- General
- Residential
Property Market Forecast
The Australian property market has been in a downturn for a couple of years, although some parts of the country have escaped relatively unscathed. With the Coalition’s surprise election win at our backs, and the Reserve Bank announcing a rate…
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- Rural
- South Australia
Significant transaction creates rare Clare Valley buying opportunity
The historic Kadlunga aggregation has been sold off-market to George and Sophie Millington, resulting in a contiguous holding of almost 1,000 hectares of blue ribbon cropping country being offered to the market. The aggregation is located near Mintaro in the…
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- Home Loans
- News
- Residential
What an RBA rate cut could mean for borrowers
The Reserve Bank Australia has made its first changes to the official cash rate since August 2016, falling to a record low of 1.25% on Tuesday 4 June 2019. For those who follow rate changes, this comes as no surprise:…
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- News
- Residential
- Rural
Federal Election 2019: What’s at stake for property owners?
With the Federal Budget delivered on 2 April, and the election to follow in May, both major parties are hard at work outlining their policy proposals for the electorate. As always, there are some similarities – both parties are touting…
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- Northern Territory
Spotlight on Katherine
Elders Real Estate Katherine ended 2018 in fine style, taking out the Small Agency of the Year award at the Real Estate Institute NT Awards for Professional Excellence. The triumphs have continued into 2019, with Principal Alison Ross winning the…
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- Residential
New build trends for 2019
Out with the media room, in with the butler’s pantry. It doesn’t seem so long ago that every new build and renovation needed a dedicated media room or home theatre. From a luxury item, the media room became common even…
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- Queensland
- Rural
Faust Family aggregation to hit the market after more than 100 years
A rare investment scale sugar and beef production opportunity. A substantial sugar cane and beef production asset with a sizeable water rights portfolio will soon be offered to the market by Expression of Interest closing late April 2019. The 100…
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- Residential
The boom suburbs of 2018
2018 proved to be a tumultuous year for many parts of the Australian property market. Hobart property values grew by a staggering 9.3%, while Sydney and Melbourne both experienced their largest falls since 2011. But no matter how volatile the…
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- Property Management
How to know when to raise the rent
If you own an investment property, the rent you charge is the income you derive from that property. If you don’t raise the rent every now and then, your income will fall behind in real terms due to inflation. But…
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