“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...
“We’ll find you the perfect property and you won’t have to pay me anything to do it for you.” Sound good? Rest assured, if you hear this, you’ll be easily paying $100,000+ more than you should for your next...
Changes to the buying process rather than access to more funding is the key to helping first home buyers according to industry specialist, Debra Beck-Mewing.
“The Government is not looking at solid and immediate help they can provide first time...
If you're like most people, you probably think of a property inspection as a necessary evil. You know you need to have one in order to purchase a new home, but you don't really want to deal with it.
In...
The SMSF Association (the preeminent independent, professional body representing Australia’s self managed super fund sector) and Rice Warner Deloitte actuaries, prepared a report looking at the costs of operating self managed super funds (SMSFs).
The research is based on both...
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...