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Demand for studio and one-bedroom units to increase as Australians go it alone
More Australians are now opting to live alone, pushing up demand for one-bedroom and studio apartments. Census 2011 data shows there are now 1,888 mi... Read More -
Queenslanders moving into bigger homes: ABS 2011 census
Queensland had a bigger shift towards homes with four or more bedrooms than any other state in Australia from 2006 to 2011. According to census data,... Read More -
Mortgage stress levels rise most since 2006 in WA and Queensland: ABS census 2011
Mining states Western Australia and Queensland have recorded the biggest rises in the percentage of households in mortgage stress, according to the re... Read More -
Monthly mortgage repayments up 38% to $1,800 per month since 2006: ABS census 2011
Median monthly mortgage payments increased by $500 between 2006 and 2011, representing a 38% increase over this time frame, according to the 2011 cens... Read More -
Proportion of people living in apartments and townhouses rises: ABS 2011 census
The proportion of people living in detached houses has fallen by one percentage point between 2006 and 2011, with a shift towards more people living i... Read More -
Group, not single households on the rise: ABS 2011 census
Despite anecdotal reports of the growing numbers of single-member households, the official data showed a slight decline in 2011 ABS census. There was ... Read More -
Australian mortgage-free home ownership has fallen since 2006: ABS 2011 census
Of occupied private dwellings in Australia, 32.1% were owned outright, 34.9% were owned with a mortgage and 29.6% were rented, the latest 2011 census ... Read More -
Value of residential construction falls 2% in March quarter: ABS
Residential construction remains in the doldrums, with the value of residential building work completed falling 2% in the March quarter to just under ... Read More -
Mortgage size: The official ABS state-by-state data
More New South Wales borrowers (14.6%) owe more than $300,000 on their mortgages than borrowers in any other state, ABS data has revealed. Click to e... Read More -
Dwelling equity: The official ABS state-by-state data
The plurality of home owners in all six state capitals cities have between $200,000 and $399,999 equity in their homes, but in ACT and NT the pluralit... Read More -
NSW leads drop in mortgage lending in January: ABS
The number of owner-occupier mortgage commitments fell 6.3% in NSW in January following a 7.6% rise in December, according to the latest seasonally ... Read More -
ABS housing figures overly gloomy: JP Morgan
Home owners and investors should not read too much gloom into yesterday’s ABS capital city housing data, according to JP Morgan economist Ben Jarman. ... Read More -
December quarter housing data roundup: Four sets of statistics give divergent outlooks
With the release of the of ABS December quarter capital city house price indices, property investors now have four sets of data to benchmark the recen... Read More -
Building approvals jump in November due to pick-up in units: ABS
Dwelling approvals rebounded in November 2011, rising 8.4% to 11,424 dwellings mainly as a result of a big jump in apartment and unit approvals. The ... Read More -
Investor interest in new housing fell 26% in October: ANZ
See-sawing investor appetite for new houses fell sharply in October, according to the latest ABS housing finance figures. Construction finance to inv... Read More -
New house starts decline for seventh straight quarter: ABS
On a seasonally adjusted basis, new house starts declined by 2.5% in the September quarter to 22,290 following a fall of 1.6% in the June quarter, acc... Read More -
House prices fall 1.2% in September quarter: ABS
Established house prices across Australia’s eight capital cities declined by an average of 1.2% over the September 2011 quarter, led by a 2.5% fall in... Read More -
How much value renovating adds to your home
We are often asked about the impact of maintenance and capital improvements on direct residential property returns. More specifically, what are the an... Read More -
Housing approvals fall in Victoria and NSW: ABS
New housing approvals in NSW and Victoria fell sharply in August, but Queensland recorded a jump in approvals, according to the Australian Bureau of S... Read More -
New unit approvals up 35% in August: ABS
Construction of apartments looks set to pick up over spring following a big jump in non-house dwelling approvals in August, according to ABS estimates... Read More
