Melbourne Property Market Updates

Our daily Melbourne property market updates are written by experienced property commentators, buyer advocates and investment experts. All have their finger on the pulse of the Melbourne property market.

Capital Gains Slow Across The Housing Market In August

By CoreLogic RP Data on 1 Sep 2015 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

What is Melbourne’s median dwelling value? According to the CoreLogic RP Data August 2015 Home Value Index, capital city dwelling values continued to rise over the month, albeit with considerable variations in the performance of the housing market from city to city. ...

Investment Property Turned Cannabis Farm

By Sharon Fox-Slater on 31 Aug 2015 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

Can you really protect yourself from bad tenants destroying your investment property? Find out what happened to an unsuspecting landlord in Geelong when he rented out his investment property and had undertaken all reasonable checks, including citing drivers’ licences and previous rental history. ...

Melbourne Property Market Update – August 29th, 2015

By Peter Sarmas on 29 Aug 2015 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

Despite a median house price of $706,000 and apartment price of $545,500, many of Melbourne’s desirable suburbs boast homes for $200,000-plus. In this week's property market update we find out where Melbourne's affordable suburbs are and we also look at how coastal flooding due to climate change could put homes, business and roads worth $226 billion at risk. ...

Construction Rebound…For Now

By Pete Wargent on 27 Aug 2015 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

The ABS released its Construction Work Done figures for the June quarter, which showed total construction for the quarter rebounding by +1.6 per cent to a seasonally adjusted $49.8 billion. Pete Wargent looks at the ABS data including the mining rebound in WA, building by State and residential building by State. ...

Melbourne Property Market Update – August 22nd, 2015

By Peter Sarmas on 22 Aug 2015 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

In this week's property market update we find out if home ownership in retirement is over for Australians. We also look at the Digital Finance Analytics report which found a wide geographic spread of suburbs across the country, where people could face financial collapse when interest rates start to rise. ...

July Vacancy Rates Steady

By Louis Christopher on 18 Aug 2015 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

Figures released by SQM Research this week have revealed the number of residential vacancies remained steady across the nation, with a vacancy rate of 2.4% posted based on 73,209 vacancies, slightly up from June when vacancies were 72,849. Louis Christopher of SQM Research reports on July national vacancy rates and asking rents. ...

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