Property Market News and Analysis

Imagine walking in the front door, having the lights turn on, the TV switch to your favourite show and the air conditioning adjust to the perfect temperature – all of this without you having to do a single thing.

In the second instalment of a three-part series, we have asked some of our top brokers from around the country in January 2012, their predictions for the coming year in their local areas.

In a case of social media for social good, Citibank in the US has introduced a new Facebook application which allow customers to pool credit card reward points to donate money to charity or buy a group gift.

Almost six in 10 Australian home-owners will pay their home off faster thanks to the two latest rounds of official interest rate cuts by the Reserve Bank.

The western suburbs of Sydney have been predicted as one of the country’s most significant growth corridors, making it prime for property investors.

In the first instalment of a three-part series, we have asked some of our top brokers from around the country in January 2012 their predictions for 2012 with regards to the interest rates and the property market in their local areas.

FEWER Australians are defaulting on their home loans, but Queensland fares worst in ratings agency Fitch’s latest mortgage delinquency report.

Commitment. It’s a big word which has some of us running for cover. While we’re not talking about the ‘M’ word, we are talking about the ‘P’ word – “property”.

PROPERTY guru John McGrath is feeling rather positive about the real estate market in 2012 as two interest rate cuts, and potential for more combine to give it a push.

A perfect storm of economic factors may cause first homebuyers to enter the property market in the next 12 months.