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.
Total housing lending rose 0.63% seasonally adjusted to a new record of $1.49 trillion, of which $1.38 trillion sits with the banks. Martin North of Digital Finance Analytics reports on current housing finance data and analyses the ABS results for August. ...
If you are an owner of a building asset adjacent to a big development, should you worry? In this week’s property market update we find out if the construction works will affect your asset beyond the obvious inconvenience during construction. We also talk out about the newly created body 'Infrastructure Victoria' and how it will affect Melbourne. ...
Nationally, the number of listed properties climbed to 339,026 in September 2015. The Melbourne result was interesting in that there was barely any movement at all in listings in September and that stock for sale was well down on this time last year. Louis Christopher analyses the National property listings and asking prices and reports on Melbourne's property market. ...
What is causing the continued negative household confidence sentiment? Martin North analyses results derived from household surveys, averaged across Australia. Included are detailed questions covering various aspects of a household’s financial footprint. The index measures how households are feeling about their financial health. ...
How long should you hang on to your home or investment property to maximise your profit? In this week's property market update we take a look at why 30.8% of homes resold for more than double their previous purchase price. We also discuss why Melburnians are suddenly turning to apartment living and look at the benefits of living in this type of community. ...
Private sector job vacancies increased by +8.8 per cent over the year to August, suggesting employment gains ahead. In this report from Pete Wargent we find out how Australia's local economies are affected by these results and discover which State has the highest number of job vacancies following rising house prices and dwelling construction. ...