians want the government to focus spending on affordable home options rather than tax breaks such as negative gearing for investors according to a new survey. A survey, commissioned by Everybody’s Home, of 2500 voters found almost half wanted the Government to focus on funding affordable homes, while
Home Building Up New home building is set to pick up this year, as investors turn to new house and land packages. Oxford Economics Australia research predicts total dwelling commencements will increase by 4.5% in FY2025. It also tips another 4.3% increase the following year. Oxford Economics Australia, head of property and building forecasting Timothy
Stamp Duty On Agenda Calls for the abolition of stamp duty are once again on the agenda with the Real Estate Institute of Australia calling for it to be at least removed from older Australians who want to downsize. REIA president Leanne Pilkington says it adds substantially to the cost of transacting and is stopping
Foreign Buyer Freeze The Federal Government is hoping a freeze on foreign buyers will help ease Australia’s housing crisis. It has announced a ban on overseas buyers of existing Australian homes for two years and will review the effectiveness of the scheme after that. It will come into effect from April 1, 2025, and stop
Regions Still Firing Regional property markets are still firing, with new data showing values are growing faster than capital city markets. In the three months to January, property values rose in almost three-quarters (72.6%) of regional suburbs and about half (51.4%)of capital city suburbs, according to CoreLogic data. CoreLogic economist Kaytlin Ezzy says affordability pressures
HECS No Barrier Having a university HECS debt will no longer be seen as a major barrier by banks to entering the property market. At the urging of the Federal Treasurer, APRA, the financial regulator, will tell banks they can exclude HECS repayments from serviceability assessments for home loans if the debt is to be
Buyers Borrow More The average size of owner-occupier loans has hit an all-time high. New Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows the average loan is now $666,000, following a $25,000 increase in the last quarter of 2024. It is 4% higher year on year. As property prices continue to rise so too has the value
Vacancy Rates Vacancy rates continue to remain tight throughout Australia, falling again in January to just 1%. SQM Research data says vacancy rates reduced by 0.5% in January, which is traditionally a busy month in the rental market as workers and students relocate for the start of the business and school year. The drop means
Rates Reduced Home buyers are likely to have more borrowing capacity following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s move to cut interest rates at its first meeting for 2025. The RBA cut interest rates by 0.25%, dropping the official cash rate to 4.1%. It is the first rate cut since November 2020. A number of Australia’s
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