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Value growth over the past decade has been characterised by substantial value rises in Sydney and Melbourne while elsewhere capital gains have been materially lower, in fact negative in some regions. Over the past decade the Australia housing market has been impacted by the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), periods of...

In this week’s Property Pulse we take a look at the housing cycle over the past two decades focusing on growth throughout the regions in five year increments. Over the past two decades, dwelling values have increased by 231% nationally with increases of 252% across the combined capital cities and 167% across...

Brisbane is well placed to take over as the best performing capital city housing market over the next five years.  Dwelling values across Australia’s third largest capital city have risen at the annual rate of 1.2% of the past decade; that's half the pace of inflation and dramatically lower than Sydney or...

Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for the December 2017 quarter was released earlier this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). According to the release, headline CPI rose by 0.6% over the quarter to be 1.9% higher over the year.  The Reserve Bank’s (RBA) preferred measure of inflation (underlying...

The days on market metric provides an indication as to how quickly properties sold by private treaty are likely to sell.  The current data at a national and capital city level shows fairly steady days on market however, we are seeing diverging trends across the individual cities. At the end of 2017, properties sold...

Data for landmark new reports to understand how property managers are perceived by both landlords and tenants is currently being collected in two new surveys by CoreLogic. The Landlord Perceptions of Property Managers survey, and the Tenants Perceptions of Property Managers survey are part of the...

Global data analytics provider CoreLogic has released its first Property Flipping Report, which provides a national analysis of properties that were 'flipped' (bought and re-sold within a short time frame with the purpose of making a profit) in 2017.   The research measures flips within one year of purchase and...

The Tasmanian suburb of Chigwell has been ranked Australia’s top rental performer for the second quarter in a row in the latest Top Rental Performers Report from CoreLogic. Houses in Chigwell are returning a rental yield of 7.9% and have a median value of $237,217 which also made it the most affordable suburb...

Residential real estate holds significant value for Australians. Financially, it is the country’s largest asset class, with a valuation of over $7 trillion. Emotionally, it defines the Great Australian Dream.  However, housing affordability has worsened over the past 15 years by every measure. The cost of buying a house...

Sydney and Melbourne regions have experienced the strongest value growth over the past decade while the other capital cities have generally seen comparatively moderate value increases. The CoreLogic Home Value Index data is available at geographic aggregations smaller than just the capital city and states.  In...