Brisbane is in the right phase of the cycle The gap between Sydney and Brisbane house prices is starting to bear fruit for developers and vendors in the Queensland capital with dozens of southern buyers taking the plunge. For about a year the gap between Sydney and Brisbane had been expanding but evidence of southern.

Banks tighten lending for off the plan homes A leaked report has outlined one of the banking ‘majors’ secret presentation to it’s broker network outlining plans to further tighten loans to new housing developments. The flow on from this could potentially mean more stringent lending criteria, substantial delays in the finance approval process and potentially.

First home buyers becoming property investors instead of owner occupiers More than a third of property investors are now first home buyers who want to get into the market but don’t want to live in the homes they can afford to buy. Mortgage Choice’s latest investors survey revealed 36.6 per cent of investors were first time buyers.

The Gold Coast market has finally entered a recovery. This recovery started in earnest this year.  It followed a market correction and long stagnation period.  This ‘reset and rest’ was needed, as the Gold Coast had overheated in terms of price and even rents in the mid-to-late 2000s.  Property values on the Gold Coast appreciated.

By Jonathan Chancellor Wednesday, 15 January 2014 BIS Shrapnel’s Angie Zigomanis recently put the current absence of first home buyers in capital city property markets squarely at the feet of state governments. But he could have also pointed the finger at the Federal Government, past and present. The BIS Shrapnel economist noted the first home.