The number of housing finance commitments continued to improve in December, rising 8.7% over the quarter according to the seasonally adjusted series from the ABS released this week. The adjusted figures for December were the highest since March 2010; a strong sign that a degree of health is returning to the housing market; at least [...]
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100 suburbs with the highest gross value of home sales
The real estate industry is doing it tough. Transaction volumes last year were about 13% lower than 2010, 26% lower than 2009 and 33% lower than the recent highs of 2007. A slightly larger decrease applies to real estate agent commissions, due to the fact that agents are generally paid based on percentage of the [...]
Finance approvals increase along with values in November…better times ahead?
The volume of housing finance commitments to owner occupiers increased for the eighth consecutive month in November, up 1.4% over the month and 4.6% over the year. Of course, from a housing market perspective it is important to separate owner occupier commitments for refinances and non-refinances. Refinances create business for banks and mortgage brokers whereas [...]
Will the resources sector continue to ‘boom’?
Well, the experts certainly think so. If you have any interest in the resources sector, arguably the best source for information is the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE). Their most recent forecast for the 2011/12 financial year is a 15% increase in the value of Australian energy minerals and metals over the previous [...]
Property values down, retail struggling, Europe in debt, but our economy continues to grow
It seems there has been a raft of bad news of late with property values falling, limited growth in housing finance, lower levels of consumer confidence, limited retail activity, low levels of housing construction and Europe in the midst of a debt crisis. However, despite all the bad news stories, the Australian Economy has continued [...]
Housing demand set to increase on the back of higher population growth
22,771,649. That’s the estimated total of Australia’s population. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics there is one birth every 1 minute and 46 seconds and an Australian dies every 3 minutes and 40 seconds. Every 2 minutes and 44 seconds there is another international migrant crossing the Australian border. Overall the Australian population increases [...]
More home loans for less
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released housing finance data for the month of September this week and in this week’s blog post we are going to dissect what is happening with average loan amount being committed to by borrowers. On an annual basis, the average loan size fell by -0.6% over the 12 months [...]
Low dwelling approvals are bad news for housing supply
After a brief surge in August, the number of dwellings approved for construction in September fell by 13.6% (August approvals were up by a revised 10.7%) – a result that was primarily influenced by a large fall across the ‘non-house’ category which is comprised of mostly apartments and semi-attached dwellings such as terrace homes and [...]
The ups and downs of the multi-speed economy
We’ve commented quite a few times recently on how the low volume of homes being transacted across the country is creating tough conditions across the real estate sector. Transactions volumes nationally are running about 11% below the five year average. The good news is that national sales volumes have shown some subtle improvements over the [...]
Who’s got the biggest?
When it comes to land area, size matters. Or at least it used to. More recently, with affordability pressures from a buyer’s perspective, yield pressures from a development perspective and urban management from a policy perspective, we have seen an extended trend towards smaller blocks of land across each of the capital cities. The trends [...]
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New mortgage commitments setting the scene for improved buying activity
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100 suburbs with the highest gross value of home sales
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