by Konrad Bobilak | Feb 6, 2017 | property
An online property agency has warned that “thousands of buyers” of off-the-plan apartments in Victoria could lose their deposits following changes in design standards. The iBuyNew Group points out that the upcoming Better Apartments Design Standards, which will come...
by Konrad Bobilak | Feb 6, 2017 | property
GOT your heart set on investing in real estate this year? These are the suburbs within 20km of capital city CBDs that are still affordable — and show good potential of further capital growth. The best value capital city growth suburbs have been revealed in a new...
by Konrad Bobilak | Feb 1, 2017 | property
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce would have some Melburnians believe the only way they could afford a house is to pull up stumps and move hundreds of kilometres away. There is no doubt houses in Melbourne are expensive — the median now sits at $795,447 — but that...
by Konrad Bobilak | Feb 1, 2017 | property
House prices are predicted to climb even higher in Sydney and Melbourne in 2017, albeit at a slower pace than last year, according to new forecasts from National Australia Bank. The bank’s economists on Tuesday lifted their forecast for national house prices,...
by Konrad Bobilak | Feb 1, 2017 | property
The fat profit margins Airbnb hosts can reap on their properties are proving more attractive than the money Aussie investors can make as traditional landlords, a new study has found. A new global index comparing how long it took to make back the value of a property...
by Konrad Bobilak | Jan 30, 2017 | property
Another year, another doomsday theory for the housing market. And likely with it, a stack of book sales. It has practically become an annual sport for Australia’s economists to swat away the latest predictions of researchers and think tanks who are waiting for the rug...