REAL ESTATE REPORT

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Non-major lenders making presence felt
07 Aug 2013 - Australia’s largest mortgage broker group AFG, processed 25 per cent more mortgages in July than the corresponding period last year, and one in four of them were for non-major lenders.

Approvals decline not indicative of total gloom
31 Jul 2013 - With building approvals data this week disappointing expectations and falling for the second consecutive month, it seems apparent that the recovery in the housing construction sector is weakening.

Sydney auction market driven by investors
25 Jul 2013 - Sydney continues to perform very strongly in the weekend auction market, outdoing itself with each installment and tracking towards record levels.

Buy beats rent in recovering market - RP Data
17 Jul 2013 - Property research firm RP Data releases its Buy vs Rent report containing a list of suburbs where the typical cost of renting is greater than servicing a mortgage.

Property buffs confident of August rate cut
10 Jul 2013 - The central banks latest interest rate call has been seen as a delaying of an inevitable further cut by leading property analysts and real estate agents, who are confident another reduction will be announced in August.

House values up in fiscal ’13
03 Jul 2013 - The RP Data-Rismark Home Value Index this week indicated a rise in house prices in almost all capital cities over the last financial year.

Baseline research bursts bubble fears
27 Jun 2013 - Fears of a housing bubble being created by rising Australian house prices are ‘overblown’ according to financial services company Citi Research.

Stats don’t lie; Sydney winning in winter
19 Jun 2013 - The Sydney housing market is showing signs of strong winter momentum as it posts its most impressive comparative auction results in years.

Hotspots thwarted by construction data
12 Jun 2013 - Adequate population growth to support high levels of residential construction exists in a total of 68 metro and regional markets, according to the Housing Industry Association (HIA).

Mixed metrics make fragmented property picture
05 Jun 2013 - RP Data’s latest capital city index has shown a second consecutive monthly decline, coming on the back of a robust first quarter of dwelling value data.