Are you one of the many people turning to a buyer’s agent for an edge in the current property market? With Fear Of Missing Out creeping in, many buyers are choosing not to get mad but to get even and are turning to a professional for help. They want to engage someone to work for…
It’s been a tumultuous year for Australia’s property market. The coronavirus pandemic has caused economic uncertainty, yet a surge in demand and skyrocketing prices for properties in certain locations. While international borders remain closed, the shape of the nation within Australia is changing at a fast pace never seen before in our market. Regional Australia…
One of the largest shifts we have seen in the past 18 months, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the way we live and work, is the swift new reality of remote working. Covid-19 has changed everything about the way we live and work as stay-at-home orders, social distancing and snap lockdowns force all…
Australia’s credit card debt has now stubbornly hovered at around $20 billion for eleven months in a row. The latest RBA data for personal credit card accounts shows a slight month-on-month decrease of 0.3 per cent in June, taking the total credit card debt accruing interest to $20.01 billion, in original terms. While credit card…
Sydney’s luxury home market will be world’s strongest prime property market in 2021 according to international property consultancy Knight Frank with prices forecast to rise faster than envisaged just six months ago. However in 2022, Australia’s biggest city, crowned the most improved prime residential market, will share the top spot with London, with both cities…
So, Brisbane got the good news recently — we will host the 2032 Olympic Games! But what will that mean for our property market? If history is anything to go by, home buyers and investors could be in for some strong property gains. CoreLogic has highlighted that Sydney property values jumped 60% between the Olympic…
How good are you at budgeting? Are you prepared for new major expenses that may come your way? A substantial number of Australians are starting parenthood without a healthy savings fund, according to new research by Finder, Australia’s most visited comparison site. According to Finder’s Parenting Report 2021, which surveyed 1,033 parents of children under…
The total value of new loans fell in June for the first time this year, according to new ABS Lending Indicators data. There were $32.05 billion of new home loan commitments in June, down 1.6 per cent month-on-month, the biggest monthly drop since May 2020, according to seasonally adjusted data from the ABS While the…
Australia’s property prices have increased much higher than what the market would have seen if the Covid-19 pandemic didn’t exist. House prices in most capital cities were expected to enter a cyclical upswing at the start of 2020, a new KPMG Economics report shows, but the global pandemic has supercharged that growth far beyond what…
You’ve seen a lot of those four walls lately, haven’t you? You know…the place you call home. Perhaps you’ve even started working – or job-searching – from your kitchen, living room, or study. But how much are you prepared to spend to make it look just right? Maybe more than ever. Everybody seems to be…
