National vacancy rates have slightly increased to 1.1% over the month of April 2024. This represents a rise from March when the national rental vacancy rate was 1.0%. The total number of rental vacancies Australia-wide now stands at 33,177 residential properties. Sydney recorded a rental vacancy rate of 1.2% with 10,133 rental dwellings vacant, up…
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April recorded a 6.4% decrease in nationwide residential property listings, according to the latest data from SQM Research. The total listings now stand at 239,660 properties, a decrease from the 256,000 recorded in March 2024. Notably, all major cities recorded a large decrease in their listings due mostly to the Easter public/school holiday period. Over…
Australian capital city dwelling prices will commence a recovery in 2023 as a result of a pause in the rise of interest rates we can expect to occur by no later than June 2023. The cash rate is tipped to rise to no higher than 4.00% and from that point, stay on hold for the…
SQM Research released a report into the likely housing market effects of The Labor Party’s proposal to change negative gearing, taking into account current housing market conditions. This research is an update on our initial paper released in June 2016 – a time when the housing market was in a considerably stronger state than the current…