Our daily Melbourne property market updates are written by experienced property commentators, buyer advocates and investment experts. All have their finger on the pulse of the Melbourne property market.
What is Melbourne’s median dwelling value? According to the CoreLogic RP Data August 2015 Home Value Index, capital city dwelling values continued to rise over the month, albeit with considerable variations in the performance of the housing market from city to city. ...
Can you really protect yourself from bad tenants destroying your investment property? Find out what happened to an unsuspecting landlord in Geelong when he rented out his investment property and had undertaken all reasonable checks, including citing drivers’ licences and previous rental history. ...
Despite a median house price of $706,000 and apartment price of $545,500, many of Melbourne’s desirable suburbs boast homes for $200,000-plus. In this week's property market update we find out where Melbourne's affordable suburbs are and we also look at how coastal flooding due to climate change could put homes, business and roads worth $226 billion at risk. ...
The ABS released its Construction Work Done figures for the June quarter, which showed total construction for the quarter rebounding by +1.6 per cent to a seasonally adjusted $49.8 billion. Pete Wargent looks at the ABS data including the mining rebound in WA, building by State and residential building by State. ...
In this week's property market update we find out if home ownership in retirement is over for Australians. We also look at the Digital Finance Analytics report which found a wide geographic spread of suburbs across the country, where people could face financial collapse when interest rates start to rise. ...
Figures released by SQM Research this week have revealed the number of residential vacancies remained steady across the nation, with a vacancy rate of 2.4% posted based on 73,209 vacancies, slightly up from June when vacancies were 72,849. Louis Christopher of SQM Research reports on July national vacancy rates and asking rents. ...