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Melbourne Property Market Update – April 26, 2014

By Peter Sarmas on 26 Apr 2014 No Comments

Unsurprisingly, there are few auctions set to take place over the Anzac Day long weekend. That said, the number of transactions so far this year is about four per cent higher than the same time last year. This week on Street News, Peter Sarmas considers recent housing data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

Blueprint for a Better Arts Precinct

By Urban Melbourne on 25 Apr 2014 No Comments

Released last month was an interim update surrounding the Melbourne Arts Precinct Blueprint, which principally concerns itself with a connected Arts Precinct that is a must-see part of Melbourne, known for its distinctive character and vibrant arts experiences ...

Melbourne’s Rental Market Strengthens As Vacancies Tighten and Asking Rents Rise

By Louis Christopher on 24 Apr 2014 No Comments

Figures released by SQM Research have revealed that the number of residential vacancies nationally have decreased further during March. They dipped 0.1 percentage points to record a 2.0 per cent vacancy rate nationally, and 57,964 vacancies. Year on year, vacancies are also down 0.1 per cent ...

Alphabet Soup for Property Investors

By Sharon Fox-Slater on 24 Apr 2014 No Comments

The path to property wealth is far from simple – but that doesn’t stop anyone from looking for easy answers in the form of catchy real estate acronyms. We take a look at a few we’ve come across recently, and also examine each of these points in more detail ...

What to Consider When Investing in Student Accommodation

By AOXEN on 23 Apr 2014 No Comments

For 223,200 students, 2014 is their first year of university, taking the total of university students around the country to over 1 million. This means demand for accommodation has become quite competitive between students and families looking for well situated properties ...

Melbourne Auction Results – April 22, 2014

By Peter Sarmas on 22 Apr 2014 No Comments

Over the four day Easter holiday only 35 properties were auctioned in Melbourne. Surprisingly, even this is a high amount given that many appear to have headed away for a break or were busily preparing for Easter Sunday. Unsurprisingly, due to the low auction numbers no clearance rate was recorded by the REIV ...

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