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.
While Albert Park has received the most number of visits online, Montmorency has seen the most growth since last year, according to realestate.com.au’s Top Sellers’ Markets. Is your suburb in the top ten list of Victorian suburbs receiving the most attention per listing on realestate.com.au? ...
Is the 'Great Australian Dream' of buying and building on a block of land or purchasing a first home fast becoming a distant memory? In this week's property market update we look at why property buyers are turning to high-rise/high-density living. We also find out which five Melbourne suburbs had a perfect 100% clearance strike rate. ...
What will turn the Australian housing affordability problem around? One of the reasons we’ve ended up in our current predicament is that the prime function of housing has transitioned from “usable facility” to “tradable commodity and investment asset”. Will it be this 10-point plan for improved housing affordability? ...
Will a home priced at $400,000 be cheap enough for potential home buyers? Cameron Kusher of CoreLogic RP Data analyses real estate sales data over 12 months to March 2015, including the proportion of sales annually by price point for capital cities. ...
Are Australians exaggerating the joys of home ownership? In this week's real estate property market recap we look at the rent vs buy debate. We also discuss why smaller tenants are commanding a rapidly expanding share of the market for office property and whether you can you predict which suburbs are more likely than others to show an increase in median prices. ...
Real estate property clearance rates have stayed above 80% in Sydney and 75% in Melbourne. Once the APRA are convinced that their existing efforts to slow the market have failed, what will they do next? Read this insightful report from Louis Christopher. ...