The art of price baiting — how real estate agents lure buyers to auction
Online, a double-brick, three-bedroom duplex in Sydney’s western suburbs was advertised at $1 million. At auction, the ABC…
Investors and first home buyers flock to property market, driving up prices
Australia’s property market is heating up again, with record auctions over spring and the return of both first…
Tradie’s ‘unattainable’ property confession reveals major shift for first-home buyers trying to enter market
A 21-year-old Sydney tradie said he’d love to buy his first home before he turns 30, but admitted…
Housing supply without controlling demand suggests National Housing Accord won’t fix affordability
Australia’s national project to fix housing affordability is off to a slow start. Three years into it, last…
House prices to climb as expanded first home buyer scheme kicks off
Australian home values rose again in September, with experts warning a surge of first-home buyers using wafer-thin deposits…
The area near Greater Manchester that is becoming a first-time buyer hotspot
The number of first-time buyer mortgage applications are soaringPreston is amongst the UK’s first-time buyer hotspots(Image: Getty Images)…
Home prices keep rising in ‘seller’s market’ as new property listings below average
Australian property prices have pushed higher again in August, as lower interest rates, rising real wages and buyer…
The great mortgage loan provider switch continues
Latest Reserve Bank figures show that the amount of mortgage money changing loan providers hit a new high…
Newly sober nation begs for one more hit of high house prices
Please bro, just one more house price rise will fix it. I swear. Chris Bishop was unequivocal when…
BNZ chief economist doubts home owners will ‘rush’ to longer fixed term mortgages
It is unlikely there will be a “rush” for home owners to fix their mortgages for longer terms,…
Bigger properties occupied by smaller households in major housing mismatch, Cotality finds
In a reminder of how broken housing affordability and access is, new analysis highlights a major mismatch between…
As bold economic reform ideas go, an ‘imputed rent’ tax on home owners has precedents
As industry leaders and the federal government prepare for next week’s economic summit, two economists have started a…