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If you are property investors, can you guess which city delivers lowest rental yields? According to the Australian Property Monitors report, houses and units in Australia’s two largest capital cities, Sydney and Melbourne, are offering landlords comparatively low returns as rental markets across the country rebalance. The Australian Property Monitor’s Rental Price Series Quarterly Report shows …
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HOUSE prices in Australia’s capital cities leapt 1.4 per cent in September, suggesting that recent rate cuts by the central bank are buoying the market. The finding in the latest RP Rismark Home Values Index, released on Tuesday 02/10/2012, was the largest monthly increase since March 2010. On a quarterly basis, house prices in the …
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MANY people who bought houses on Melbourne’s fringes in recent years could be facing financial ruin after a slump in prices has left them owing more to the bank than their homes are worth which means they now have negative equity in their homes, experts have warned. A three-bedroom brick veneer house in the western …
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Chief Economist at the Macro Investor Leith van Onselen shared his 12-month price forecasts for Australia’s capital city housing markets based on consideration of key price drivers: housing finance; housing supply; affordability; and the macroeconomic outlook. Melbourne: -8% to -5% Melbourne’s recent price performance has been poor, declining by 11.0 per cent (houses) and 7.4 …
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Wondering where the Australia property market stood in April 2011 & April 2012? This is where the market stood in April 2011, according to RP Data-Rismark’s index of dwelling values (houses & units): Year to April 2011 Median Price Change Sydney 1.2% Melbourne -0.4% Brisbane -6.8% Adelaide -2.1% Perth -7.1% Darwin -7.0% Canberra 0.7% Hobart …
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Strong property price rise is predicted starting from 2015. Sydney and Melbourne’s housing markets are at least two years away from shifting out of the current trough, but once the momentum starts, the rise will be strong, according to the 28th annual Australian Property Directions Survey. Using the property clock system, whereby 12 noon to …
Property information group RP Data said more Australia homes are now with negative equity which means more and more Australia home owners are facing the situation that the value of their property is less than the outstanding balance on their home loan. New home owners fared the worst in the report with those owning a home between …
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According to the latest home price index from RP Data-Rismark, capital city dwelling values in February 2012 rose by 0.8 per cent, after a 1 per cent fall in January 2012. Home values jumped by 5 per cent in Darwin, 2.2 per cent in Hobart, 1.8 per cent in Melbourne, 1.9 per cent in Canberra, …
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Summary Australia capital city home prices fell by four per cent in the year to October 2011. Flat to lower house prices for the next six months or possibly the next 12 months. Australia capital city home prices fell by four per cent in the year to October 2011, after a 0.5 per cent decline …
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Stable interest rates and improving economic conditions will drive house prices up by 20% in the next three years, with Perth and Sydney leading the way, a major mortgage insurer says. QBE Lenders’ Mortgage Insurance (QBE LMI), which supports lenders, has forecast price growth of up to 20 per cent in Sydney and Perth by …
VIC homeowners have lost more than $290 million over the past three years selling properties for less than what they paid for them. Alarming figures that point to a hidden crisis in the property market reveal 5427 vendors lost an average of $54,000 on investments gone wrong in the three years to July 2011. The …
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Home prices remained stable in October 2010 but subsequent interest rate rises and a greater supply of housing is likely to see falls in the coming year. According to recent RP Data, for the three months to October 2010, capital city housing values were up in Canberra (2.4 per cent seasonally adjusted), Darwin (1.7 per cent), …
Sydney property prices went up by 30% while Darwin house prices increased by 92% and prices in Melbourne rose 61% in the past 5 years. Hobart had median price increases of 31% in the five years to the end of September 2010, RP Data’s property pulse report showed. Across Australia combined property values increased by …
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By diversifying their assets, investors can ensure that interim performance across their portfolio is balanced to an acceptable average. Stronger assets can support those experiencing weaker conditions. Directly owned real estate assets involve a long-term commitment and a disciplined investment strategy and so are not as vulnerable to daily fluctuating sentiment. It is commonsense to …
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Do you know that there are some so-called “No Go Zones” that investors should not buy investment properties because of poor capital growth? Sutherland Shire south of the Sydney city has been named as one of the worst areas in the nation to invest in real estate because of poor road links to the central …
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