FHBA Property Market Update 11/December/2017 With 2017 coming to a close we take a look at where first home buyers have been buying. This and much much more in your weekly FHBA Property Market Update. Around this time last year,…
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 27/11/17 At the 2016 Australian federal election, the Australian Labor Party promised that if they won power they would abolish negative gearing on established properties. While they marginally lost, the Labor Party still has this policy in…
FHBA Property Market Update 20/11/17 In the last week alone there has been several headlines around small & ‘tiny’ housing. As Australia’s housing affordability woes continue many experts say we need to think smaller, but at FHBA we ponder, how small…
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 Property Market Update – Top story Over the last several years property prices in Sydney and Melbourne have surged, while most other capital cities have had more modest growth (except Perth and Darwin, 0which have seen property prices decline).…
FHBA Property Market Update – Top story On Sunday night it was the 2017 grand final of the channel 9 TV series, The Block. The Block grand final is always known for their entertaining and rather dramatic auctions. For the…
FHBA Property Market Update – Top story Earlier this year the NSW & Victorian governments introduced changes to stamp duty for eligible first home buyers, including: An exemption from stamp duty for NSW properties under $650,000 A discount (concession) on…
FHBA Property Market Update – Top story Over the last several months or so market conditions have been changing in quiet a few property markets according to property data houses such as CoreLogic Australia. Some areas have seen ‘stronger’ conditions,…
Top story Do you feel like you are only just getting use to the weather warming up? Well guess what guys, Spring is almost halfway over (already!). Why doesn’t winter go that fast? Spring time is typically the busiest time…