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This week we look at the dwelling value premium for Sydney compared to the other capital cities over time. With a median dwelling value of $904,041 in November 2017, Sydney is the nation’s most expensive capital city housing market, despite the recent moderate declines.  In fact, if we look historically Sydney has,...

  You may not even be aware of it, but chances are, you could be putting your financial future in jeopardy by making these deadly property investment mistakes. We’re not talking about the classic mistakes such as not doing your research before buying. In fact, it’s in doing the research that could cost you the...

Throughout Spring, the number of properties advertised for sale typically climbs as vendors look to take advantage of the warmer climate and improved weather.  This year, as housing market conditions transition, stock levels remain tight across the strongest markets but are rising in areas where housing market...

CoreLogic measures housing affordability in four different ways, the methodologies of which are detailed below: The ratio of median dwelling prices to median gross annual household income.  Utilising median household income data which has been modelled by the Australian National University Centre for Social Research...

Like them or loathe them, there’s no getting away from property market forecasters and prognosticators. But who should you trust? Nila Sweeney, managing editor of Property Market Insider explains. For some investors, forecasts are crucial when making their investment decisions. They can be helpful in finding the...

The Sydney housing market is starting to slow following more than five years of strong increases in dwelling values.  As the Sydney market slows there could be some upside for other housing markets where capital gains have been more sustainable and rental yields are higher.  Australia’s third largest city,...

Each quarter the Reserve Bank (RBA) publishes household finances data which look at the ratio of household debts and assets to disposable income.  The latest data shows households are becoming more indebted at the same time as the value of their assets are increasing. According to the RBA, the ratio of...

The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows that there has been a rebound in owner occupier first home buyer housing finance commitments. In August 2017, there were 10,227 owner occupier first home buyer finance commitments.  The 10,227 commitments was the greatest number since...

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released their biennial survey of household income and wealth earlier this week.  The release has a huge amount of valuable data but at least initially I thought it was pertinent to look at the dwelling tenure data.  The information is provided from 1994-95 up until the...

The CoreLogic Stratified Hedonic Index breaks the market into three segments: the most affordable 25% of properties, the middle 50% and the most expensive 25%. The data shows over the past year the most expensive quarter of the market has recorded the greatest value growth. Over the 12 months to August...