Abolishing stamp duty for first home buyers is likely to create some headaches for eligible buyers who have recently entered into contracts. Additionally we can expect first home buyer activity [...]
Data released by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) earlier this week has shown that high loan to value ratio (LVR) lending continues to fall indicating new buyers are in many [...]
In this week’s Property Pulse we take a look at the true cost of saving for a deposit and the impost of stamp duty for first home buyers trying to buy a home for owner occupation. The first chart [...]
Most mining towns have seen their property prices crushed over recent years as commodity prices have fallen and investment has dried up. In this week’s Pulse we take a look at how some of these [...]
According to the latest housing finance data release for March 2017 there was $33.2 billion in finance commitments over the month. The monthly value of commitments increased by 0.9% to be 5.3% [...]
Based on the relationship between demonstrated housing demand and advertised stock levels we are seeing relatively more stock available for sale compared to demand for that stock across the [...]
Monthly building approvals shows that the recent contraction in approvals has continued. In fact, the number of dwellings approved for construction in March 2017 was -23.7% lower than its [...]
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) released their taxation statistics for the 2014-15 financial year last week, and from a housing market perspective it provides some really valuable data on [...]
It seems that lenders were already scaling back their appetite for investment lending as early as January this year, with the value of housing finance commitments for investment purposes falling [...]
On Friday of last week the banking regulator, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) wrote to all authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) announcing further measures to [...]
