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Property Listings Rise in May. Asking Prices Continue to Rise.

By Louis Christopher on 11 Jun 2015 No Comments

The number of Australian residential property sale listings rose in all capital cities during the month of May with the current asking price for a house in Sydney sitting at $1,092,200 and $616,600 for units. Read the full report from Louis Christopher of SQM Research on current national listing rises and asking prices. ...

Investors Keep Powering The Housing Market

By CoreLogic RP Data on 9 Jun 2015 No Comments

Recent investment data indicates owner occupiers and investors are spending very little on new housing, but building approvals are hitting new record high levels. Just who is buying all this new stock? Cameron Kusher of CoreLogic RP Data analyses the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) finance data for April 2015. ...

Melbourne Auction Results – June 8th, 2015

By Peter Sarmas on 7 Jun 2015 No Comments

In this week's market wrap Pete Wargeant reports on the Sydney real estate property market which seems to be locked in a "frenzy". We also look at Sharon Fox-Slater's report of tenants on low incomes- rural rooming houses, city “slums in the sky” and accommodation-for-sex advertisements are becoming symptoms of a tough rental market. ...

How High Property Prices Are Changing Our Way Of Life

By Sharon Fox-Slater on 5 Jun 2015 No Comments

Rural rooming houses, city “slums in the sky” and accommodation-for-sex advertisements have become symptoms of a tough rental market. Sharon Fox-Slater reports on worrying times for tenants on low incomes and looks at the findings of The Anglicare Rental Affordability Snapshot for 2015. ...

Bank Profits Were $35.2 billion to March 2015

By Martin North on 3 Jun 2015 No Comments

Are the banks holding enough in reserve in their balance sheet for a rainy day? Martin North reports that bank profits were $35.2 billion to March 2015 and analyses the (APRA) Prudential Regulator of the Australian Financial Services Industry's quarterly ADI performance statistics. ...

Auctions Romping Along

By Pete Wargent on 2 Jun 2015 No Comments

The Sydney real estate property market seems to be locked in a "frenzy", so what will bring the property boom to an end? Pete Wargent analyses the latest housing finance figures and discusses the Melbourne and Sydney auction markets. ...

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