Property Market Analysis - Investment Strategies

• Melbourne records capital growth of 25% in 2007

  Melbourne has topped the list of Australian Property Monitors (APM)'s quarterly price growth series for the last quarter of 2007, with capital growth of 25% blitzing the nation's other capital cities read more

• Housing market peak predicted for 2008

  The first half of 2008 will see the Australian property market reach a peak due to official interest rate hikes, tightening credits markets and the uncertain future of the economic and business sectors, according to RP Data read more

• Why Melbourne’s properties will keep on rising

  Melbourne’s property prices are rising at breakneck speed as investors swoop into the Victorian capital city. And as Malcolm Reid reports, the party is just getting started read more

• The numbers on Carrum Downs

  When demand outstrips supply, it is only natural for buyers to branch out into surrounding areas for affordable housing with similar returns. In Melbourne’s southeast, right next door to the popular suburb of Frankston, interest is building up in the suburb of Carrum Downs. Genavieve Zoeller investigates read more

• Tassie properties gain ground

  Whilst the spotlight is currently shining on Melbourne, properties in the island state are quietly making significant gains read more

• The great Sydney divide

  Gap widens in Sydney's property market as premium properties continue to rack up big gains whilst those in the fringes weaken read more

• Interest rate hike has no lasting impact on property markets

  The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has lifted the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 6.75% - an 11 year high following the strong inflation numbers in September. The widely anticipated rate hike will hit those who those repaying home loans as well as renters read more

• New ACT suburb prompts government land release

  More than 1,200 houses for new northern Canberra suburb of Crace, in development deal set to generate half a billion dollars of economic activity in the ACT read more

• ACT government invests $1.8m in affordable residential land supply

  ACT government increasing amount of residential land it has ready for estate development and land release read more