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As of the December quarter of 2023, housing affordability in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory have been all at their lowest in 20 years. In the past 12 months (to the December quarter of 2023), the weighted average capital city Australian median house price grew by 5.3% to $$1,005,242, maki…
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Australia’s economy is entering a new phase following 12 consecutive cash rate hikes since May 2022. With the cash rate currently in a ‘hold’ pattern (at 4.1%), there is a multiplier effect on all facets of life. How does this impact the property market for the rest of 2023 and early 2024? And is the cash rate the only issue?
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The PRD Affordable and Liveable Property Guides 2nd half 2023 are available for Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart, Gold Coast, and Perth. These guides provide valuable insights on property trends and how current economic conditions (including cash rate hikes) have impacted the market, as well as future developments for the next 6 months. For tho…
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In Q3 2023, Port Stephens recorded a median house price of $1,050,000, and a median unit price of $645,000. This is an annual (Q3 2022 – Q3 2023) -2.6% softening for houses and growth of 7.5% for units. Sales increased between Q3 2022 – Q3 2023, by 12.9% (to 70 sales) for houses and by 50.0% for units (to 66 sales). A softer median house price dow…
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PRD’s latest research report ‘Australia Bushfires | The Real Estate Perspective’ shines a light on the silver lining to the devastating impact many Australian communities have experienced.
A key finding in this report was that in order to identify affordable and liveable areas, suburbs with declining annual median house or unit price growth had to be considered. This was the same metho…
In Q3 2019, Port Stephens recorded a median house price of $620,000, and a median unit price of $415,000. This represents annual (Q3 2018 – Q3 2019) median price softening of -11.3% for houses and -1…
New South Wales (NSW) recorded a home loan affordability index reading of 26.9 points, which represents a 2.3% improvement in the 12 months to the June quarter of 2019. Although this is below the Aus…
ew South Wales (NSW) continues to offer increasingly affordable opportunities in its property market, with its home loan affordability index at 28.3 points in the March quarter of 2019.
Port Stephens* recorded a median house price of $682,500 in Q1 2019, along with a median unit price of $442,000. This represents growth of 6.6% (house) and 0.5% (unit) over the previous 12 months (Q1…
Between 2017 and 2018, Sydney Metro median house prices have softened by -5.6%, whilst units have softened by -2.5%. Affordable options can be found in Sydney’s South Western suburbs.
Australian consumer sentiment read 100.7 index points in April 2019, exactly on the positive line of 100 index points, indicating that in general, Australians have a positive yet cautious outlook on …
Finding an affordable option in Australian capital cities is not easy, especially when you are a first home buyer. Australia’s home loan affordability index has been at the lower end of the scale sin…
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