This Month
- Opinion
- Property market
The maths justifying rentvesting has changed. Here are the numbers
It’s a popular strategy for building wealth but how does rentvesting stack up after 13 rate rises?
- Kelly Kennedy
Share of $1m suburbs blows out in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane
The share of suburbs across Australia with a median house price of more than $1million is poised to surge in the next six months.
- Nila Sweeney
The most expensive house sales outside Sydney
Recent sales of premium homes in top regional areas could challenge Sydney’s status as the country’s most expensive housing market.
- Nila Sweeney
Stable cash rate not enough to boost home buyer demand: analysts
The uncertainty over potential rate cuts will weigh on buyer demand and slow price growth in Sydney and Melbourne, experts say.
- Nila Sweeney
Wealth exec resigns from DomaCom board following NDIS closures
The exit followed revelations in The Australian Financial Review that investors in properties tied to the NDIS were facing capital losses due to a failure to secure tenants.
- Max Mason and Jonathan Shapiro
Australia’s 10 most expensive homes are all in one location
Wealthy home buyers splurged nearly a quarter of a billion dollars snapping up the country’s priciest mansions – in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
- Nila Sweeney
Rate reprieve fails to ignite auction markets
Preliminary auction clearance rates slumped across Sydney as home buyers remained cautious and terrified to commit, amid still high mortgage and holding costs, experts say.
- Nila Sweeney
Investor borrowing picks up to a two-year high
Vacancy rates have risen and rent growth is slowing, but Australia’s tight housing market is attracting investors, especially as confidence about interest rates grows.
- Michael Bleby
Unit prices rising faster than houses in 60pc of all suburbs
Units are predicted to continue to outperform houses in the foreseeable future, even as the gap in values widens.
- Nila Sweeney
Two surprising cities to pass Melbourne home values within a month
The shift in the ranks comes as prices continue to increase sharply across Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane, while Victoria’s capital and Sydney weaken.
- Nila Sweeney
July
Brisbane’s property price hot streak may be about to end
Brisbane’s rapid pace of growth has likely peaked but Perth prices are still “shooting the lights out”, experts say.
- Nila Sweeney
NSW’s eviction rules will trigger landlord ‘exodus’
The NSW government’s proposed ban on evicting tenants without reasonable grounds will spark landlords’ exodus and deprive the state of billions of dollars in investments in the rental sector, property investors warn.
- Nila Sweeney
Vendors need to rein in price expectations says Ray White boss
While auction clearance rate are holding up well and standout results on some properties are being achieved,
- Larry Schlesinger
The millions being made in flipping luxury homes
Four out of the top 10 most expensive houses sold last year were held for less than five years.
- Nila Sweeney
Sydney house prices at a record high but growth slows
Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne are poised to hit new milestones in the next six to 12 months but prices in Sydney and Adelaide are likely to moderate.
- Nila Sweeney
Why Melbourne could beat other cities in the next housing upturn
Melbourne’s prolonged downturn is priming the city for a strong rebound when interest rates fall, experts say.
- Nila Sweeney
AustralianSuper, Hesta look to supercharge housing investment
The industry super fund giants have taken shared ownership of Assemble, which develops affordable rental and for-sale housing.
- Michael Bleby
In this city, some home owners want to sell to locals only
Interstate investors are being overlooked to give locals a chance to enter Western Australia’s booming property market.
- Tom Rabe
- Exclusive
- Property development
Japanese investors eye Australian residential real estate
Competition for Australian sites is heating up for Japanese companies such as Asahi Kasei Homes, Sumitomo Forestry Group and Daiwa House.
- Michael Bleby
Fight over Baby Boomer housing takes toll on developer
The Melbourne-based developer and landlord faces the twin battles of a slowing market and criticism of a fee structure that other companies do not use.
- Michael Bleby
