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🏠 Deposit Struggles Driving Regional Exodus 🏙️➡️🌳
The latest PEXA Buyer Deposits Report reveals a noticable trend: Australians are increasingly leaving cities in search of more affordable housing options.
📊 Key Findings:
* It can now take up to 20 years for a single-income buyer without family support to save for a deposit on a median-priced house in NSW
*In Victoria, buyers may need 9-17 years to build a deposit
* Queensland buyers could spend 10-20 years saving
🚚 As a result, we're seeing younger Australians relocating to regional areas, with a consistent annual outflow of 20,000-30,000 people from Sydney to regional NSW alone.
However, even these regional locations are experiencing elevated loan-to-value ratios (LVRs), suggesting that affordability challenges are no longer confined to major cities.
As PEXA Chief Economist Julie Toth notes: "Regional towns show a high proportion of loans with LVRs above 80%, further stressing the difficulties faced by those trying to enter the market."
💡 Insight for Investors & Business Owners
This migration trend presents both challenges and opportunities. For property investors, regional markets with strong infrastructure and employment prospects may offer better yields than capital cities. For business owners, this demographic shift signals potential for new customer bases and talent pools in regional areas, especially as remote work continues to reshape where Australians choose to live and spend.
#property #realestate #homeloans #housingaffordability #firsthomebuyers
The Shifting Balance: From Sellers to Buyers in Australia's Property Market 📊
New data from Cotality (formerly CoreLogic) reveals a significant shift in Australia's property market dynamics during Q1 2025:
* The national median time on market has increased to 40 days, up from 30 days in Q1 2024
*Days on market increased in most capital cities (except Canberra and Darwin)
* Regional areas also saw longer selling periods (except regional South Australia)
While more buyers have entered the market over the past year, the influx of sellers has been even greater, tilting the balance of power away from sellers and toward buyers in many regions across Australia.
Key insight for property investors and business owners:
This market rebalancing creates strategic opportunities.
💡 For investors, the extended selling periods and increased bargaining power enable more thorough due diligence and potential for negotiating better terms.
💡 For business owners in related industries (renovation, staging, property management), expect increased demand for services that help sellers differentiate their properties in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
What this means:
💡 For sellers: Finding an exceptional agent and realistic pricing have become critical success factors
💡 For buyers: You now have more time for property assessment and increased negotiating leverage
#property #realestate #MarketTrends #propertyinvestment #realestateaccountants #australianproperty #realestate
Australia's Unemployment Rate Holds Steady at 4.1% 📊
The Australian Bureau of Statistics reports that unemployment in March was 4.1%, just slightly up from 4.0% in February.
Despite ongoing economic challenges, Australia's labor market continues to demonstrate remarkable stability, with unemployment fluctuating within a narrow band of 3.9-4.2% over the past 12 months. 💼
This employment data is particularly significant as the Reserve Bank of Australia prepares for its upcoming cash rate decision:
The RBA carefully monitors unemployment figures as a key economic indicator
Lower unemployment rates typically reduce pressure for rate cuts
Higher unemployment tends to increase the likelihood of monetary easing
📆 Important dates ahead:
May 15: Next unemployment data release
May 20: RBA's next cash rate decision
Key insights for property investors and business owners:
💡This persistent low unemployment environment suggests continued wage growth pressure and stable consumer spending power, potentially supporting property values in the near term despite higher interest rates.
💡 However, it also signals that meaningful rate relief may be further away than the market anticipates.
#economy #employment #RBA #interestrates #AustralianEconomy #realestateaccountants #election2025 #propertyinvestment
The Construction Industry's Housing Challenge 📊
The number of homebuilding projects has increased by 1.8% in 2024, with work beginning on 168,049 residential construction projects. Unfortunately, this falls well short of the federal government's target of 240,000 homes per year (1.2 million by June 2029).
According to Housing Industry Association chief economist Tim Reardon, "Homebuilding is currently at the bottom of a cycle and is losing skilled workers to other industry sectors, which impedes future building capacity."
Despite low construction volumes, skilled tradespeople remain in high demand across other sectors. With record-low unemployment rates, these workers are being drawn away from homebuilding.
Reardon warns: "The more workers that are lost from the home building sector in this cycle, the harder and more expensive it will be to increase that capacity, as interest rates fall and activity picks up."
#property #realestate #buildingandconstruction #construction #housingmarket #buildingcapacity #realestateaccountants
📊 Australian Rental Market Update: Units Outpacing Houses
TREND ALERT: Unit rents are growing significantly faster than house rents across Australia, with affordability driving tenant choices.
Key Insights:
Unit rents increased by 4.8% in capital cities and 8.7% in regional areas (Mar 2024-25)
House rents grew more modestly at 3.2% in capitals and 5.6% in regions
Tenants increasingly shifting from larger, more expensive houses to smaller, more affordable units
Capital City Median Weekly Rents (March 2025):
Sydney: $725 (+3.6% YOY, +2.1% QOQ)
Melbourne: $575 (+4.5% YOY, +4.5% QOQ)
Brisbane: $615 (+4.2% YOY, +2.5% QOQ)
Perth: $600 (+9.1% YOY, +0.0% QOQ)
Adelaide: $500 (+7.5% YOY, +0.0% QOQ)
Canberra: $575 (+0.9% YOY, +1.8% QOQ)
Darwin: $560 (+1.8% YOY, +1.8% QOQ)
Hobart: $480 (+4.3% YOY, +4.3% QOQ)
Market Snapshot:
Combined Capitals: $650 (+4.8% YOY)
Combined Regionals: $500 (+8.7% YOY)
Source: Domain Rental Report, March 2025
What trends are you seeing in your local rental market?
If you are a property investor, are you looking at Units or Houses for your next investment? Let us know in the comments
#property #realestate #housingmarket #rentalmarket #MarketTrends #propertyinvestment #homeloans
