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.
According to Roy Morgan 415,000 people are expected to retire over the next 12 months. From a younger person’s point of view this sounds like good news because it frees up jobs, but from an economic perspective it is a dire situation as dependence on government funding increases. ...
Melbourne Auction Results 7th of August 2016 77% Clearance Rate 573 Reported Auctions Sold at Auction: 441 Passed in: 132 Sold Before: 50 Sold After: 2 Source:REIV Market Wrap A clearance rate of 77 per cent was recorded this weekend ...
The latest CoreLogic April rent review released last week shows rents increased slightly (0.1%) in April, however overall , capital city rental rates edged lower, falling 0.2% over the past 12 months. The report showed five of the eight capital cities saw a modest rise in rents with Sydney rising 1.4% and Melbourne 1.7%. ...
The second interesting bit of news this week was the big hit to foreign buyers. Not sure whether some of these new regulations are politically motivated but it seems the timing of this clamping down on lending to foreign buyers and the impending election on July 2nd seems very coincidental. ...
Last week saw a raft of some very important economic news and over the weekend the property market was put to the test when over 1700 properties auctioned. ...
The latest Core Logic Data released show Melbourne property prices for the month of February and the quarter rising, defying the doomsayers. ...