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20 Feb 2025
Regions Still Firing
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 […]
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20 Feb 2025
HECS No Barrier
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 […]
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20 Feb 2025
Buyers Borrow More
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 […]
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20 Feb 2025
Vacancy Rates
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 […]
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20 Feb 2025
Rates Reduced
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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18 Feb 2025
Interest Rates Cut
Interest Rates Cut The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut interest rates by 0.25%, dropping the official cash rate to 4.1%. It is the first rate cut since November 2020. The RBA says inflation has continued to ease, and underlying inflation is expected to return to its target 2% to 3% range sooner than it […]
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12 Feb 2025
Property Confidence Gains Ground
Property Confidence Gains Ground Those working at the coalface of the market are feeling more confident about property price growth in 2025. CoreLogic’s 2025 Outlook says 65% of real estate agents anticipate prices will continue to rise this year, compared with 57% at the same time in 2024. Head of Australian Research, Eliza Owen, says […]
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12 Feb 2025
Auction Market Builds
Auction Market Builds The auction market has picked up pace with a 13% increase in the number of properties being offered under the hammer last week. The clearance rate for the combined capital cities is 67.4%, according to CoreLogic data, the highest level since October 2024. Of the 1712 auctions last weekend, Sydney's clearance rate […]
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12 Feb 2025
Long Term Game
Long Term Game New figures show property is definitely a long-term game, with house prices doubling in more than 29 townships in the past five years. The analysis by Propertyology shows a further 50 suburbs or towns, grew by between 70% and 90% during the same period. Propertyology Managing Director, Simon Pressley, says the past […]
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