by Wendy Chamberlain | Apr 25, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
Economists suggest we can expect to see rising activity in the Melbourne and Sydney property markets this year, prompted by anticipated interest rate cuts. Based on the likelihood of multiple rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of Australia throughout 2025, brokers are...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Apr 18, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
Checking up on the state of the rental market this Good Friday, and the news isn’t necessarily good for Victoria’s property investors or renters. Since Victoria’s rental property taskforce was established in March last year, online complaints to the...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Apr 11, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
The REIV were finally able to report positive median price growth across Victoria’s metropolitan and regional property markets during the March quarter, something Victoria hasn’t experienced since December 2021. Following declines in the December 2024...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Apr 4, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
As expected, Australia’s housing crisis was a focal point in last week’s Federal Budget announcement. In an effort to make housing more affordable for all Australians, the budget proposes changes to the Commonwealth Help To Buy scheme, support for the...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Mar 28, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
With another RBA cash rate decision pending next week, its a good time to take a snapshot of the Victorian property market so far this year. The Real Estate Institute of Victoria apply a Residential Market Index (RMX) to measure property price movement over time. As...