Although we can’t see any evidence that specific housing markets have peaked, it is clear that most markets have moved through a peak rate of growth.
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Australia’s most expensive housing market gained almost 60% in only 12 months in 2021.
The latest Australian housing price statistics have revealed a staggering 23.4 per cent surge over the past 12 months.
Why did house prices soar while the economy was weak amid multiple lockdowns and a pandemic-induced recession?
A rising number of Perth property owners are taking advantage of the market’s growth to expand their property investment portfolio, according to a property advi…
House prices continued to rise across the nation and have now grown at the fastest pace since mid-1989.
Apart from higher prices making it harder for our kids to get into the property market, there is the broader impact on the economy.
Bubbles must – by definition – go “pop”. And our housing market just hasn’t. Nor is it likely to.
Residential property prices rose 6.7 per cent in the June quarter 2021, the strongest quarterly growth since the Residential Property Price Index series began.
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As the United Kingdom and United States experience a boom in foreign property investment, buyers from Asia and elsewhere are increasingly shying away from Australia.
Coastal and lifestyle suburbs, including luxury apartments, are showing no signs of easing up, according to developers and buyers’ agents.
Builders are turning to alternative construction materials to alleviate the massive carbon footprint being left by traditional structural constituents.
Westpac has become the first major bank this year to increase its fixed rates for owner occupiers and investors.
Auction market results across Australia’s capital cities have been buoyant in a month that is traditionally seen as the low season.
The ABS this week released their building activity data for September 2021 quarter, showing estimates of the value of building work, number of dwellings commenced, completed, under construction and in the pipeline across Australia.
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