House price spike lures property investors from the woodwork
The property price boom around the country is seeing a rise in investor activity.
The property price boom around the country is seeing a rise in investor activity.
Melbourne has joined a host of other Aussie capital cities experiencing new median price highs.
Australia is approaching another housing boom just one year on from the pandemic onset as prices are tipped to rise by 16 per cent over the next two years.
The two key stats that will be raising eyebrows are the falls in number of days on market before sale and falls to price discount levels.
House prices are now rising in all Australian cities despite the world still being in the grips of a pandemic.
Of all the property blows that have been landed since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s houses in Melbourne’s high-end suburbs that have copped it the worst.
S&P Global Ratings say the second Melbourne COVID lockdown and lack of migration will hit house prices by 10 per cent.
Auction clearance rates might be looking a little healthier of late but economists say a housing oversupply and uncertain buyers will see house prices still drop by around 10 per cent this year.
Prior to the coronavirus nightmare Melbourne’s median house price rose two per cent in the March quarter but is expected to start falling from this point.
The renewed surge in house prices of late is welcome news for some but could see a return to some more macroprudential tightening.