Unexpected costs when buying your first home. Once you've found a property you can afford, it can be easy to miss many other costs associated to buying or holding a property. In this market insight we share some cost to look out for before committing to your purchase. Council and water rates Once you own the property, you'll need to pay council and water rates. Generally payable on a...
How to rate a good suburb. Metropolitan Melbourne is blessed with some incredibly designed suburbs. Whether you’re buying a new home to live in or looking to invest, there are many contributors and factors that narrow a good suburb down to suit your particular needs. Owner occupiers may factor more contributors to a suburb that features lifestyle, while investors may be looking for suburbs that are...
Why choose longer title timeframes? When buying off the plan, house and land packages have been incredibly popular over the last three years. At Crest Property Investments, we have seen supply heavily outstrip demand. This has caused many buyers to consider buying longer title timeframes to own their dream home or that perfect investment property. While longer title time-frames can sound...
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...
Reasons people use home security cameras. Most people buy and install home security cameras to protect themselves and potentially detract burglars or thieves from invading their home. Most would already be well aware that this is the primary reason to have them. However you'd be surprised to learn what other odd reasons people also look to have them. According to an RACV survey there are almost...
Benefits of buying off the plan. It can be a rewarding experience buying a brand-new property. When buying off the plan, you have a number of unique benefits that make this form of buying real estate very exciting. With any form of property purchase there are always various advantages and disadvantages to consider. In this market insight we will focus on the key benefits of buying off the plan. The most...
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...
The new HomeBuyer Fund was announced by the Victorian Government on the 8th October 2021. Premier Dan Andrews revealed a $500 million scheme that’s expected to support more than 3,000 Victorians becoming home owners. This welcoming news is to improve housing affordability and to attempt further stability. Premier Dan Andrew also mentioned, “The pandemic has heightened financial pressures for...