by Sanjeev Sah | May 18, 2022 | Business, Property Investment
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...
by Sanjeev Sah | May 3, 2022 | Business, Property Investment
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...
by Sanjeev Sah | Mar 16, 2022 | Business, Property Investment
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...
by Sanjeev Sah | Feb 16, 2022 | Business, Property Investment
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...
by christelle | Jan 12, 2022 | Business, Property Investment
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%....
by christelle | Dec 14, 2021 | Business, Property Investment
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...