The Melbourne property market has finished the year with some amazing results. A historical year throughout the country. Here we focus and share the latest quarterly figures within the Melbourne property market. Top growth suburbs by median house price Here is a current list of the suburbs that have seen some extraordinary capital appreciated from September 2021 to December 2021 (3 mth period): Note: Only...
Rental Market Snapshot: The Melbourne property market continues to improve in both vacancy rates and higher yields. The demand continuous to outstripping supply, which is expected into the new year. Regional Victoria continues to demonstrate better vacancy rates to Metropolitan Melbourne, however median rental prices in Melbourne is starting to increase. According to the The Real Estate Institute of...
The Melbourne property market has seen a number of new suburbs join the million dollar club while a few dropped out. Toorak remains in the top spot with a median house price of $4,585,000, while East Melbourne jumped into second place with $4,333,000 and Portsea taking third place with $3,840,000 (however Portsea had less than 30 sales were transacted in the last three months). Rounding up the top 5, was...
Latest life expectancy is up. The latest figures released from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows that a baby boy and girl are expected to live to 81.2 years and 85.3 years. ABS demography director Beidar Cho said these new figures demonstrate that new born babies have the highest estimated life expectancy ever recorded in Australia. Life expectancy for males has improved at a faster rate...
Property market forecast for 2022. 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. We continue to see optimism into 2022 and beyond. What happened in 2021? The property market in 2021 saw some very good returns, well above the average capital appreciation. The property market not only...
School zones push housing prices up. According to recent research conducted by Domain Group, prices in popular school zones witnessed dramatic increases as high as 46%! This is in just a 12 month period. Over the recent decade, many families have decided to pay a premium price tag to be housed within a school catchment. Parents are trying to enrol their children into high-performing...
Melbourne property market has seen a number of new suburbs join the million dollar club with Clarinda sneaking in. Toorak remains in the top spot with a median house price of $4,370,000, however less than 30 sales were transacted in the last three months. Malvern and Hampton take second and third places respectively with $3,160,000 and $3,120,000, but also witnessed less that 30 sales in the same...
Building approvals - update. As the Australia economy continues to persevere through the global pandemic, building approvals improve as we anticipate new build activity within the next 12-18 months. Courtesy of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), there are some tabular and graphical illustrations for you to see. Overall summary The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwellings...
The Melbourne property market has shown some resilience to the global pandemic, At the moment, demand heavily outstrips supply, placing upward pressures on prices. Top growth suburbs by median house price Here is a current list of the suburbs that have seen some big capital appreciated from June 2021 to September 2021 (3 mth period): Note: Only quarterly median prices from suburbs with at least 30 sales...
Australian population update. Over the last few years, or even decades, the Australian population has witnessed some strong population growth. However in the wake of the global pandemic, growth numbers have fallen. With the international border restrictions that took place from March 2020, Australia’s population has increased by 35,700. The net overseas migration was 95,300 over the year to March....