Woodlands, the new $60 million Keysborough parkside townhouses meeting soaring demand in Melbourne’s south east

The recent launch of the project’s first stage featured 17 bespoke double-storey home designs ranging from $949,000 to $1,465,000 on lots of land from 255sqm to 551sqm A new residential project worth $60 million has launched in Melbourne’s rapidly growing southeast that will help meet soaring demand for housing. Situated at 21-23 Loxwood Avenue, Keysborough,…

Construction starts on Frasers’ Encompass, Carlton apartments

Harris HMC has been appointed as the builder and construction of the residential tower is expected to reach completion in mid-2023 Construction is underway on the new Carlton apart​ment development, Encompass. Designed by renowned architects Jackson Architecture and located on the corner of Elgin and Nicholson Streets, Encompass is a joint venture between Frasers Property…

Record number of new housing approvals

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the total number of new houses and apartments approved in December last year increased to 19,537 for the sixth consecutive month, an increase of nearly 11% from November and an increase of 23% from the same period last year. ABS’s seasonally adjusted data show that the number…

Australian economic confidence rises

One year has passed since the new crown pandemic, and Australians are more satisfied with their financial situation than before the outbreak, despite the unstable job market caused by the first recession in 30 years. However, the Scanlon Foundation’s annual social cohesion survey survey shows that the impact of the epidemic means that it has…

New hot spot in Victoria Beach’s housing market

Great Ocean Road attracts 2.6 million domestic tourists each year, and about 270,000 international tourists before the epidemic. The opening of the first phase ended the isolation of these communities. Howard Hitchcock, the mayor of Geelong at the time, believed that Great Ocean Road would become a tourist attraction. Michael Coutts, an agent of Great…

Australian housing demand soars

Australia’s housing prices have soared, with a total of 20 billion Australian dollars in loans. Experts worry that the Bank of Australia will raise interest rates, and the housing market boom will stimulate economic recovery. House prices in Australia have soared, with the total amount of mortgage payments reaching nearly 20 billion Australian house prices…

The official RBA interest rate remains at 0.1%

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board of directors announced at the first meeting of this year that the official interest rate will remain at a record low of 0.1%, and also announced plans to increase the purchase of government bonds by an additional 100 billion Australian dollars. Governor Philip Lowe, the Governor of the…

Melbourne’s first home buyers berserk for units

Although the economy is still recovering, low interest rates and government incentives have contributed to a strong rise in the Melbourne apartment market, and Melbourne’s unit prices have reached a record high. According to the Domain House Price Report, apartment prices in Melbourne soared by 4.4% in the December quarter to $569,677, a year-end increase…

Investment direction in the next 5 years

The property market in remote areas of Australia is booming, with house prices rising more than capital cities. The latest Core Logic Hedonic house price index released this morning shows that in the past year, house prices in remote areas have increased by 7.9%, while capital cities have increased by only 1.7%. The report reads:…