SQM Research recorded that the national residential property rental vacancy rate has continued to fall, reaching 1.0% in October. The nationwide rental crisis is deepening, with a notable reduction of 2,353 dwellings in available rentals, bringing the total vacancies to 30,307. This underscores the growing crisis in the housing rental market. Most of the capital…
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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…