by Sanjeev Sah | Feb 17, 2023 | Business, Property Investment
Australian property prices have been on a downward spiral ever since the Reserve Bank of Australia started raising interest rates, with CoreLogic’s January national home value index down 8.9% from its peak in April last year. And with the Reserve Bank of...
by Sanjeev Sah | Jan 20, 2023 | Business, Property Investment
It’s a great time to be a property investor with CoreLogic’s latest quarterly rental review finding national rent values soared 10.2% during the 2022 calendar year. This uplift means rents are now up by a stunning 22.2% since they began their most recent upswing in...
by Sanjeev Sah | Dec 14, 2022 | Business, Property Investment
A lot can happen in just 12 months. Take the cash rate, which started off 2022 at a historical low of 0.10%. It’s now at 3.10% – the highest point in a decade. Increasing the cash rate makes borrowing more expensive. So that, in turn, has reduced buyer demand and...
by Sanjeev Sah | Nov 17, 2022 | Business, Property Investment
Much like any other market, Australia’s residential property markets are subject to the law of supply and demand. That means: When demand exceeds supply, home values typically rise When supply exceeds demand, home values typically drop But here’s where it gets...
by Sanjeev Sah | Oct 17, 2022 | Business, Property Investment
The finance landscape changed in May when the Reserve Bank of Australia lifted the official cash rate from its historical low of 0.10% to combat inflation. By October, just six months later, the cash rate had increased by 2.50 percentage points – the fastest pace...
by Sanjeev Sah | Sep 20, 2022 | Business, Property Investment
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...
