While Australia’s house prices are in decline, economists are predicting the upswing should kick in by 2024. Australian house prices have been cooling off since their peak in April 2022, with a drop between 15–20 per cent forecast by the end of 2023. ANZ Research’s...
After COVID lockdowns fuelled record-breaking growth rates among many of Australia’s regional lifestyle areas, NSW and Queensland’s beach and country hot spots have been the first to register a quarterly fall in house values. CoreLogic’s latest quarterly Regional...
If you are buying your first home, getting your head around home loan terminology can be tricky. Two acronyms you may come across are loan-to-value ratios (LVR) and debt-to-income ratios (DTI). Recently there have been important changes to DTI ratios that could affect...
Interest rates have been going up in recent months. But on the flip side, property prices have been falling in many markets. That means there could be some great opportunities out there for aspiring property investors. It all comes down to finding the right property...
If you’re currently playing the waiting game wondering what will happen when your fixed rate term ends, we understand what a stressful time it might be. Fixed rate borrowers have been temporarily shielded from the Reserve Bank’s cash rate increases, but for how long?...
