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Would-be Buyers denied chance to Buy Flooded Properties

It has been in the news recently that the banks in Australia are refusing to finance loans to people who are interested to buy flooded homes. Banks are snubbing and refusing to finance loans of shrewd would be buyers who are desperate to snap up a bargain in the post-flood Ipswich property market.

According to Brett McGrath, the Herron Todd White senior valuer, in spite of the recorded 3300 homes being written off and the 1700 house plans designs needing repair which were all affected by January’s disaster, there are still plenty of shrewd and desperate buyers who want to purchase these damaged and flooded houses. more…

First-Home Buyers are taking Over Investors

With the increasing number of first-home buyers snatching up apartments and townhouses that may otherwise have been bought by investors, first-home buyers are now acquiring the benefits brought about by the sluggish Perth housing market.

According to the Real Estate Institute of WA, investors had lost interest in buying house & land packages due to the city’s over-priced properties; thus, decreasing competition and forcing down prices of house plans designs, particularly for multi-residential properties which usually attract investors. more…

New Home Sales Up 4.3 percent in March – study

Lately, it has been in the wire that the sales of new houses for sale in Australia have increased by 4.3 percent in March. This recent development is good news for the home builders who are offering house and land package.

Boosted up by the solid gains in detached house sales due to the increase demand for detached houses in March, the number of new homes sold all over Australia has increased for the third consecutive month. more…

Australian House Prices Dropped

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the house price index of  eight capital cities have fallen 2.1 per cent in the first quarter of 2011 compared with an upwardly revised 0.8 per cent increase in the house price index for the December quarter.

Brisbane, Perth, and Darwin have suffered the biggest declines.

The fall was said to be the biggest since the financial crisis of September quarter of 2008.

Property analyst RP Data-Rismark’s report has discovered that the March capital city houses for sale prices were relatively flat as compared with the month of February, which has fallen with just 0.2 per cent, though house prices were down 0.6 per cent from a year earlier. The report pointed to a cooling in the housing market. more…

Renters Willing to Pay a Little More to Stay Put

Recently, it has been in the news that according to a recent rental market survey, seven out of ten tenants are looking to buy home for sale but until their dream of owning new houses for sale in Australia comes true, most want to stay in their present accommodation and are willing to pay more in rent to do so.

Michael Matusik, Property commentator, reported that two-thirds of the renters surveyed say that they are prepared to pay up to 5 per cent more in rent to stay put in their rental spaces, with a further 30 per cent saying they would accept an even bigger increase in rent just stay put. more…