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Rental Woes More than half of rental applicants feel pressured to offer above the asking price to secure a home. The Real Property Report 2025 shows that finding a rental property is still a stressful experience, with many going above and beyond to try and snare somewhere to live. The report says 57% feel they […]

The Rise Of Apartments Australia is charging headfirst into its era of apartment living, according to real estate fund managers, Qualitas. It says that while the proportion of apartments is not as high in Australia as in other cities of the world, it is steadily growing as pent-up demand and affordability issues attract […]

Million-Dollar Suburbs Australia could soon have its second million-dollar city with further price growth nudging capital city prices higher. PropTrack’s latest home price data shows that Brisbane’s median house price now sits at a record $977,000 after 9.6% growth over the past 12 months. It is second to Sydney, which has a median house price […]

Terry’s View – The Downturn That Never Was It can be hard to make sense of real estate markets when the standard of commentary in news media is so poor. Knee-jerk responses to short-term data sets from economists, journalists and often the big-name research houses create a mass of confusing, conflicting and contradictory commentary. Commentary […]

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 […]