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What’s behind Australia’s ‘rental crisis’?
Australian tenants are struggling to find homes to live in after the national vacancy rate fell to 0.9% in August, a 16-year low, according to SQM Research. With just under 33,000 residential properties available to rent nationwide – down from 36,700 in July – Louis...
The importance of a team
Albert Einstein might have discovered the theory of relativity, but he wasn’t a lone genius. Rather, the most brilliant mind in history collaborated with friends and colleagues, including Marcel Grossman, during the development process. Similarly, while natural...
Why it’s not all doom and gloom for Australia’s resilient economy
There’s plenty of negative news these days, what with prices rising, interest rates rising and property prices falling. But it’s important to put these so-called problems into perspective. Take interest rates, as an example. While the Reserve Bank of Australia...
What does Labor’s win mean for property markets?
As the evidence clearly shows, Australia is a wonderful country in which to be a property investor. Our country is safe and peaceful. Our political and banking systems are stable. The economy has historically grown over the long-term. And property prices have...
Will higher interest rates cause property prices to fall?
After the Reserve Bank of Australia hiked the cash rate by 25 basis points to 0.35%, there was one question on every property investor’s lips: will rising interest rates cause property prices to fall? After all, record-low mortgage rates were a driver of the recent...
Everything you need to know about property market cycles
Australian property prices continue to rise over March, with CoreLogic's home value index up by 0.7% month-on-month. This rise was driven by stronger conditions in Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and the ACT, along with several regional areas, offsetting a slip in values...
How to choose the right location to invest in
You’ve heard it once. You’ve heard it twice. You’ve heard it a thousand times. When it comes to property investment, it’s all about location, location, location. That’s because while you can change pretty much everything about a property, including its condition and...
Is now the right time to invest in property?
The Australian property markets got the year off to a strong start with CoreLogic’s home value index rising by 1.1% in January. That takes annual growth to a staggering 22.4% – the highest rate since June 1989. And the good news doesn’t stop there. Weekly rents hit...
What to expect from interest rates in 2022
Interest rates have been steadily falling over the past decade, but 2022 might be the year they finally start increasing. Between November 2010 and November 2020, the cash rate, which is set by the Reserve Bank of Australia, fell from 4.75% to a record-low of 0.10%....
Why so many Australians are ditching the city for a regional lifestyle?
Many of Australia’s regional property markets are booming right now. CoreLogic’s latest Regional Market Update found that the 25 largest non-metro markets collectively achieved a record increase in house prices over the year to October. Of the 25 regional markets...