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On the back of a record month in May the property industry prepares itself for another month of potentially high auction results and clearance rates. But what's driving prices? In his weekly wrap Peter Sarmas discusses the growing strength in the Melbourne property market after we experienced another weekend of strong auction results ...
There are many measures of affordability in the marketplace. Sadly, I believe that many of these measures fail to accurately depict the affordability or otherwise of housing in Australia. The main reason being that housing affordability is extremely complex and many factors drive the issue ...
Naturally due to the Queen's Birthday long-weekend a relatively low clearance rate was recorded over the weekend as many Melbournian's enjoy a relaxed three day break
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Journalist, Michael Pascoe has reported that the Reserve Bank of Australia has dropped off the FHB statistics from their monthly chart pack series ...
This week the Melbourne auction market held its ground in what has been an avalanche of auctions for May, with properties selling on very big volumes. Accordingly, the clearance rate continues to rise ...
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) recently released statistics relating to claims made by Australian property investors for the 2011-2012 income year which illustrated that a number of owners of rental properties are entitled to a number of deductions when they complete their annual income tax assessment ...