REAL ESTATE REPORT

A tale of two cities
20 Mar 2013 - Melbourne has increased its total real estate sales in the first three months of this year, while Sydney is the target of bold plans for an explosion of development.

Incomes & rates improve home affordability
14 Mar 2013 - Higher incomes and lower interest rates have contributed to making Australian houses the most affordable in three years.

Most liveable Australian cities revealed
06 Mar 2013 - The most liveable Australian cities have been revealed and Adelaide has taken the top spot.

Rate cuts begin to spur property
27 Feb 2013 – Recent rate cuts are starting to spur an improvement in the property sector with house prices improving and the commercial sector delivering encouraging profit results.

Property poised to follow share market rally
20 Feb 2013 – As the Australian share market climbs to fresh highs, could the property market be poised to follow suit?

First home buyers retreat as grants change
14 Feb 2013 - First-home buyers are being more cautious with only 14.9 per cent taking out loans in December, the lowest since 2001.

RBA sees housing pick up
05 Feb 2013 - Australia’s central bank has decided to keep the nation’s official interest rate unchanged at 3 per cent at its February board meeting amid improvements in dwelling investments.

New home sales rise for third straight month
31 Jan 2013 - New home sales have risen for the third straight month in December. Widespread flooding has affected thousands of residences across Queensland and NSW.

Australian housing ranked severely unaffordable
22 Jan 2013 - An annual survey has put a dim view on Australia’s housing affordability, revealing it’s the second least affordable market behind Hong Kong.

Units trump housing as hot investment
17 Jan 2013 – Units are proving a hot investment with their value growth trumping housing value growth over the past five years.