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Most of Australia’s capital cities will benefit from the interest rate cuts and loosening of credit restrictions to record dwelling price rises over 2020 with Sydney and Melbourne leading the charge, according to Christopher’s Housing Boom and Bust Report for 2020, released today by SQM Research. The base case forecast is for dwelling prices to […]

Data released by SQM Research yesterday has revealed the national residential rental vacancy rate remained steady in October 2019 at 2.1% from September. The total number of vacancies Australia-wide is now at 69,951 vacant residential properties. October 2018’s vacancy rate was 2.0% with 67,337 vacant dwellings. Sydney, Adelaide and Hobart recorded minor decreases in vacancy […]

Figures released yesterday by SQM Research reveal national residential property listings increased in October by 2.0%, up from 312,754 in September 2019 to 318,874.  Compared to 12 months ago, listings were down by 4.8%. All states experienced an increase in property sales listings over the month except for Darwin which experienced a decrease of 2.4%. […]

Data released by SQM Research yesterday has revealed the national residential vacancy rate edged lower to 2.1% in September 2019, down from 2.2% in August, with the number of vacancies dropping in most cities. The number of vacancies Australia-wide sat at 71,404 properties. Sydney’s vacancy rate dropped to 3.2% in from 3.4% in August with […]

Figures released yesterday by SQM Research reveal national residential property listings continued to decline in July by 2.8%, to 316,391 from 325,404 in June 2019. Compared to 12 months ago, listings were up by 0.7%. All states experienced a decline in property sales listings over the month, with Sydney experiencing the highest decline at 7.6% […]