John McGrath – First home buyers are in the market despite peak interest rates
The latest lending figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show the number of loans written for first home buyers rose by 20.3% in seasonally adjusted terms over the 12 months to November 2023. A total of 10,395 first home loans were written that month, worth $5.25 billion.
John McGrath – Where did prices rise the most in 2023?
Affordable suburbs with median house prices below $500,000 dominated the best areas for price growth across Australia last year says, John McGrath, Chief Executive Officer of McGrath Estate Agents.