REAL ESTATE REPORT

House prices post second annual drop
08 Jan 2013 - Australian house prices continued to fall in 2012 despite a series of rate cuts. AMP’s Dr Shane Oliver provides an interest rate outlook for 2013.

Best Australian property performers of 2012
19 Dec 2012 - A look at Australia's best property performers of 2012 and the areas poised for growth in 2013.

Low demand for home loans as confidence drops
13 Dec 2012 - ABS home loan statistics show home loans did not rise to expectation despite rate cuts.

Reserve Bank lowers rates to GFC lows
05 Dec 2012 – The Reserve Bank of Australia lowers rates to GFC lows as ABS data shows Australian residential building approvals have taken a dive.

Housing affordability up for seventh quarter
28 Nov 2012 - Residential housing affordability increases as investors in property funds return to the sector.

Weak house price growth set to continue
21 Nov 2012 - Despite recent interest rate cuts house prices remain at the weakest level over the past decade, according to new research.

RBA sees modest housing sector recovery
14 Nov 2012 - Despite lower interest rates, strong income growth and a rising population, the RBA says a moderate rebound in home investment and construction is expected over the medium term.

Muted house prices fail to spur rate cut
08 Nov 2012 - The RBA decides to keep the nation’s official interest rate unchanged at 3.25 per cent at its November board meeting amid soft house price data in the third quarter.

National two speed rental market
31 Oct 2012 - The latest research suggests Australia continues to have a two-speed rental market despite a rise in the national level of capital city rents.

Top growth areas to purchase property
24 Oct 2012 - The top growth areas to buy property are revealed as data shows more than a third of Australians surveyed believe now is the right time to buy.