July 16, 2021
Another lockdown for Melbourne sends the property market scurrying online again
Melbourne has been plunged into a fifth lockdown and Melbourne’s property market has again moved online to cope.
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July 13, 2021
KPMG puts COVID premium data together for property price rises
The pandemic has put a ‘COVID premium’ on house prices and KPMG have done the numbers.
July 7, 2021
Rental vacancy rate hits 0.1% in some capital cities
The rental squeeze is tightening hard in Australian capital cities, with some recording vacancy rates as low as 0.1 per cent.
July 1, 2021
House price surge slows but not from COVID-19
House prices are still surging as the temperatures plummet but things could be cooling down in the market as well as the thermometer and it has little to do with recent lockdowns.
June 25, 2021
Commonwealth Bank brings forward interest rate rise forecast to 2022
The Commonwealth Bank has this week joined a couple of the other major banks and brought forward their expectations of an official cash rate rise.
The CBA have gone as far as to forecast rates to rise before the
June 24, 2021
First homebuyers targeting both inner and outer metro areas
You might expect first homebuyers to be targeting the lower end of the property market, struggling to get a foot on the property ladder financially, but somewhat surprisingly there’s still plenty hitting up the inner city areas.
June 18, 2021
Strong May unemployment figures bring forward likelihood of RBA rate cut
A better-than-expected unemployment result in May has brought forward the expectation of interest rate rise.
June 15, 2021
Dumping stamp duty for an annual land tax could make housing 4% cheaper
The Federal Government is being pressed to dump stamp duty in favour of letting buyers choose an annual land tax.
June 10, 2021
The clocking is ticking for borrowers to fix their long-term mortgage rates at record lows
The clock is approaching midnight when it comes to borrowers wanting to fix their mortgage rates with the period of ultra-low long-term rates set to come to and sooner rather than later.
June 2, 2021
RBA keeps interest rates on hold again as property market continues to surge
Mortgage holders are being tempted to refinance their loans as the RBA keeps rates on hold for another month.