Every Australian capital city has its ups and downs when it comes to property investment.
But before you launch into investing in Melbourne it’s worth doing your research and seeking expert advice.
That’s why we’ve developed these articles, for a more local perspective on what you’ve read about investment so far.
![Melbourne Housing Market Update [Video] - October 2017](https://puassets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/melbourne-2262233_19201-270x200.jpg "Melbourne Housing Market Update [Video] - October 2017")
Melbourne remains one of the strongest capital city housing markets, despite an overall slowing of conditions in the national property markets over the quarter. The stronger housing market conditions in Melbourne are supported by auction clearance rates which have consistently remained above 70%. In a demonstration of resilience, Melbourne dwelling values were almost 1% higher over…
Melbourne’s residential property market has outpaced Sydney’s and in fact all the other capitals, for the third quarter in a row. Real estate prices in Melbourne rose 3 per cent over the three months to June, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data, while Sydney had an increase of 2.3 per cent. On…
![Melbourne Housing Market Update [Video] - September 2017](https://puassets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/melbourne-914868_1920-270x200.jpg "Melbourne Housing Market Update [Video] - September 2017")
The Melbourne housing market has seen the pace of capital gains slowed from the highs of last year. This is evident in the hedonic index results as well as auction clearance rates, which have consistently been above 70%. Inventory levels also remain exceptionally tight across the Melbourne market. Melbourne’s quarterly rate of growth has slowed since peaking…
There have been many predictions of a Melbourne property crash over the past decade. The crash was variously to be triggered by Baby Boomers retiring, China, falling iron ore prices, the mining cliff, spiralling bank funding costs, slowing population growth, apartment oversupply, budget deficits, the loss of the AAA-rating, rising unemployment, higher interest rates, the…
![Melbourne Housing Market Update [Video] - August 2017](https://puassets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/city-suburb-melbourne-northcote-270x200.jpg "Melbourne Housing Market Update [Video] - August 2017")
Most individual capital cities recorded a rise, however, a 3.1% gain in Melbourne was a significant driver for the strong monthly result across the combined capitals. Melbourne appears to be benefitting from consistently high population growth which is creating strong demand for housing, as well as consistently high jobs growth and more affordable housing options…
Newly released Census data highlights the rapid densification of Melbourne’s CBD where the number of residents per square kilometre has more than doubled over the past decade. The 2016 Census has revealed the most densely populated SA2 region in Australia is now Melbourne, with the 2.4 square kilometre region home to 37,754 residents, equating to 15,754 residents…
The quarterly trend in the Melbourne property market has been resilient, with growth easing from 4.2% over the March quarter to 1.5% over the three months ending June. Melbourne’s annual growth rate is now the highest of any capital city, surpassing Sydney’s annual rate of growth despite easing from 15.9% three months ago, to 13.7% over the twelve…
The third in the traditional trifecta of population growth posts concerns the rate of new dwelling supply. At the end of 2016 there were nearly 217,000 dwellings under construction in Australia, including some ~152,6000 attached dwellings, leading to intensified interest in how the housing market might cope with the deluge. The property market downturns in…
Melbourne dwelling values pushed a further 0.7% higher of the three months ending May 2017 with a 1.2 percent rise in house failures, offsetting a 3.9 percent fall in unit values. The latest data shows Melbourne unit values have recorded the first year on year 4 since 2013. Since dwelling values started trending higher five years…
It seems to me that now we have the Federal Budget out of the way the Melbourne property market is continuing its climb. But how long will it last? While there were not a lot of positives in the budget for investors, it certainly could’ve been much worse. And that’s the point…. After weeks of…
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