Economic updates

While falling interest rates may have made home loans more affordable, the price of new dwellings is still an area of concern.

Farmers are a peculiar bunch. They put up with the harshest of conditions on rural real estate that is far from anything, working hard day-in and day-out to produce something they're proud of.

While you might be pounding the streets of Perth or Melbourne looking at houses for sale, you're only at the beginning of the journey.

Housing supply is considered by many to be one of the primary determinants of affordability.

It's been widely acknowledged that introducing new housing stock is a key way to address housing affordability issues, while stimulating economic activity at the same time.

The price of real estate in Australia is a hot topic at the moment, and is something that is never far from the headlines.

According to recent research commissioned by the Property Council of Australia, more than you may have previously thought.

The recent announcement to hold the cash rate at its historic low of two per cent was expected across the industry and welcomed with enthusiasm.

The Property Council of Australia recently announced that record levels of construction across the country are expected to continue throughout the 2016 financial year.

In a month not normally regarded as one for all time records, we saw the Ray White Group’s total exceed $4 billion, something that came totally out of left field.

Ray White’s June result of just missing $3.8 billion almost broke the record, set just the previous month, of $4 billion.

While the expectations of economic expansion over the past year have not quite been met by reality, there is still growth happening in financial markets and real estate in Australia.