Rental Market Snapshot: The Melbourne property market sees a great need for housing. This trend has remained consistent for 12 months, particularly as interest rates has influenced more people to rent over buying their own home. According to the The Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) :- The proportion of vacant properties in metro Melbourne stands at approx. 2.1% 31 March 2024. . This has...
As the calendar year came to a close, there were many suburbs fetching higher price tags and some new suburbs reaching the million dollars. Toorak continues to hold the top spot at $4,426,600 while Flinders was a closer third at $4,425,000 (however there were less than 30 sales in the quarter for the suburb). Round the top 5 were three suburbs all surpassing the $3M mark, Red Hill, Canterbury &...
Top growth suburbs over the last three month period ending December 2023. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has kept interest rates on hold since November 2022 with the inflation rate starting to come down. There were many areas within metropolitan Melbourne achieving double digit returns in median property prices, however unit price growth outperformed with many suburbs enjoying strong returns. Here...
Rental Market Snapshot: The Melbourne property market continues to see a a further supply in rental properties, resulting in continued decreased vacancy rates. This trend has remained consistent for 12 months, particularly as interest rates has influenced more people to rent over buying their own home. According to the The Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) :- The proportion of vacant...
Property market forecast for 2024. In this market insight, we take the opportunity to share our perspective on what the year ahead will look like in the Melbourne/Victorian residential property market. What happened in 2023? The property market in 2023 experienced everything! Many areas exceeded expectations, while increasing interest rates hindered home owners like they haven't experienced...
Over the last three months to September 2023, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) retained interest rates on hold while we witnessed a few suburbs within metropolitan Melbourne achieving double digit returns in median property prices. This was seen in both housing and unit prices. Here we focus and share the latest quarterly figures within the Melbourne property market. Top growth suburbs by median house...
As we conclude the third quarter of the calendar year, there were many suburbs recording a price tag above a million dollars.. Toorak continues to hold the top spot strongly above the rest at $5,205,556. Second and third place were Malvern and Balwyn well above the $3 million mark. Canterbury was forth and the only other suburb to go beyond the $3 million dollar mark. Malvern, Balwyn and Canterbury...
Rental Market Snapshot: The Melbourne property market continues to see a heavy supply shortfall for rental properties. Vacancy rates have further decreased as property affordability remains challenging. According to the The Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) :- The proportion of vacant properties in metro Melbourne stands at approx. 2.4% as at 30 September 2023. This has increased from...
Rental Market Snapshot: The Melbourne property market continues to see a heavy supply shortfall for rental properties. Vacancy rates have further decreased as property affordability remains challenging. According to the The Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) :- The proportion of vacant properties in metro Melbourne stands at approx. 2.1% as at 30 June 2023. This has significantly...
There continues to be many suburbs within metropolitan Melbourne fetching past the million dollar figure. Toorak continues to hold the top spot at $6,500,000. Second and third place was Brighton and Middle Park surpassing $3,205,000 and $3,030,000 respectively. Rounding up the top 5, was Balwyn and Hawthorn East both fetching $2,985,000 and $2,913,000 respectively. The majority of suburbs continue to...