Property

Home buying intentions wane: CBA
22 July 2021
Home buying intentions wane: CBA

Home buying spending intentions declined in June compared with last year, halting months of an upward trend, according to new research.

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21 July 2021
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Aus house prices to swell by 16%: Fitch
21 July 2021
Aus house prices to swell by 16%: Fitch

Ratings agency Fitch has raised its forecast house price movements for Australia, predicting prices will escalate by as much as 16 per cent in 2021.

Thinktank hits $1bn loan mark for 2020-21
21 July 2021
Thinktank hits $1bn loan mark for 2020-21

The non-bank lender has settled more than $1 billion for the first time in the 2020-21 financial year.

Active property listings log biggest YOY fall on record
19 July 2021
Active property listings log biggest YOY fall on record

Housing supply is failing to meet demand as active listings recorded their largest year-on-year decline, new figures have shown.

NSW, Qld record yearly spike in refinancing
19 July 2021
NSW, Qld record yearly spike in refinancing

Refinance settlements surged above June 2020 levels in June 2021 in NSW and Queensland despite a double rate cut in March 2020, according to PEXA data.

Detached housing starts jumps 40% YOY: ABS
16 July 2021
Detached housing starts jumps 40% YOY: ABS

The number of new houses that commenced construction in the March 2021 quarter was over 40 per cent higher than the same time last year, according to new data.

More dwellings cheaper to buy than rent post-COVID
15 July 2021
More dwellings cheaper to buy than rent post-COVID

It is now cheaper to service a mortgage than pay rent on a larger proportion of properties compared with pre-COVID-19 crisis, according to new research.

Sydney lockdown bites into auction market
13 July 2021
Sydney lockdown bites into auction market

Sydney auction volumes were down 17 per cent from the initial predicted count, while over 70 per cent of properties sold prior to auction amid the ongoing lockdown.

Dwelling sales spike despite lockdowns: REA
12 July 2021
Dwelling sales spike despite lockdowns: REA

Amid multiple lockdowns, preliminary weekly sales over the first 27 weeks of 2021 were 60 per cent higher than 2020 and almost 70 per cent higher than 2019, according to new data.