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Sydney sellers out in force

24 Dec 2013 - Sydney continues its blistering run, with more than 300 properties going under the hammer this week, as National Australia Bank Limited (ASX:NAB) Chief Economist, Mar…

Auction numbers & low rates impact soar

19 Dec 2013 - Coming up against its biggest auction day on record the Sydney market maintained its fighting form, while RBA Governor Glenn Stevens has confirmed what property watch…

Approvals show investors are on the up

12 Dec 2013 - The Australian Bureau of Statistics this week released home loan approvals data for October, indicating that first-home buyers continue to struggle to enter the housi…

Home values edge slightly higher in November: RP Data

05 Dec 2013 - Growth in home values slowed to a six month low in November, prompting fears the strong run of Australia’s housing market may be beginning to lose steam.

Auction boom reaches peak: APM

27 Nov 2013 - The total value of auction sales in Sydney and Melbourne came off the boil somewhat on the weekend just gone, falling by 24 per cent from the previous weekend’s boom …

GPT the dark horse in CPA race

21 Nov 2013 - Property investor GPT Group (ASX:GPT) has this week emerged from the shadows to launch a surprise $2.99 billion takeover bid for Commonwealth Property Office Fund (AS…

Approvals soar, first home owners sink

15 Nov 2013 - The latest housing approval figures from the ABS were released this week, and whilst they beat general expectations, they also revealed that the proportion of first-h…

RBA holds fire on rates

06 Nov 2013 - The RBA offered few surprises with its decision to keep the key cash rate on hold at 2.5 per cent this week, and from a housing perspective this is reflective of eigh…

Stevens: keep a weather eye on the future

01 Nov 2013 - RBA Governor Glenn Stevens has voiced concerns about the current upward direction of property prices and encouraged future caution from banks and mortgage borrowers t…

Renters, buyers out in cold: Grattan

25 Oct 2013 - The gulf between home owners and renters is on the rise, according to data from the ‘Renovating housing policy’ report from the Grattan Institute.

Approvals fall for first time in 2013: ABS

17 Oct 2013 - This week home loan approvals fell for the first time this year, however economists remain confident the housing sector remains set to strengthen in the coming month…

Construction aiding economic recovery: AiG

11 Oct 2013 - The Australian Industry Group's performance of construction index rose 3.9 points to 47.6 in September from the previous month, remaining below the 50-point level sep…

Sydney and Melbourne lead the way in price growth

02 Oct 2013 - Boisterous house price growth in Sydney and Melbourne has driven national dwelling values to a record high, according to RP Data’s September Home Value Index.

Borrowers using cuts to pay off quicker: RBA

27 Sep 2013 - The Reserve Bank of Australia has released a report saying that up to 90 per cent of the windfall from two years of rate cuts has been directed towards paying off mor…

Auctions at 10 year peak: APM

18 Sep 2013 - APM’s senior economist Andrew Wilson says Sydney and Melbourne had the highest number of listed auctions over the weekend since pre-Easter, with Sydney boasting a cle…

Property springing into new buying season

11 Sep 2013 - Analysts say low interest rates and home buyer competition should see the spring buying season touch levels not seen since the property peak of 2009-2010.

Capital city prices charge forth

04 Sep 2013 - Australian capital city home prices have risen more than five per cent in the past year, with the Sydney and Perth property markets leading the charge.

Construction struggles belie RBA uptick hopes

30 Aug 2013 - Australia’s building products manufacturers face struggles in the face of a slower than expected recovery in housing construction.

Property boom around the corner?

23 Aug 2013 - Some analysts are saying that Australia’s east coast is on the verge of a property boom and just doesn’t know it yet, as Sydney and Melbourne auction clearance rates …

Election year market movements

14 Aug 2013 - With the federal election fast approaching, a lot has been said among property analysts about an expected housing market slowdown in the lead up.

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 …

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 con…

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 conf…

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