Can property investing buy you time?  Time is a person’s most valuable asset. But often, we spend it occupied by work. Getting stuck in a cycle of working to survive means we don’t have any time left to do the things we enjoy or focus on other ventures. Financial...

Regional property investment outlook for 2025 More Australians are ditching the city grind for a regional lifestyle – and property investors are taking notice. Population flows to regional areas are at a two-year high, up 80% on pre-Covid levels, according to the...

Why Australia needs more property investors right now  Australia is grappling with a critical shortage of property investors, according to new research from the Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA) and the Property Investors Council of Australia...

Where will property prices head in 2025?  National property prices are forecast to rise in 2025, although the pace of growth will be slower than this year’s.   According to experts, next year will be one of two halves, with 2024’s property price slowdown not only...

Interest rates are high and home prices continue to rise, but buyers are not being deterred. In fact, more people have stepped on to the property ladder over the past year, despite affordability challenges.   According to the latest CoreLogic data, home prices climbed...

Australia’s housing market has started losing momentum, with home price growth slowing to 1.0% in the September quarter.  According to CoreLogic’s latest Home Value Index, this is the lowest rise over a rolling three-month period since March 2023. Monthly growth was...

Property buyers can expect a bustling market this spring with more choice of homes and potentially greater room to negotiate.  In July, new listing volumes were up 12% nationally year-on-year, according to PropTrack. And in most capital cities and some regional...

The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) decision to keep the cash rate unchanged in August was largely anticipated, but expectations of a rate cut later this year are increasingly fading.  The RBA uses the cash rate to keep consumer price inflation (CPI) within its...

The forecasts for the next 12 months in the property market are out and it seems the price increases are set to continue.  For the 2024-25 financial year, Domain has predicted prices will continue to climb.   National house prices are expected to see up to 6% growth...

Home prices are climbing, particularly in capital cities where they were up 8.8% in the 12 months to May, according to CoreLogic.   At the same time, around 90% of employers have implemented mandatory in-office days, according to recruitment agency Robert Half. This...