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5 June 2025
Regional Populations Surge
Regional Populations Surge In good news for the continuing growth of regional property markets, the number of people leaving capital cities behind increased again in the first quarter of 2025. The March 2025 quarter Regional Movers Index, which tracks migration to regional areas, shows a 10.5% increase in moves from cities to the regions in […]
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5 June 2025
Terry’s View – Rates Don’t Affect Prices
Terry’s View – Rates Don’t Affect Prices If you believe media reports – and let me stress that you cannot – Australia is going to have the grandaddy of all property booms because interest rates have dropped. Much of the commentary around RBA decisions on rate cuts declares that a small drop in rates means […]
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29 May 2025
Where It’s Cheaper to Buy Than Rent
Where It’s Cheaper to Buy Than Rent While the pace of rental growth has eased in many cities, past increases mean there are still locations where a weekly mortgage repayment is cheaper than weekly rents. Analysis from Ubank shows there are ten Sydney suburbs, all unit markets, where residents were financially better off buying. In […]
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29 May 2025
FHB Accepting Help
FHB Accepting Help First-home buyers are making it into the market despite high levels of unaffordability, with about a third using the Australian Government’s Home Guarantee Scheme to purchase. The scheme helps First Home Buyers who don’t have a 20% deposit to avoid expensive Lenders Mortgage Insurance. The latest State of the Housing System report […]
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29 May 2025
Auction Market Heating Up
Auction Market Heating Up The weather may be starting to cool, but the Australian property market is starting to heat up, with the number of properties being offered under the hammer rising. According to Cotality figures, there are 2,395 homes scheduled to go under the hammer this week – up 34.2% from last week and […]
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29 May 2025
New Home Sales Rise
New Home Sales Rise Sales of new homes have risen to the highest level in the past 12 months, although still not at levels to address the ongoing shortage of new dwellings across Australia. HIA Economist Maurice Tapang says new home sales were up 16.5% in April. Low levels of unemployment, recovering real wages and […]
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29 May 2025
Confidence Up, But Don’t Expect A Boom
Confidence Up, But Don’t Expect A Boom The interest rate cut will support housing markets, but don't expect a boom in housing prices until affordability improves. With the average variable rate for owner-occupier loans expected to fall to around 5.81%, reducing repayments on a $750,000 loan by $81/month, the rate cut is expected to lift […]
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22 May 2025
Rates Drop Again
Rates Drop Again Interest rates have dropped again by 25 basis points, increasing the borrowing capacity of buyers and easing repayments for existing mortgage holders. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) met this week and dropped the official rate to 3.85%. Many of Australia’s big banks had already started reducing the fixed rates they offered […]
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22 May 2025
Investment Sentiment High
Investment Sentiment High Queensland is overwhelmingly the top pick by property investors, with more than a third believing it has the best investment prospects in the next 12 months. APIM’s Property Sentiment Report Q1 2025 says 35% of respondents picked Queensland as their preferred investment location, 19% selected Victoria, while 14% selected Western Australia, New […]
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