Best Places to Invest in Melbourne

Melbourne’s property markets have been in the slump phase of the property cycle since late 2017. But our markets have been very fragmented with some suburbs falling in value considerably more than others. However the good news is that there are signs of the market bottoming out. Auction clearance rates have been picking up as

Imagine this for your first property purchase. Just over 13 kilometres from the city, ready access to transport and ultra-cool facilities and all located right on the foreshore of Port Phillip Bay. Hampton may not have been your initial choice as a first homebuyer, but the truth is there are ways for you to take a

As Melbourne’s property market moved through 2017, it may have seemed a property punter would be just fine if they simply secured any holding and waited a few months for demand to drive prices higher. It felt like a ‘fool proof’ method for building wealth. Fast forward two years, and there’s been a hard lesson for real

Take a quick drive through the city or across some of the surrounding suburbs, and you will see first-hand how much development is taking place in Melbourne. Moreover, it’s not just in the city. There is significant development of the outer-residential areas as well, to the tune of thousands that didn’t even make the list

Remember being a kid, and riding your bike with the neighbours, or climbing trees with your siblings in the park down the road? For parents, creating a safe, playful home environment is key to giving their kids a wonderful childhood experience. This is why we put so much pressure on ourselves to choose the right

The REIV recently gave their take on the Melbourne rental property market Victoria’s vacancy rate stands at 1.8 per cent in July 2018. The weekly median rent for houses in metropolitan Melbourne remained at $450 in July. In regional Victoria, the weekly median rent for houses remained at $330 per week.   The weekly median rent for units rose

Melbourne is the auction capital of Australia and the REIV recently gave their update on the Melbourne property market auction scene…. They report that there were 2,331 auctions held in July 2018. A total of 1,471 of these sold representing a clearance rate of 63.1 per cent for the month. While July typically experiences less auctions than June, this

The impact of Melbourne’s West Gate Tunnel Project on dwelling prices will be positive for some but negative for others, according to the latest analysis by RiskWise Property Research. The $6.7 billion project, under construction since January and due to open in 2022, is touted as being a gamechanger when it comes to the way

Now is the time for upgraders to make their move in the Melbourne market. This is according to RiskWise Property Research CEO Doron Peleg, who says as the housing market has cooled, Melbourne now presents good medium and long-term investment opportunities. “It has placed upgraders in a good position. They can achieve bigger properties in

Be careful when buying an apartment in Melbourne. Melbourne has to house almost 100,000 new residents each year, and with housing affordability top of mind in Australia’s largest cities, we have seen an influx of apartment developments rising up in place of traditional housing. While investors remain interested in reasonably priced property and low vacancy rates,