What the data is showing about the Brisbane property market in 2020
Release Date: 03/04/2020
Regional Investment Boom
Hotspotting
Victoria’s real estate market is witnessing a significant shift as young first-home buyers increasingly seek affordable housing in regional areas. According to recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), first-home buyer loans in Victoria soared to 4,202 in July – the highest number in nearly two years. This surge reflects growing confidence among young buyers and a trend towards exploring housing options beyond Melbourne. Nationally, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the Regional Australia Institute report that the flow of people from cities...
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Units Beat Houses
Hotspotting
Hotspotting was among the first to identify and highlight the most significant change in the Australian real estate scene – the emerging trend which we document in the quarterly editions of the report titled The Rise and Rise of Apartments., published in association with Nuestar. This trend has turned upside down the dominant paradigm in real estate, that houses out-perform apartments on capital growth. There is now growing evidence that attached dwellings are mounting a strong challenge to houses. It has long been believed that land content was the big thing in driving...
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Why a Buyer’s Agent Is a Game-Changer for Property Investors | Featuring Chris Graham
Hotspotting
Thinking of buying property on your own? 🏡 In this episode of The Property Playbook, host Terry Ryder is joined by Chris Graham, Senior Property Advisor at Australian Hotspot Advocacy, to explore why engaging a buyer’s agent could be the key to securing your next winning investment. What You'll Learn: What a buyer’s agent does and how they work exclusively for the buyer’s interests. The value of off-market properties and how buyer’s agents can provide access. Why having a professional on your team ensures due diligence and avoids costly mistakes. How to identify a trustworthy...
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Melbourne Market Myths
Hotspotting
Melbourne’s property market remains the great under-achiever of the nation but that may be about to change. A number of key indicators suggest better performance by the Melbourne property market is imminent. One pointer to better times is the latest Property Sentiment survey by API magazine, which recorded a major turnaround in investor attitudes towards the Victorian property market. The survey asked: Which state or territory do you regard as having the best property investment prospects for the next 12 months? Mid-year Melbourne and Victoria attracted only 8.6...
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Interest Rates & Prices
Hotspotting
I have frequently highlighted the poor track record of economists in predicting outcomes in real estate markets across Australia – and in particular the embarrassingly bad record of economists working for the Big 4 banks and for other major institutions like AMP Capital. Their forecasts for house prices at the beginning of each of the past five years have been so far off the mark, it’s puzzling that the big-name economists who made these blunders have kept their jobs. Because what these outcomes mean is that these boffins have a very poor understanding of residential real...
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The Property Playbook - Shifting perspective: the key players in Australia’s housing crisis
Hotspotting
The Property Playbook is a dynamic real estate show that empowers investors and professionals with the insights and strategies needed to achieve strong returns in the Australian property market. Hosted by Tim Graham & Terry Ryder from Hotspotting. In this episode, Tim Graham is joined by Ben Kingsley, Chair of the Property Investors Council of Australia. to discuss advocacy work for property investors amidst legislative changes and their impact on the housing market. Ben emphasises the need for balance in tenant rights and business returns and dissects the consequences of...
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Smart Investing Achieve More Than 6% Yield Without Compromising Growth
Hotspotting
Discover how to achieve the ultimate win-win in property investment: high rental yields and strong capital growth. In this replay of Hotspotting's exclusive webinar, Terry Ryder, founder of Hotspotting, and Tim Graham, General Manager, reveal key insights from their groundbreaking "Pulse Report." Key Topics Covered: The Affordability Advantage: How affordable properties can outperform prime markets. Debunking the myth that cheap real estate doesn’t grow. Top Performing Locations: A spotlight on suburbs and regional areas delivering over 6% rental yields and up to 29%...
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Vacancy Rates Remain Ultra Low
Hotspotting
It’s been 15 months since Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made his big announcement about fixing the housing shortage – but there has been, as yet, no progress in lifting rental vacancies and suppressing rental growth. The press conference making the announcement that the Federal Government would build 1.2 million new homes in five years was held in August 2023 – but more than a year later it’s clear that little progress has been made and that rental vacancies are not improving. The latest figures on vacancy rates from SQM Research shows the national vacancy rate at...
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Building Crisis: 5 reasons why things aren't improving
Hotspotting
There are multiple reasons why Australia has a housing shortage and why the numbers of new dwellings needed are simply not being built. This is something I have spoken about regularly in the past and will continue to do so, as it’s the core issue creating problems for real estate consumers of all kinds – home buyers, investor buyers and tenants. Here are the latest events and announcements which help to explain why we have a housing shortage with rising prices and rising rents, problems which are not going to be fixed in the foreseeable future … ITEM 1 – BUREAUCATIC DELAYS: Sydney...
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20 Year Growth Rates: which areas have risen the most
Hotspotting
If I asked you to nominate the market which had recorded the best long-term capital growth in Australia, what would your answer be? Sydney, the capital city with the nation’s highest property prices? Perth, which has had a booming property market lately and has led the nation on price growth for past couple of years? Brisbane, which always attracts strong demand from buyers of all sorts? Or perhaps Regional Queensland, which benefits from internal migrants moving from others parts of Australia and from investors seeking affordability and strong yields? The...
info_outlineThe Brisbane market is showing meaningful improvement and appears ready for a long overdue boom. Every statistic that matters depicts uplift in the market and prices are expected to rise in 2020. Find out which areas are predicted to perform strongly in our latest edition of the Top 5 Brisbane Hotspots report.