Property

The number of distressed listings across Australia grew last month, with the trend tipped to continue upwards to pre-pandemic levels.

Both auction activity and preliminary clearance rates dropped drastically nationwide last week, continuing a downward trend.

Australia’s two largest cities reported losses of over 1 per cent during the first month of winter, according to a new CoreLogic analysis.

The first month of winter was one where value growth continued to freeze, marking Australia’s “sharpest slowdown” in more than three decades.

Over four in 10 home owners are using the equity in their home to get ahead on their mortgages, a NAB survey has found.

A record number of Australians spent $1 million or more to secure a home in the past year, according to new CoreLogic data.

The proportion of Australians who completely own their property has fallen by 11 percentage points according to the latest census data.

The Andrews government has rejigged its cabinet and several senior ministers, including housing, following a swathe of resignations.

A total of 2,358 auctions were held last week, down 6.7 per cent from the previous week, according to preliminary CoreLogic data.

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