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.

What is Affecting Housing Affordability?

By Peter Sarmas on 26 Aug 2013 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

If you’ve attended a property auction in either Melbourne or Sydney in recent weeks, you may have raised an eyebrow at the high prices some properties are fetching when the gavel falls. Data from Australian Property Monitors’ recent quarterly housing market report revealed that Melbourne’s median house price jumped in June ...

Melbourne Property Market Update – August 23, 2013

By Peter Sarmas on 23 Aug 2013 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

Over the recent week in property news there has been much debate about the current state of the property market, as well as the future ahead. On one side of the argument we have predictions that the market will continue in steady growth ...

Lack of Affordable Housing Is Having a Devastating Impact on Australia’s Most Vulnerable

By Peter Sarmas on 21 Aug 2013 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

A recent study by the Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) has suggested that a lack of affordable housing nationwide is having a ‘devastating impact’ on homeless service providers across Australia. According to the study, which surveyed 500 housing and homeless service providers ...

A Negative Spin on Property?

By Pete Wargent on 20 Aug 2013 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

The mainstream media have latched onto the auction frenzy and have called that a property boom is at hand in the eastern states. Meanwhile, more serious economists such as Bassanese at the AFR "remain bullish house prices", while Michael Matusik notes that Australia's eastern states could see price growth ...

Are We In The Mother of All Dwelling Booms?

By Catherine Cashmore on 19 Aug 2013 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

The jury’s out on whether Australia is entering the ‘mother of all dwelling booms’ as Robert Gottliebsen warned in Business Spectator last week. While the construction sector continues to fall short of expectation, the established housing market has moved, most notably in Sydney ...

Street News Latest Update Focuses Local

By Peter Sarmas on 16 Aug 2013 No Comments yet, your thoughts are very welcome

Real estate website Street News is making it even easier for consumers to conduct research on Melbourne suburbs after launching a new local information section. Street News founder and director Peter Sarmas says the change was made based on feedback from consumers ...