Today
House sellers pocket $300,000 gross profits as prices rise
The sharp increase in prices in the September quarter delivered a windfall for many vendors, but profits are expected to weaken next year as prices are predicted to fall.
- Nila Sweeney
This Month
Stockland says it can develop 12 sites more profitably than Lendlease
The deal involving two of Australia’s largest property developers and investors boosts Stockland’s land bank and will help Lendlease focus on investment.
- Michael Bleby
Sydney’s auction clearance rate falls to lowest this year
Sydney’s weaker clearance rate coincided with a sharp slowdown in home values which gathered pace in the past four weeks.
- Nila Sweeney
Home-deposit-lending start-up digitally altered news article in ads
OwnHome has wiped CBA, its own backer, from ads it is running on Facebook and Instagram, which feature a digitally manipulated version of a Financial Review story.
- Nick Bonyhady
Undersupply of new homes to trigger next boom, but not yet
The supply shortage is unlikely to spur strong price growth over the near to medium term, but it could underpin a future rebound, experts say.
- Nila Sweeney
The suburbs where houses gained $1m in 12 months
Premium suburbs led the biggest gains in house prices growth by value, while the affordable suburbs posted a faster rate of increases.
- Nila Sweeney
- Opinion
- Flat Chat
Good news for apartments as defects crackdown bites
Buyer confidence is low, but help is on the way after the release of three reports.
- Jimmy Thomson
The suburbs where house prices are up more than 5pc
Which suburbs are defying the slowdown in house prices across Sydney and Melbourne?
- Nila Sweeney
House price growth to soften as listings rise faster than demand
Market conditions are now in favour of buyers as higher stock levels provide more choice, less urgency and greater opportunities to negotiate.
- Nila Sweeney
- Opinion
- Opinion
Where to pounce on property in 2024
Forced sales could offer cashed-up buyers the chance to pick up a bargain.
- Sam Tamblyn
‘Populist’ property tax changes won’t boost rental stock: experts
Higher charges for offshore buyers and a cut in application fees for build-to-rent projects aren’t the main measures Australia’s troubled rental market needs.
- Michael Bleby
- Exclusive
- Property development
Trilogy $700m fund races to restart work on Gosford apartment project
The Trilogy Monthly Income Trust says it will finish the 35-unit NSW project despite a three-month delay caused by liquidation of its contractor.
- Michael Bleby
False dawn of interest rate hopes pushes home loans up in October
Owner occupiers, first home buyers and investors all roared back into the mortgage market in the fourth month the RBA kept the cash rate at 4.1 per cent.
- Michael Bleby
House sells for $235,000 more than expected after tenants removed
Agents say it is better to market an empty house, but owners don’t want to give up rental income – and renters don’t want to leave, either.
- Michael Bleby
FOMO returns amid high migration and supply shortage
The potential to make strong capital gains due to lack of supply and swelling demand is fuelling fear of missing out among investors.
- Nila Sweeney
Sydney house prices headed towards a double-dip downturn
Sydney’s housing market slowed faster than expected in November.
- Nila Sweeney
November
Private investors load up on industrial sites at $29m auction
All the industrial development sites up for sale at a commercial property auction found buyers despite the high costs of building.
- Campbell Kwan
House prices set for a bumpy ride in 2024 but upswing still possible
Worsening affordability, rising unemployment and high inflation could weaken house prices next year, but a rate cut would reignite buying, Domain says.
- Nila Sweeney
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why FOBO is killing your property investment goals
For home buyers and even investors, the fear of a better option can be more ruinous than FOMO, the fear of missing out.
- Richard Wakelin
Melbourne house prices on track to fall this month, Sydney close behind
A buyer’s market is emerging across both capitals with the latest interest rate rise dubbed ‘the straw that broke the camel’s back’.
- Nila Sweeney
