First home buyer numbers don't add up
The ABS and NAB have different ideas about how many first home buyers there actually are.
Property
'It's all guns blazing': Lack of homes fuels bidding frenzy
Some buyers are snapping up homes they've never seen, worried it might be their last chance.
NAB cautions on apartment glut
National Australia Bank has highlighted risk of an apartment glut in parts of inner Sydney and Melbourne, as a separate survey suggested hundreds of thousands of indebted Australians had not equity in their properties.
311,000 homeowners have no equity in their property: Roy Morgan
Western Australia and Queensland have the highest proportion of homeowners with mortgage debt that is equal to, or larger than, the value of their property, a survey shows.
Bomber-led consortium sells Armstrong Creek land for huge profit
A consortium of high profile investors including former Essendon Football Club captain Mark "Bomber" Thompson are sharing in a major property windfall, reaping a speculated $32 million from a sheep station they bought for $3.8 million ten years ago between Geelong and Torquay.
Architects in beauty parade for $1b Lendlease Circular Quay revamp
The proposed $1.5 billion redevelopment of Lendlease's Circular Quay office project has moved to the beauty parade stage with a range of Australian and international architects now putting in submissions.
Robot-ceptionists the next frontier for office automation
The real estate industry, which has been at the forefront of digital disruptions with workplace changes, is about be hit by its own disruptive forces.
WeWork has set its sights on Australia
The shared office trend has expanded across the country at a rapid pace in recent years and the only impediment to growth is finding appropriate locations
Flood of AirBnB listings sees hosts income drop by 40 per cent
The number of AirBnB listings across Melbourne has increased 40 per cent since the start of this year, leading to a 32 per cent decline in average monthly incomes for hosts.
Clayton land values spike on residential promise
The price of developable land in Clayton has spiked with a Chinese developer paying a record sum for the Elco Foods headquarters on Centre Road.
Super money crowd funding property developments
Self managed super funds are growing their investments in crowd-funded and syndicated development projects, developer OpenCorp says.
Doctors buy clinic as investment property
A group of medical professionals have snapped up a modern medical clinic for $3.2 million.
Service stations in hot demand from investors
Service stations are the new investment sector in hot demand as the appetite for secure retail assets rises to take advantage of tightening yields.
Elanor Investors launches retail property fund
Elanor Investors Group is to launch its first listed retail property fund, valued at $243.2 million, targeting sub-regional shopping centres along the eastern seaboard.
Deakin Uni moves into Collins Square
Billionaire developer Lang Walker has snared another tenant for his $2.5 billion Collins Square precinct, securing a major tenancy with the corporate education arm of Deakin University.
David Jones site in Wollongong comes to market
The relocation of department store David Jones to GPT Group's Wollongong Central shopping centres, has prompted the owners of the original site to put the property on the market, which is likely to attract residential developers.
GPT doubles 'co-working' space in Collins
Listed property manager and owner GPT Group is set to nearly double its co-working space in its Collins Street tower.
Homes take over Melbourne's famed St Kilda Road boulevard
Another office tower is likely to succumb to the inexorable march of buildings being converted to upmarket apartments on Melbourne's grandest boulevard St Kilda Road.
House prices up as record low mortgages buoy demand
Home prices rose overall in September as record-low mortgage rates kept demand strong in Melbourne and Sydney, though the performance of other cities was a lot more patchy.
Roll-on, roll-off car terminal gets green star
A new roll-on roll-off automotive terminal in Australia's largest port boasts a 6 Star Green Star rating, a symbol of the shift towards more environmentally-friendly industrial facilities.
Arminius Capital channels Caesar
The Festival of the Boot, as the AFL and NRL grand finals weekend is dubbed by Roy and HG Nelson, is over, but its meant a lot of travel for fans.
Go the blood-stained angels: Sydney Swans
My grandpop didn't talk much about his brief football career, but one story stands out.
Public service moves dudding taxpayers, says property industry
Move from Canberra to Armidale 'crazy' says Labor, as property lobby accuses politicians of 'huffing and puffing'.
Barangaroo South set for 775 apartments by Lendlease
Sydney's skyline is set to have another 775 apartments in coming years following the lodgement of development plans by Lendlease for its Renzo Piano-designed residential towers at Barangaroo South, to be known as One Sydney Harbour.
Investors snap up $18b of assets and still counting
It has been a very busy year for commercial property, being retail, industrial and offfice with more than $18 billion worth of assets changing hands as investors seek out higher yielding bricks and mortar.
Sydney CBD an office landlord's paradise
Office landlords are in clover as the market supply comes under increasing pressure which has led to double-digit rental growth in the past year.
Vendors opting for sales in one lot
Demand is growing rapidly across the country for development sites being sold in one lot as residents can reap a higher return and the buyer gets a property without any strata issues.
Central south-west, Sydney’s forgotten industrial precinct
The conversion of industrial land to residential and commercial has led investors to scour regions in the central south west of Sydney to get a foothold on land suitable for the fast-expanding logistics and warehouse sector.
Laundy Hotels snaps up Swansea pub
The Swansea Hotel in NSW's Lake Macquarie region has sold for around $13 million to the Laundy Hotel group.
China's property troubles echo Japan's bust
(Bloomberg) -- China is turning Japanese.
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