In the dynamic world of Australian real estate, we’re witnessing a tale of two markets, according to industry veteran John McGrath. According to McGrath, the contrast is stark: thriving luxury suburbs versus a more cautious lower-end market, each responding differently to economic forces. Steady growth at the top McGrath, the Chief Executive of the real…
Property buyers in Victoria are paying 6.1 times more for stamp duty than just one generation ago. In Victoria, wages have increased a bit over five times and the median house price has increased just over 12-fold times in that time. According to new PropTrack e61 Institute research, a full-time worker earning an average of…
The Commonwealth Bank, Australia’s biggest lender, is forecasting six interest rate cuts in 2024 and 2025 starting in September this year. They also expect dwelling prices to rise a further 5% in 2024. The CBA’s head of Australian Economics, Gareth Aird, says the recent rise in unemployment will force the RBA to take action to…
The latest 2024 First-Home Buyer Report from Domain, in collaboration with digital lender Unloan, backed by Commbank, offers a deep dive into the evolving landscape for first-home buyers in Australia. This comprehensive report paints a complex picture, primarily influenced by the current surge in interest rates. Quicker savings for a deposit – but it’s not…
At the beginning of this year data released by CoreLogic showed that dwelling values across Australia rose by 67.5% over the past ten years to December 2023. And despite forecasts to the contrary, last year’s dwelling values rose by 8.1%, on average, across the nation. Some urban areas did better than others. Dwelling prices and…
What’s really happening with mortgage stress? Remember all those predictions of a mortgage cliff and lots of distressed selling? There is no doubt that rising interest rates and inflation have created a substantial squeeze on households with mortgages, nudging many to recalibrate their budgets. Yet despite rising interest rates over the last couple of years,…
CoreLogic’s national median rent value ticked up to $601 per week last month, equating to the median annual rent of $31,252 a year. CoreLogic median rent is based on a current estimate of rent income, describing what the median dwelling in Australia would rent for if you put it on the market at any given…
Buy, renovate and hold is one of my favourite property investment strategies. I enjoy taking a dwelling that’s been a bit neglected and breathing new life into it, making it into a home my tenants will love and want to care for more importantly, it’s a great way of manufacturing equity for my property investment…
Property investors are getting ready to take advantage of our housing markets in 2024. The value of total new investor loan commitments rose 1.9 per cent in November and was 18.0 per cent higher compared to a year ago. The value of new owner-occupier loan commitments for dwellings rose 10.1 per cent through the year…
Australia’s population grew by 2.4 per cent in the year to 30 June 2023, according to the figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) at the end of last year. On 30 June 2023, our population was 26.6 million people, an increase of 624,100 people over the year. Putting that in perspective it’s…
