Nation Faces Record Rent Hike
The next several years “will produce the biggest increase in rents that Australia has seen”, according to real estate analyst Simon Pressley. Pressley, Propertyology’s head of research, is forecasting 2021 [...]
Pandemic Boosts Ownership Desire
The pandemic has accelerated the desire for home-ownership in young people, according to Mortgage Choice research. Nearly 45% of survey respondents are more likely to purchase a home now, with [...]
Loan Deferrals Drop Again
New figures show that households and small to medium enterprises (SMEs) are steadily moving back to making repayments on their loans after using pandemic emergency measures to defer them. The [...]
FHBs Wrestle With Complex Options
First-home buyers need help in applying for a home loan more than any other part of the property process. The latest research by Mortgage Choice One finds that 49% of [...]
Experts Forecast Double Digit Growth
Real estate analyst Simon Pressley has joined Hotspotting’s Terry Ryder in forecasting a boom year for Australian house prices in 2021. Pressley, Propertyology’s head of research, predicts that five out [...]
Australians Improve Their Financial Wellbeing
The uncertainty sparked by the pandemic has prompted millions of Australians to save more and improve their financial wellbeing, Commonwealth Bank says. New research by the bank suggests more than [...]
1.9 Million Front Doors Left Unlocked
One in five Australians don’t lock their doors, despite the 231,000 home break-ins which occurred nationally in 2019. New research by comparison website Finder indicates that millions of Australians are [...]
Rate Apathy Costs Consumers
Home-owners rank paying off their mortgage as their greatest life priority, yet over 50% don’t know the interest rate on their home loan. Research commissioned by Mortgage Choice finds a [...]
Prices Rose In 7 Cities In 2020
Seven of the eight capital cities delivered growth in their house prices during 2020, according to the latest data from CoreLogic. The price increases were highest in Darwin, which grew [...]
Double-Digit Growth Forecast
Property prices are predicted to rise by 10% or more in most capital cities this year, as smaller cities outpace Sydney and Melbourne. CoreLogic’s latest house price data shows that [...]
