Michael Bleby| Australian Financial Review| 11 March 2020 https://www.afr.com/property/residential/home-loans-growth-picks-up-in-january-20200310-p548sm New home loans rose at their fastest pace in more than three years in January as owner-occupiers and investors benefited from easing lending conditions that pushed
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FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) has been applied to both home purchases and toilet roll over the past weeks. While, on the surface they may appear to have nothing in common, there’s actually quite a
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Roughly two million older Australians are considering moving homes when they retire.But they won’t be giving up the spare bedroom.It will be reserved for friends and family, or repurposed into a study or sewing room
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If national prices continue on their current trajectory, 2020 will see the fastest market recovery in Australian history, according to property research group CoreLogic.The property downturn saw an 8.4% correction in values. In just seven
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Exclusive Australian Bureau of Statistics data has revealed the staggering difference in wealth of older Australians in owner-occupied households compared to those that rent.Key points:- Those who own property as they approach retirement are much
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It’s a rising market and that should spell profit for mortgage brokers, real estate agents, financial planners and accountants Yet, recent legislation passed in Canberra means that the way Australians source loans in 2020 will
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Housing finance increased steadily by another 1.3 per cent in September – taking growth since May to 15 per cent. Already, market commentators are predicting that Sydney and Melbourne will hit record highs in April
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Jack Derwin| Australian Financial Review| 8 November 2019 https://www.afr.com/property/residential/aussie-property-prices-set-to-break-record-highs-by-start-of-next-year-20191108-p538l9 Property prices are soaring in Australia like it’s 2015. That may be welcome news for investors, but it’s bound to startle wannabe first home buyers. Not
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Pete Wargent BlogSpot| 11 September 2019 https://petewargent.blogspot.com/2019/09/net-arrivals-close-to-300k-per-annum.html For the first time in a while there was a decrease in the rolling annual number of permanent and long-term arrivals into Australia, at 844,680 (up from 818,480
Read MoreSu-Lin Tan| Australian Financial Review| 16 September 2019 https://www.afr.com/property/residential/why-the-housing-mini-boom-won-t-last-20190916-p52rqi The current housing mini-boom triggered by two rate cuts will run out of steam, according to UBS. Weak credit growth, little pick-up in new housing development
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