FHBA Property Market Update 4/December/2017 Every year John McGrath, founder of McGrath Estate Agents, releases the McGrath Report which includes analysis on the property market and John McGrath’s predictions for the period ahead. Today we take a look at McGrath’s…
FHBA Property Market Update – Top story Once, the idea that buyers could go to one place (an online property portal) to see every property on the market was revolutionary. But that was more than 15 years ago. Is it…
FHBA Market Update: 25/September/2017 In today’s FHBA Property Market Update we take a look at how FOMO has been replaced by a new fear in the property market; why interest rates may rise sooner than originally thought; off-the-plan financing; the increase…
FHBA Weekend Preview: 23 – 24 September 2017 In today’s edition of FHBA Weekend Preview we take a look at why interest rates could soon be heading north; take a closer look at the Logan region of Queensland; review the top…
FHBA Market Update: 18/September/2017 In today’s FHBA Property Market Update we take a look at how you can’t always trust those marketing to first home buyers (including Australia’s big banks!); the risks associated with a 5% deposit; why first home buyer…
FHBA Market Update: 21/August/2017 In today’s FHBA Market Update we take a look at how there are less and less properties being sold in a typical first home buyers price range, why property developer Tim Gurner is sticking by his comments…
Earlier this afternoon the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board opted to leave the cash rate on hold, at a record low of just 1.50% (yet again). The RBA was a little bit more ‘dovish’ than last month. RBA Governor Philip Lowe…
FHBA Market Update: 10 July 2017 Australia’s population continues to rise according to the latest demographic data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Australia’s population increase is due to two key factors: natural increase (as we are living longer) and net…
Earlier this afternoon the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board decided to leave the cash rate on hold, at a record low of just 1.50% during the July board meeting. RBA Governor Philip Lowe noted the following in the official media statement:…
FHBA Market Update: 13 June 2017 In last week’s FHBA Market Update we wrote about how the tide may be starting to turn in the favour of the first home buyer, highlighting: The softening of property prices in many of our capital…