by Konrad Bobilak | Jul 31, 2017 | property
It is 30 years since Paul Keating famously said that if you walked into any pet shop in Australia “the resident galah will be talking about microeconomic policy”. There’s a good chance those pet shop conversations have now turned to inequality....
by Konrad Bobilak | Jul 31, 2017 | property
Property punters with a sub-$500,000 budget would do well to zero in on such Melbourne suburbs as Cranbourne West, Cranbourne East and Clyde North, new data suggests. All have affordable housing options and a $500,000 budget can easily secure a recently constructed...
by Konrad Bobilak | Jul 31, 2017 | property
For buyers searching for a home in Australia’s mining towns, it is as though the nation’s unprecedented mining boom never happened. Median prices in key mining centres in Queensland and Western Australia have fallen to below the average price of more than a decade...
by Konrad Bobilak | Jul 26, 2017 | property
HOMEOWNERS in parts of Melbourne are making as much as $1200 a day just by holding on to their houses, new research shows. Victoria’s capital has overtaken Sydney to become the nation’s strongest performer for annual price growth in recent months — and a handful of...
by Konrad Bobilak | Jul 26, 2017 | property
Melbourne house prices have jumped $100,000 in a year with the median now sitting at a record $865,712, new data shows. The 15 per cent jump means home ownership is further out of reach for many would-be first home buyers, despite predictions house prices will soon...