by Wendy Chamberlain | Nov 8, 2024 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
Relief is in sight for home buyers purchasing off-the-plan units, apartments or townhouses with the Victorian Government’s plan to offer uncapped stamp duty concessions to ALL buyers of off-the-plan strata properties in Victoria. REIV CEO Kelly Ryan hopes this...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Nov 1, 2024 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
Victorian property prices haven’t experienced the same level of significant growth that many other states have seen in recent years, in fact there has been a decline both in metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria property values since 2021 and and 2022...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Oct 25, 2024 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
Recent data analysis featured in PropTrack Market Insights indicates the higher land taxes imposed by the Victorian government have impacted the Victorian rental market in several ways. New land tax thresholds were announced by the Victorian government in May 2023 and...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Oct 18, 2024 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
The housing shortage, lack of affordable homes to buy and shortage of long term rental properties are hot topics Australia wide. Queensland’s housing and homeless crisis is spiraling, and escalating house prices combined with record low vacancy rates in South...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Oct 11, 2024 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
While house prices in Victoria haven’t risen at the same rate as some Australian states, recent data from Canstar highlights the difficulty couples and single income buyers still face when trying to secure a big enough home loan to purchase a...