John McGrath

3 weeks ago | realestate.com.au | John McGrath |Matt Bell

3 weeks ago | realestate.com.au | John McGrath |Matt Bell

3 weeks ago | therealestateconversation.com.au | John McGrath

This month’s interest rate cut – the second for 2025 – is great news for buyers and owners alike. Not only does it reduce interest costs, the rate cut also raises the borrowing capacity of aspiring buyers. But that’s not all. The second rate cut appears to have reignited the ‘mortgage wars’, with lenders becoming more competitive to secure new business amid widespread expectations of more rate cuts to come.

1 month ago | therealestateconversation.com.au | John McGrath

Australian property has proven itself to be one of the most successful ways to build wealth for generations. A new report from Cotality, formerly CoreLogic, reveals more than four in 10 homes across the combined capital cities now have a median value of $1 million or more. To be exact, a record 41.6% of capital city homes are worth $1 million-plus, up from 14.3% only ten years ago. In regional Australia, almost one in five homes are now worth $1 million-plus, up from 0.5% a decade ago.

1 month ago | therealestateconversation.com.au | John McGrath

Australians who invest in property are typically risk-averse people who perceive bricks and mortar as a safer and simpler investment than shares, bonds and other assets, according to a new study. The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) has just published a research paper on the characteristics and behaviour of landlords based on two decades of data from 2001 to 2021.