BIZARRE: 7 - What They Never Told You

Christmas spells 'record' rental squeeze for Gold Coast with fewer options than ever

Joel and Ash have been looking for a place to rent since May. They fear they'll have to spend Christmas living out of boxes from a friend's house as landlords pull houses from the long-term rental pool to turn into holiday homes.

ABC News · Nov 9, 2022

Distressed housing sales rise as owners succumb to Australia’s rising interest rates

Buyers who overpaid for properties in boom market conditions now feeling the pinch, head of property investor group says

The Guardian - AU · Nov 4, 2022

As rates rise again, Australia's average property prices are falling. Here's how steeply home prices are dropping across the nation

The latest data shows Australia's home prices are dropping at their fastest rate since the global financial crisis. Here's what's happening in your capital city.

ABC News · Nov 1, 2022

Global housing market pain has echoes of a crash 30 years ago

When Covid sent the UK economy into lockdown in 2020, the government jumped in to help the property market by cutting a tax on purchases. The temporary measure triggered a kind of mania among buyers, who responded by bidding up average prices by £31,000 ($35,000) — more than double the…

Tribune News Service · Oct 20, 2022

Fixed or variable? A look at how home loan rate options across Australia stack up

After crunching the numbers, it’s clear that mortgage holders shouldn’t just do nothing, says RateCity’s head of research

The Guardian - AU · Oct 14, 2022

NSW stamp duty overhaul ‘vanilla’ but could help first home buyers cut costs

Annual tax could be paid for almost 20 years before it equalled the value of a stamp duty payment in parts of western Sydney, calculator suggests

The Guardian - AU · Oct 10, 2022

House prices fall as Sydney owners make loss on resales to escape high interest rates

Values across Australia’s capital cities decline for fifth consecutive month – with only Darwin bucking trend

The Guardian - AU · Oct 4, 2022

Big issues at play could cause the RBA to make smaller cash rate hikes

Lower rises expected for the rest of the year, economists say, with the possibility of a pause in the longer term

The Guardian - AU · Oct 3, 2022

House values continue to fall across Newcastle and Lake Macquarie

The latest data from CoreLogic also reveals that the median house price in the region is now $856,513.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 3, 2022

Property prices dropped further in September and falls ‘could accelerate’ again with rate rise

Investors and banks predict RBA will raise cash rate further on Tuesday, while rent increases begin to slow around Australia

The Guardian - AU · Oct 2, 2022