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Research The Australian Residential Property Market Like a Professional
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Do you want to conduct your own research into the Australian real estate market?
Have you ever asked these questions:
- I want to check out all the facts and figures
- I need to make sure that what I am reading can be confirmed?
- I want to conduct my own research and ignore the agents?
- Where do I find relevant market intelligence and market statistics?
- How do I identify common drivers of growth?
- How do I look at the big picture and the macroeconomics in Australia?
- How do I check out each state, region, city and town?
- How can I find the best suburb for me?
- Can I be highly specific and find the best street in the best suburb?
- I think I have found the right property. What questions should I ask and what due diligence should I conduct?
You can find some of these answers here.
Please see below our step by step research with hyperlinks to advanced research and insider tips. (tip click on the blue hyperlink words)
If you have any specific questions contact us for assistance.
Global Economic Factors.
Consider the prevailing market conditons:
Is the market stable, upward, strong, unstable, downturn, weakening or recession?
Go direct to global economic factors or where does Australia rank in the global economy?
National economic factors and housing data.
Consider the prevailing market conditons:
Is the market stable, upward, strong, unstable, downturn, weakening or recession?
Consider general economic conditions that would influence buyer activity, behaviour and real estate growth rates. For example:
- Real gross domestic product. Go to ABS Australian National Accounts 5206.0
- Unemployment rates. Go to ABS Labor Force 6202.0
- Consumer Price Index search for 6401.0
- Consumer price inflation
- RBA Interest rate trends
- Indicators of Spending and Confidence
- Population trends and estimates
- Migration
- Australian demographic statistics
- Census of population and housing
For specific information about the property market go to
For information about commodity price cycles and mining and petroleum go to
- RBA Index of commodity prices
- ABS Mineral and Petroleum Exploration Australia – click on 8412.0
- ABS Mining Indicators Australia – click on 8417.0
- ABS Mining Statistics Newsletter – click on 8418.0
Online and print Mining news and information
State Economic Factors.
Consider the prevailing market conditons:
Is the market stable, upward, strong, unstable, downturn, weakening or recession?
For specific state government market intelligence go to
Other general growth factors include:
- Population growth in Australia
- Immigration into Australia
- Migration between states and local government areas
- Demographic trends
- Federal Government budgets
- State Government budgets
- Industry growth
- Mining & Petroleum industry growth
- Jobs growth and labour statistics
- Unemployment trends
- Personal income trends
- Family income trends
- Home loan interest rate trends
- Income tax rate trends
- Consumer price index
- Consumer income and expenditure
- Consumer Price Inflation rates
- Prices & cost of living
- Financial incentive Gov strategies for first home buyers
- Home ownership assistance programs in Australia
- Affordability statistics
- Mortgage stress measurements
- First home buyer activity
- Owner occupier buying activity
- Investor owner buying activity
- Established housing market trends
- New home sales and building trends
- Land sales market trends
- Land supply and demand
- New housing supply and demand
- Established housing demand and supply
- Building activity
- Residential real estate price growth rates for established housing, new homes and land
- Residential rental and vacancy rates
- Residential property growth rate cycles nationally and in each state
- Australian real estate cycles
- National, State, and Regional infrastructure development projects.
- Local government infrastructure development plans
- Australian Property Market Indicators
Buyer and Housing Activity
- Buyer types – owner occupiers, first home buyers and investors
- Home owner development activity – rejuvenations/alterations, renovations/additions, maintaining property or nil activity
- Housing owner activity – holding or selling property
- Lifestyle factors for buyers and owners
- Downsizing babyboomers and owners
- Ageing population migration to strata ownership and aged care facilities.
- Property type price trends and growth performance
Other topics that may interest you include:
- Selection considerations. Which state, region, Local Government and suburb. Strategies for selection. Buying Property, Consumer Protection, Desktop Property Analysis, Property Sales Data Analysis, Property Sales Data Level One, Property Sales Data Level Two, Sales Data Analysis Sources of Statistics & Property Listing Data Analysis.
- Reviewing the property market. Past price growth and rental income performance and current performance. See Australian Property Price Sales Statistics & Australian Property Rents and Vacancy Rates
- Looking forward. What to expect from the housing market? Where are the hot spots in Australia? How to monitor the market? Set up your news and property alerts?
- How to find property market reports and intelligence? Government Sources of Economic Data. Private Sector Sources of Economic Data. Economic indicators for each Australian state.
- Searching for your property. How to conduct online research and assessment. How to evaluate the market worth of the property after examination of the sales data. Conduct due diligence and research on the property. Inspecting the property.
- Making offers on property. How to request conditions to protect you like building reports, other specialised reports. Engage professionals to represent you. Get the lowest price and best conditions.
- Settlement of your property. The process in each state of Australia and how to conduct the final inspection. Don’t get caught out. Go to Settlement & Conveyancing
- Depreciation schedules. Go to depreciation of real estate in Australia.
- Renting your property. Selecting tenants and managing the property. Go to Tenants and Renting Your Property
- Property taxation considerations in Australia. Questions to ask your professional advisor? What rental property deductions can you claim? What can’t you claim?
- Maintain your property. Conduct an initial full pre-purchase building inspection and report. Recommended maintenance and repairs will be listed. Create a repair and maintenance schedule. Engage property management professionals. Engage local area service providers at a lower cost.
- Add value strategies. Rental income review. Rejuvenation strategies. Renovation strategies. Subdivision strategies. Other.
- Monitor your property performance. Annual reviews of your property. Property price growth trends for the suburb. How to assess market worth? Rental income return rates. Rental income growth rates. Questions for your Accountant or professional advisor.
- Loads of other information.
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