March 7, 2024

Australia News

Australia housing crisis: “We worry a wave of homelessness will strike.”

Already one of the least affordable rental markets in the world has seen rent increases, eight interest rate rises, rising expenses of living, and natural calamities compound the problem. Belinda has been turned down for rentals more than a hundred times in the last year. A temporary shelter in Campbell town, southwest of Sydney, is now home to the 39-year-old Australian single mother of four. She has six months to find a place to live that costs less than 500 Australian dollars (€310) a week, or she will be forced to sleep on the streets. After that, I have no

March 7, 2024 No Comments

Australia News

Where should you put your money in 2023?

For investors, 2022 was a turbulent year. Investors saw a decline in the value of their shares, homeowners saw their home values fall by the most significant margin in decades, and savers were disadvantaged since interest rates increased but failed to keep up with inflation. In that case, where can we expect to find promising investment prospects in the next year? To find out, we consulted the professionals. In an interview with CNBC, Mark Lister, investment director at Craigs Investment Partners, predicted that the real economy will be hit worse than the financial markets. Although the financial markets struggled in

March 7, 2024 No Comments

Australia News

Queensland Housing Minister Implores Sympathy Following an ‘Appalling’ Proposal to Increase Rents By 20%.

Queensland’s housing minister deems it “appalling” that landlords have been persuaded to boost rates amid a rental crisis after a Brisbane real estate agent advocated for rises of over 20%. Leeanne Enoch’s remarks came after Guardian Australia reported that Ray White West End emailed landlords pushing them to increase rents by more than double the inflation rate. “It is awful to see several real estate agents implementing significant rent hikes amid enormous demands on the whole housing sector,” said Enoch. “I would strongly urge real estate agents and homeowners to have compassion when we gather at the Queensland housing summit

March 7, 2024 No Comments

Australia News

NAB predicts that by 2023, home prices will fall by much to 22.3%

The National Australia Bank predicts that between 2022 and 2023, house values will decline by 23% in several states. The majority of Australia’s metropolitan cities, except Sydney, will witness a severe decline in housing values in 2023 due to the pandemic. NAB discovered that Hobart will have the most significant decline in home prices next year, with prices expected to decrease by 16.6% after falling by 6.4% this year. This could result in a 23 percent decline in Hobart home prices over the next two years, shaving as much as $174,000 off the price of a $758,000 median-priced home. The

March 7, 2024 No Comments

New Zealand News

New Zealand Home Prices Suffer Close Quarterly Drop

The New Zealand housing market saw one of its worst quarterly dips in the three months leading up to September, and it may not be done yet. CoreLogic New Zealand reports that the 4.1% quarterly decrease is second only to the 4.4% reduction during the 2008 financial crisis, which occurred 14 years ago. CoreLogic said on Wednesday in Wellington that property values had fallen for the sixth straight month, decreasing 1.5% after falling 1.8% in August. The annual rate of gain also reduced to 2.8%, the lowest since 2019. Property Slide The housing market quarterly declines the largest since 2008.

March 7, 2024 No Comments