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"Now all first-home buyers will be eligible for some sort of support," said REIT president Tony Collidge.
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Looking back at how the pundits' predictions for last year fared.
Leanne Pilkington, president of the REINSW, says the institute doesn't expect rates to begin rising until 2019.
Women are increasingly turning to property to provide financial security through different stages of their life.
More than half of households are contributing more than 30 per cent of their disposable household income - a common benchmark for financial stress - towards rent or paying off their mortgage.
REIWA December quarter data in the key categories of median price, sales activity, listing levels and average selling days were all good news.
"Our Sydney buyers think we're dirt cheap," says Terrigal agent, Colin Granger of George Brand Real Estate.
The huge positives in the Tasmanian economy have created a huge negative - a worrying shortage of housing, says Tony Collidge, president of the REIT.
The increased proportion of owner occupiers in the market is driving greater demand for family homes, says the REIV.
"A few of us have been surprised by the numbers" at open homes, says Di Jones' head auctioneer, Josh Larsen.
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