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  • Generation shift

    Nerida Conisbee Ray White Group Chief Economist What leads to some suburbs being more popular with younger buyers than others? Suburbs have a pretty standard timeline. New homes are built, young families move in, those families age. Then the next generation moves in. But not all established areas experience the … Read more

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  • Peak selling season is on

    Selling season is firmly underway and today Ray White cleared 69 per cent of its auction stock, with 4 averaged registered bidders and 2.7 active bidders average.

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  • Spookiest Real Estate of Origin ever

    Ray White’s 16th call-a-thon hit a spooky new level this week with 11,550 appraisals booked across Australasia during the Halloween-themed appraisal drive, 100 per cent powered by NurtureCloud, the group’s cutting edge prop tech platform.

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  • Flight to affordability as mortgage fatigue sets in

    Nerida Conisbee Ray White Group Chief Economist The Australian housing market is experiencing a notable shift, with affordability driving unexpected trends across different property types. Affordable house price growth is now outpacing the luxury market. While the opposite is now occurring for apartments. The traditional outperformance of luxury homes in … Read more

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  • Australia’s Carrie Bradshaw Index

    The Economist, a weekly magazine, recently undertook an analysis of where it was possible for a single person to affordably rent alone. The analysis was referred to as the Carrie Bradshaw Index, named after the fictional character in “Sex in the City” where Carrie lives alone in New York, presumably … Read more

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  • Ray White House Price Report

    erida Conisbee Ray White Group Chief Economist Cheaper properties saw the strongest price growth over the past 12 months with houses in the lowest percentile increasing by 12.2 per cent. In comparison, our most expensive homes have seen a price slowdown, perhaps now reflecting the prolonged impact of higher interest … Read more

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  • With a rate cut imminent, what would be the impact on house prices?

    Nerida Conisbee Ray White Group Chief Economist With inflation now edging towards three per cent and markets are now pricing in potentially four rate cuts next year, it is possible that we will see a rate cut before the end of the year. With Australian house prices remaining highly divergent between … Read more

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  • House or Apartment: Which 2014 purchase would have paid off better today?

    Nerida Conisbee Ray White Group Chief Economist The perennial debate between choosing a house or an apartment continues to challenge home buyers, each option presenting its own set of trade-offs. Houses typically offer more space and privacy, but often at the cost of a less central location. Apartments, while generally … Read more

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  • Housing Squeeze

    Nerida Conisbee Ray White Group Chief Economist Housing squeeze. Despite widespread belief Baby Boomers are primarily responsible for Australia’s housing market woes, the reality is far more complex. Many young Australians point to this generation’s property wealth as a key factor driving up house prices and reducing affordability. However, a … Read more

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  • An uncomfortable truth about achieving housing affordability

    Nerida Conisbee Ray White Group Chief Economist There have been a lot of people, events and policies blamed for Australia’s low levels of housing affordability. Ranging from negative gearing, high interest rates, investors, developers, migrants, students, planners, government and the list goes on. And while the reasons are complex, there … Read more

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  • Ray White Property Price Report: Capital city price growth diverges

    Nerida Conisbee Ray White Group Chief Economist Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane continued their runaway growth in May with all cities now recording year-on-year growth of in excess of 14 per cent. Perth continued its strong run with prices up over 24 per cent over the past year for houses and … Read more

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  • $11.3 billion for “Homes for Australia” but more help still needed to hit 1.2 million houses goal

    Nerida Conisbee Chief Economist The main housing related announcement was a new $11.3 billion “Homes for Australia” plan. This includes $9.3 billion over five years to combat homelessness, provide crisis support and build and repair social housing, $1 billion to build infrastructure such as roads, sewers and community infrastructure and … Read more

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