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.
This week the RBA released the minutes from its August 5 meeting. Unsurprisingly, they revealed that interest rates should remain on hold for some time. The Board judged that monetary policy was appropriately configured and that, on present indications, the most prudent course was likely to be a period of stability in interest rates ...
Due to a reduction in the number of homes coming onto the market, buyers could struggle to find a property during the spring selling season. Peter Sarmas discusses this tightening supply, as well as a recent surge in higher priced properties and the impact this is having on the overall market ...
The number of Australian residential property listings decreased during July, taking national stock on market down to levels not witnessed since February 2011. Nationally, the number of unsold properties on the market has been recorded at 334,683 for July 2014 – a -3.6 per cent decrease month-on-month ...
This week Peter Sarmas discusses existing developments that are improving housing affordability, and strides the government could be making on the issue, such as abolishing stamp duty. Meanwhile, Cate Bakos had to identify a historical property's realistic market value - or risk missing out altogether ...
The latest Digital Finance Analytics Survey results indicate that momentum in the property investor segment is set for an upswing, as we move into the spring season. When we last reported on our survey results, there was a dip in intentions, quite strongly linked to budget uncertainly. This has largely evaporated ...
Australia's largest mortgage aggregator Australian Finance Group (AFG) has released its latest mortgage index. According to the data, the AFG wrote the second largest balance of mortgages in its history at $4,122 million, just shy of the all-time record of $4,208 million written back in May ...