National Market

The latest housing finance and housing credit data confirm that the level of activity from investors in the housing market is slowing. Australian mortgage lenders have been rationing credit to [...]

There were 2,407 auctions held across the combined capital cities this week, with a preliminary auction clearance rate of 69.6 per cent. Last week, the final clearance rate fell to 67.8 per cent, [...]

The Westpac and Melbourne Institute’s consumer sentiment index for June 2017 was released earlier this week.  The Index was recorded at 96.2 points which was the lowest monthly reading for the [...]

Upcoming auctions This week, the number of auctions scheduled to take place across the combined capital cities is expected to rise, after last week saw a slowdown in activity due to the public [...]

When we think about the housing market we tend to focus on when values rise but in the recent past values have fallen in each capital city; this week we look at the magnitude and duration of [...]

The number of auctions held this week saw a significant decrease, with 1,265 properties taken to market across the combined capital cities, down from 2,578 over the week prior. The decrease in [...]

The latest housing data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows that while lending to owner occupiers is fairly flat, demand from the investor segment has continued to stall.  When [...]

Upcoming auctions With next Monday a public holiday across most states including New South Wales and Victoria, auction activity is much more subdued this week, with 1,132 auctions currently being [...]

The latest internal migration data shows that an increasing number of inter-state and intra-state population movements are to either sea change/tree change regions or the outskirts of the capital [...]

The first week of winter saw auction volumes fall, with 2,545 homes taken to auction, compared to 2,885 the previous week. The preliminary clearance rate across the combined capital cities was [...]