Whats next for interest rates?
Interest rate bingo entails making a successful guess about when we’ll see our first interest rate rise in Australia since 2010, and for most of the year it’s been even money that the increase will come in ear…
My top 10 tips for getting your finance approved first time
When you’re buying property in this market you need to move fast. Days on market are short at the moment (although they are starting to stretch). Property prices are still rising, although the pace is slowing,…
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Why the rush to Melbourne’s regions won’t last forever
One of the biggest property stories to emerge from COVID in 2020 and 2021 has been the flight to regional areas, with all three states on the Eastern seaboard reporting a jump in property prices as demand spik…
It just got harder to get a home loan – Here’s what APRA’s tightened lending standards mean for borrowers
As forecast last week by your truly, skyrocketing house prices in most markets are putting the financial regulators under pressure to take action – and this week they have.
The Australian Prudential Regulatio…
The flaws in those ‘Top growth suburbs’ lists – Is this really Brisbane’s top 30 suburbs
Real estate research business, REA (the News Corp business behind realestate.com.au and others) announced its top 30 suburbs for house price and unit price growth recently, delivering a list that included some surpris…
What do Sydney’s rising house prices mean for homeowners, investors, and first-home buyers?
There’s some well-worn rhetoric that gets ample airtime on the nation’s media landscape – the Australian dream of home ownership is dead for the next generation, with young first-home buyers being priced out of the ma…
First Home Buyers – What are you waiting for?
First Home Buyer Guide
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic we have seen a strong government response to stimulate the housing market, paying particular attention to the first home buyer.
If you’re an inexperienc…
Melbourne: Looking at all sides of surging property prices
If you’re a buyer in Melbourne, it’s hard to happy about house prices surging. Of course, existing owners and sellers are grinning ear to ear.
But it hasn’t been all smooth sailing if you look back over the p…