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...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Mar 21, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
It’s good news for Melbourne’s high end property market this month, with recent reports from Corelogic showing upper quartile property values increased during February. Nationally, capital city top quartile home values rose 0.2% in February, in stark...
by Wendy Chamberlain | Mar 14, 2025 | Auctions, Buying a Home, Real Estate News, Selling a Home
The Housing Statement Reform Bill has been passed in the Victorian Parliament, with the new laws to come into effect in November. Additional reforms to the bill, which has a heavy focus on protecting the rights of Victoria’s renters, were announced last October....