National residential property listings rose in April 2021 by 2.4% to 262,617 from 256,568 in March 2021, while asking houses prices jumped 6.1% in Sydney as the property market gathers momentum. The largest monthly rises in property listing were in Canberra, Perth, and Sydney, while Hobart listings fell 4.8% as they continue a downward trend, […]

To buy a home now or wait? It’s a question many people are asking themselves as property prices continue to grow across Australia. Property prices have always been a popular topic of conversation, but the subject of housing affordability has become more contentious as we approach the May budget announcement. Especially following reports from The Sydney Morning […]

So, what are your rights when a new dividing fence needs to be put up between you and next door? Broadcaster Richard Glover wrote a column for the Sydney Morning Herald outlining to his son on his 18th birthday some lessons he’d learnt about life.  One of them related to the neighbours: “Never get into a fight with your […]

This is the time when the Federal Government gets their share of the profit that you’ve made from investing in property as it’s technically classed as personal income. So, in this article we’ll outline what CGT is, how to minimise it, and how to calculate it, so no one’s surprised when the taxman (or woman) […]

New data suggests changes to mortgage lending rules in the near future are unlikely, despite rapidly rising home values. Recent data from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) suggests that while the proportion of loan originations that could be ‘higher risk’ showed a slight increase through the December quarter, the regulator saw no evidence of a “material relaxation […]

The RBA has successfully slowed housing markets in 2015 and 2017, Bill Evans noted. The RBA will need to be careful not to be too heavy handed when it comes to any measures to limit the real estate boom, Westpac economist Bill Evans has said. “A repeat of the experience of 2018–2019 when Sydney (–15%) […]

In recent months, fellow big four banks Westpac and Commonwealth Bank had each cut at least one home loan rate to below 2% p.a with only ANZ still yet to do so. As of today, NAB cut various fixed, investment, interest-only and package home loans by up to 15 basis points.  The lowest rate among the affected loans is 1.89% […]

The number of people emailing real estate agents to enquire about homes for sale on realestate.com.au is up more than 70% over the past 12 months, but despite an increase in properties for sale, we are not seeing anywhere near an equivalent change in listing volumes.  With the market heating up, you would expect that […]

You’ve exchanged contracts, waited patiently through the settlement period and now the keys have almost swapped hands. There’s just one more thing to do: the pre-settlement inspection.  A pre-settlement inspection is the purchaser’s opportunity to make sure everything in the property is in order before the final payment is made. Importantly, it must be in […]

Brisbane’s property market has never been hotter, so we talk to the experts to find the suburbs set for the biggest price growth in 2021, as the Queensland continues to solidify itself as Australia’s most sought-after capital city. As changes in property fortunes go, there’s been no modern day Australian equivalent turnaround that compares to the […]