The REIQ has enlisted the help of a number of high profile business and real estate figures to raise much-needed funds for Australia’s bushfire victims, as part of the real estate community’s collaborative Beyond the Bricks fundraising initiative. Beyond the Bricks brings together a national network of real estate brands and...
Personal lifts are no longer out of reach. No more heavy lifting of groceries from the garage up the stairs or having to downsize to a retirement village. Private lifts offer the ultimate in convenience and luxury. With an ageing population, it has never been more important for residential housing developers to...
By Simon Pressley, Propertyology Head of Research When asked why they haven’t bought an investment property, many Australians say, “I can’t afford it. How am I supposed to pay for it?” I’ve heard it time and again from those who haven’t seen a proper analysis of the figures. Fortunately, I’m a numbers...
SQM Research Residential Property Listings Activity and Asking Prices for August 2018 Figures released today by SQM Research reveal national residential listings rose 5.9% in August 2018 to 332,678, with rises in all capital cities with five weekends falling during the month, and some vendors listing their properties ahead of the...
By Simon Pressley, Propertyology Head of Research As yet another year of underwhelming property market performance rolls in to the next, I’m often asked ‘When will things improve in Brisbane?’ And, while the short answer to the question is ‘whenever the Queensland economy significantly improves’, the longer that has taken the...
“The First Home Buyer share of owner occupier housing loans increased again during June 2018 and is now at its highest since late 2012,” stated HIA Senior Economist, Shane Garrett. Today’s ABS housing finance figures for June 2018 indicate that First Home Buyers accounted for 18.1 per cent of owner occupier...
At the age of just 35, Christine Williams found herself suddenly single, with two teenage girls, living in a caravan and with almost no money in the bank. “I had to learn how to take control of my financial security quickly, otherwise how were the girls and I to survive?"...
It is not an everyday occurrence to find live termites. I found this colony on a routine pre-purchase building and pest inspection in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. While inspecting the sub floor area we found a rotten stump that appeared to be holding a lot of water. The water...