Is the real estate industry soon to face its own disrupters?
As more buyers use online platforms and applications to search for places to live, it becomes easier to predict market trends and better understand buyer behaviour.
'Your Home. Our Backyard’ speaks to the idea that Raine & Horne agents are local and passionate about where we live and where we work.
Sydney residential vacancy rates remain positive with supply starting to meet demand.
2014-15 produced 113 more sales than the previous year with the bulk of these in the unit market.
To be successful, competitors have to deal with a wide range of testing questions and unpredictable bids.
The new LEP will add an extra 10,000 residential dwellings within the Sutherland Shire over the next decade.
It may sound like common sense, but the ability to fit a dining room table, install a reasonable sized fridge and undertake laundry in a separate space are simple design elements that can impact people’s ability to live comfortably in an apartment.
Because tenants understand how difficult it can be to rent a property with their pet, many are prepared to discuss the amount of rent they'll pay.
With demand for property at record highs at the moment and interest rates at record lows, we are seeing first home buyers being priced out of the market every day by seasoned investors and foreign buyers.
Although it is early days in this policy shift, there is no sign of any easing in the runaway train that is Australia’s residential investment market.
What brings developments to market is a good mix of investors and owner occupiers who can ensure that pre-sale commitments are met and projects go from planning to construction.
In this current environment, the bank might offer you a 0.8% discount off their standard variable rate in the knowledge most people will not ask for more – but a mortgage adviser may well be able to get you something like a 1.0% discount depending on your circumstances.
The latest housing finance figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics reflect declining lending activity.
Overseas buyers rely almost entirely on the Internet during their research phase. After all, you can’t just go down to the corner newsstand in Shanghai and pick up a copy of the Wentworth Courier.