Smaller mortgages are the trend with Australians nowadays as house prices soften in Australian capital cities.
Australians have been observed nowadays of borrowing less as homes for sale prices slide.
This trend has further cemented to the Australians the culture of reducing debt which was brought about by the global financial crisis. more…
Australia has been known to have the largest dwellings in the world and these houses are noted to be of high quality, with the average Australian house estimated at 214 square meters.
Now, the sizes of Australian houses have shrunk as potential home buyers are being offered new house and land packages that is a quarter the size than what was supposed to be before.
The shrinkage is blamed on the changing household preferences. more…
As Australia’s housing market remains locked in the doldrums, its new home sales are at its slowest pace this year in April.
A survey shows that Australia’s new home sales are flat and are showing signs of dropping to levels seen throughout the global financial crisis.
The number of new houses for sale in Australia sold edged up by a seasonally adjusted 0.2 per cent in April to just 11,000, according to the latest Housing Industry Association-JELD-WEN New Home Sales Report. The said sales is seen to be the weakest since sales shrank in the final two months of 2010 at less than the 4.3 per cent increase reported for March. more…
The problem in Australia houses for sale prices has been bugging the property market for a number of years. The softening of the property market has become a serious issue as many problems have cropped up that affect the property market.
Just recently, it has been in the news that according to a top government advisory body, regardless of a strong demand in key areas and a loss of affordable housing, a projected feature on the property market for this decade is a flat property prices. more…
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…
