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Real Estate

Auctions hold ground

30 Nov 2015 – Record spring auction numbers as sellers rush to market ahead of Christmas

Sydney property continues to slow

23 Nov 2015 – Sydney buyers are becoming more price sensitive the trend is not playing out across the rest of the country.

Market steadies as volumes grow

16 Nov 2015 - Sydney and Melbourne markets stabilize as seller rush home to auction ahead of the Christmas break.

Sydney stalls but prices up elsewhere

09 Nov 2015 – Sydney market stalls while housing sentiment stagnates.

Property price growth spreads further afield

02 Nov 2015 - Sydney and Melbourne markets continue to moderate while prices in other capital cities and regional hubs slowly lift higher.

Rate rises spook property investors

27 Oct 2015 - ANZ follows big bank peers with interest rate rises but spook skittish investors as Sydney reports its lowest clearance rate of the year.

Property cools, will prices fall

19 Oct 2015 - Property markets in Sydney and Melbourne have gone off the boil but is there pain ahead for home owners?

Spring market shows signs of rebound

12 Oct 2015 – Is the spring auction market showing new life with clearances rates on the rebound and experts saying the best is yet to come?

Melbourne property prices up, Sydney slows

05 Oct 2015 – Melbourne’s property boom is starting to catch Sydney as the Victorian capital sees strong price rises in September.

Bubble – what property bubble?

28 Sep 2015 - Auction rates are softer and a crackdown on investor lending has lead to a cooling in Australia’s hottest residential markets but is there a bubble set to burst?

Housing affordability under the spotlight

21 Sep 2015 - Could a new Prime Minister turn the spotlight on the housing market and bring strong price growth under control.

Property tide turns towards buyers

14 Sep 2015 - After months of frothy trading home values are starting to level out as price growth steadies and supply catches up with demand.

Housing market stalls in spring

07 Sep 2015 - Growth in both house prices and auction clearance rates are showing easing growth as we enter the traditionally stronger spring selling season.

Sydney property hits the skids

31 Aug 2015 - Sydney auctions hit a low spot while other capital cities see strong sales.

Property market slowdown needed

26 Aug 2015 - There are signs the property market is cooling but industry analysts are predicting a slowdown rather than a pop.

Housing affordability issues grow

19 Aug 2015 - Housing affordability is becoming a larger issue as prices in some cities see buyers priced out completely.

Property peak predicted

10 Aug 2015 - More and more experts are saying the peak is nigh and property prices will start to head downwards soon.

Housing construction starts to ease

05 Aug 2015 - Housing approvals are falling despite the RBA leaving interest rates at historically low levels.

Property price growth around Australia

28 Jul 2015 – A look at property price growth around Australia and commentary from Professor Steve Keen.

What goes up must come down

22 Jul 2015 - 22 Jul 2013 – Property is booming now but is a perfect storm about burst the bubble and send investors running for cover.

Property lending slows nationwide

15 Jul 2015 – Home approvals for owner occupiers slumped the most in 5 years according to figures from the ABS.

Housing market comes off the boil

08 Jul 2015 – First signs of a slowing of prices in the Sydney market as investor loans take a dive.

Property boom or bust

01 Jul 2015 - Sydney and Melbourne house prices show their first signs of slowing as we head into the new financial year.

Property prices surge ever higher

24 Jun 2015 - Australian property prices continue to grow with the ballooning Sydney market providing a bumper stamp duty windfall to the NSW government.

Housing affordability sparks debate

16 Jun 2016 – Housing affordability is now firmly in the spotlight and on the political agenda.