May 18, 2020
According to Core Logic’s latest monthly data, investors comprise only 17 percent of mortgage demand across WA, the lowest level of any state or territory. By comparison, in NSW, 32 percent of all mo
May 8, 2020
House prices will definitely crash…unless they don’t. COVID-19’s health and economic ramifications has impacted all property markets albeit in different ways in different jurisdictions. The initial s
Apr 22, 2020
Some east-coast loonies have been whipping up a social media storm demanding a “rent strike” be allowed during the COVID-19 pandemic. They’re calling for free rent for as long as the pandemic lingers
Mar 27, 2020
What a difference a week makes. In last week’s column I said, “should we really be putting our lives on hold in such dramatic fashion.” Well, it seems we ought to be and we have – more or less.
Mar 23, 2020
Just like any product, property is a commodity valued by the market it creates. As supply of housing tightens, inevitably resultant excessive demand pushes up values and / or rents. The converse
Mar 3, 2020
Earlier this week, the Northern Territory government passed legislation that changed their tenancy laws enabling tenants to keep pets at rental properties without seeking the owners’ consent. Thi
Feb 6, 2020
Cast your mind back thirty years to 1990 when WA’s population was at 1.613 million people. Nowadays, we’re at 2.72 million, a not insignificant 68.6 per cent increase. With such growth, one w
Jan 22, 2020
The bottom of the market has now passed. After more than five years of slackening values and extraordinarily low transactional activity, all indicators demonstrate property values are poised to r