Housing affordability improving, but number of first home buyers down, report finds
Housing affordability across the nation is slowly improving, but the credit squeeze is putting the brakes on the number of first home buyers entering the market, the Adelaide Bank/REIA Housing Affordability Report has revealed.
Melbourne's 'bridesmaid' suburbs offering a more affordable entry point into the market
Savvy Melburnians could save hundreds of dollars per week simply by renting one suburb over from their dream postcode, new data from the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) reveals.
If you've ever wanted to have a stickybeak inside Julie Bishop's home, her former Perth abode has just hit the market through listing agent Jodie Fewster of Ray White Cottesloe Mosman Park.
Increase in luxury property sales lift Perth's median house price
While house prices fall in Sydney and Melbourne, Perth's median house price has lifted 1.6 per cent during November, thanks to an increase in luxury property sales according to industry body the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia (REIWA).
Brisbane property market leads nation as only city to record house price growth
Brisbane's housing market is leaving the rest of the nation in the dust, as it was the only city to see home values grow over the month, according to CoreLogic's Hedonic Home Value Index.
Houses with history to go under the hammer this Saturday
Some of the prettiest period homes are set to go under the hammer on Saturday, in what is set to be a "Super Saturday" for Ray White with its highest volume of houses to go under the hammer this year.