First Home Buyers

Nearly a third of all first home buyers have been supported by a government guarantee, according to new data.

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With first home ownership difficult for many Australians, a new shared equity tool aims to help, AMP and proptech Bricklet have announced.

Nearly 5,000 properties were taken to auction last week, reaching a new record high, but clearance rates continue to decline.

The aggregator has released an analysis of almost 4,000 suburbs that require a median deposit of $100,000 at most.

Rates up, house prices down — but home buyers and investors are “jockeying” for an advantageous marketplace position, says CoreLogic economist Tim Lawless.

The Morrison government has released its federal budget for the new financial year, including a range of initiatives targeting home ownership.

More than 4,000 properties were taken to auction last week, but the clearance rate has fallen to below 70 per cent, according to CoreLogic.

A home-buying start-up has announced that a couple are the first clients to own their home outright under its rent-to-own model.

The first steps for e-conveyancing reform and regulation will roll out from early 2022, according to a ministerial statement.

New government analysis has shown that across regional NSW and Tasmania, the bottom 40 per cent of income earners can afford up to a tenth of homes for sale.

New and prospective home owners alike are focusing on regional areas and the outer suburbs, according to new data.

New housing loan commitments went up in the first quarter of 2022, driven by investor lending.

Up to 15 per cent of current households would have been able to enter the property market in the 1990s but are now forced out, an economist has said.

National residential property listings decreased by one-fifth over the year to December, according to SQM Research data.

National mortgage affordability improved in the October quarter, but still runs above average, according to non-bank lender Bluestone.

The property price growth trend continued in October, according to CoreLogic, but the pace of growth may be losing momentum.

Researchers from REA Group and Domain have agreed that the government’s home-ownership grants inadvertently raise property prices – creating a double-edged sword for buyers.

The growth of housing prices is predicted to slow next year, before dropping the year after, according to the major bank.

The major bank has bumped up its 2021 house price forecasts and predicted a delay in macroprudential controls due to COVID.