Economic updates

This week I take a look at whether Australia has hit peak Hamptons and what the latest GDP figures mean for the outlook for property prices

This week I take a look at where we are seeing the most expensive houses and apartments being sold, as well the mismatch between unit prices and their rental levels. 

In this week’s economic update, I take a look at the influence that our booming agricultural sector and the return of expats is having on our property markets.

This week, I take a look at inflation and interest rates as well as the world's new richest man and what that means for property.

This week, I take a look at the latest population movement data for Australia, as well as the growth in housing finance. There continues to be a tsunami of money targeting a declining number of properties for sale.

It is pretty much life as normal in Australia at the moment, except of course in Sydney which is now in the midst of lockdown.

No surprises  the RBA kept the cash rate on hold this month.

We are extremely proud that we served more than 19,000 families and businesses to find a new home or investment property across Australia and New Zealand during the month, representing $8.74 billion in transaction value.

Momentum continues to build across all Australasian property markets, as the collective efforts of our members delivered $6.1 billion in sales for February, up $2 billion or 49 per cent in February 2020.

January is normally one of our quietest months of the year.

Our results for December 2020 were fittingly as remarkable and unique as the 11 months prior, putting an exclamation mark on a record-breaking year.

If anyone had said in April 2020 that we would sell more than $6 billion of property in November…..well no-one would have ever dreamed of such a thing let alone say it!  (After all, in April we sold $2.54 billion.)