“House approvals are taking longer than ever to get through local councils and exacerbating Australia’s worsening housing and rental shortages, and this is even more pronounced in regional Australia,” said Mike Hermon, HIA Executive Director, Planning & Environment.
“Latest ABS...
The property market is crazy at the moment. Good properties are selling fast, so buyers who aren’t ready to take action will continue to miss out.
In times like these, the difference between buying the property you want or missing...
“Legislation introduced in Victoria today will not improve housing supply or reduce pressure on public housing stock,” stated HIA’s Chief Economist, Tim Reardon.
Mr Reardon was speaking in response to the introduction of the ‘Short Stay Levy Bill 2024’.
“The contention...
In this episode of Market Watch Deb and Scott delved into the August 2024 supply of new dwellings and the amount of listings (property available for purchase) across the Australian Property Market.
The chronic shortage of property is set to...
In this episode of Market Watch, Scott and Debra delved into the August 2024 sales performance for the Australian Property Market.
The theme of the past few months continued – with the sell off in Melbourne becoming a really concerning...
Melbourne property buyers are warned to negotiate carefully if they don’t want to be in negative equity within months of buying property in the coming Spring market.
“Buyers thinking about purchasing in the Melbourne market need to offer $50,000 to...
Our latest episode of Market Watch was supposed to be about housing supply, but quickly led to a discussion of scams.
Not sure how the two are linked? Think back to May 2022 when the Albanese Government was elected to...
Yes. I can hear you complaining. How boring is land tax? Well you will find it intensely interesting if you understand the thresholds and consider the implications when making your next property purchase.
Outlined below are land tax thresholds for...
Retirees and other retail investors pitched double-digit “government-backed” returns to be National Disability Insurance Scheme landlords are set to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars, with the fund manager admitting it cannot find tenants.
Investors in at least 14 schemes...
In the latest episode of Market Watch from The Property Frontline, Australia’s two favourite property experts, Debra Beck-Mewing and Scott Hochgesang, reviewed Australia’s property sales price performance to 30 June 2024.
Debra and Scott reviewed the performance of each key...