Comparison of foreign home ownership in Australia and New Zealand

Foreword In many countries, including New Zealand and Australia, foreign ownership of property is receiving increasing attention. From 2018, New Zealand will ban foreigners from owning residential properties to curb housing inflation and high vacancy rates. What happened in New Zealand The inflation rate for residential properties in New Zealand reached 10.46% last year. In…

Australian government is negotiating with China to restrict international students’ access to Australian online courses

Australian government officials are negotiating with Chinese authorities to relax its Internet firewall to allow international students to use Australian universities’ online and video education courses. With the international student market in Australia facing a potential loss of $ 8 billion, Minister of Education Dan Tehan and Trade Minister Birmingham convened an international education global…

Ownership or investment

The Australian real estate market is welcoming people from all over the world. After buying a property, you should choose to invest or do it yourself. Is a problem that has long plagued home buyers. In simple terms, the main purpose of self-occupied property is to live, while investing in real estate is to obtain…

Market expected to cut interest rates in May

Concerned that the Chinese economy is slowing down and affecting the Australian economy, the market expects that the next rate cut will be in May. Interest rate traders last week generally expected a 0.25-point rate cut in June, but now they think it will be cut in May. The previous major analysts had expected that…

National house prices rose in January

Australian house prices continued to rise in January, with more than just Sydney and Melbourne. The capital cities of Southeast Australia continued to lead, with Melbourne up 1.2% and Sydney 1.1%, but other cities also rose, and the struggling Perth and Darwin markets also rose 0.1%. Overall, CoreLogic figures show that growth has slowed from…

What buyers should know before buying a house

Foreword Buying a house is probably one of the most important plans for a person. Many believe that the seller must disclose matters affecting the value of the real estate, especially if the buyer has no other way to find the full history of the house. Lawyers or transporters acting on behalf of the buyer…