REAL ESTATE REPORT

New buyers in for the long haul
30 May 2012 – Analysts predict new home owners won’t be able to rely on their homes for wealth creation, in the same way that older generations have been able to.

Australia’s pricey property
23 May 2012 – Australia has some of the highest average house prices in the world, with the OECD reporting house prices are still “very high relative to rents and incomes”.

Threat to the family home
16 May 2012 – The government says the family home is safe, but experts are exploring new ways to fund Australia's growing retirement costs.

Budget disappoints on housing
11 May 2012 – The Real Estate Institute of Australia says the government has failed to introduce any new initiatives to address housing affordability in this year’s federal budget.

Home prices up, down or flat?
02 May 2012 – Are property prices going up, down or staying flat? Who should you believe?

Tax man cashes in on property
26 Apr 2012 – Despite a slump in the property market, revenue from property related taxes rose last financial year to $33 billion

RBA comments stir controversy
19 Apr 2012 – The Reserve Bank says house prices are showing signs of stabilising, but property analysts have taken offence.

Death of the great Australian dream
13 Apr 2012 – Owning a house in the suburbs is no longer the great Australian dream, with financial independence at retirement now considered more desirable.

House prices stabilising
05 Apr 2012 – RP Data-Rismark data shows the housing market may be stabilising, with capital city prices flat for the first quarter of this year.

Property’s new normal
30 Mar 2012 - The housing market is experiencing a “new normal”, where households have low gearing and are saving more. And it’s unlikely to change in the medium term, meaning a rebound in house prices will be put on hold.