Melbourne auction market clearance rate peaks
Of the 452 properties up for auction, 83 per cent sold and 77 properties were passed in!
But the number of properties for auction was 126 fewer than at the same time last year!
Real Estate Institute of Victoria CEO Enzo Raimondo attributed the high clearance rate to the extension of the first-home buyers grant [...]
Renters should buy now!!
Increasing rents have boosted the housing component of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) by 0.9 per cent for the quarter and the overall annual increase to 5.5 per cent, that’s according to Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures released this week.
The CEO of Real Estate Institute of Australia has said, “The majority of this increase [...]