First Time Buyers urges to utilise Home Guarantee Scheme - REIA
The Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA) has today encouraged prospective buyers to utilise the 50,000 new places for eligible home buyers under the Australian Home Guarantee Scheme (HGS) from 1 July 2024 says REIA President Leanne Pilkington.
Housing affordability improving across Australia, says REIA report
Housing affordability has improved across the country despite falls in Victoria, South Australia and ACT, according to new research from the Real Estate Institute of Australia and Adelaide Bank.
Weaker investor demand, tax concessions let first-home buyers back in: CoreLogic
First-home buyers accounted for 17.9 per cent of all owner occupier commitments in February, up from 13.3 per cent at the same time in 2017, according to ABS data.
First-home buyers at highest share of market in five years
Continued weakness in housing finance numbers is leading the banks to compete for market share by lowering interest rates for both investors and owner-occupiers, says Malcolm Gunning, president of the REIA.
First-home buyer numbers are up but affordability worse: REIA / Adelaide Bank report
New Research from the REIA and Adelaide Bank shows the number of first-home buyers in the market increased during the December quarter, even though housing affordability declined.
