Australian house prices drop for third consecutive month
Sydney led the way with a 2.2% drop in the last month.
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Housing values fell in five of the eight capitals last month, according to CoreLogic’s national Home Value Index, with Australian dwelling values dropping -1.3 per cent over July. Sydney led the way with a -2.2 per cent drop, followed by Melbourne on -1.5 per cent. Hobart also recorded a -1.5 per cent decrease, followed by Canberra on -1.1 percent.
Brisbane recorded its first drop since August 2020 with values down by -0.8 per cent. Darwin saw the highest increase in values in July at +0.5 per cent, followed by Adelaide on +0.4 per cent and Perth on +0.2 per cent.
Regional markets have also softened, with NSW leading the way with a -1.1 per cent drop, followed by regional Victoria (-0.7pc), regional Queensland (-0.7pc) and regional Tasmania (-0.6pc). Regional South Australia (+1.1pc) and regional Western Australia (0.1pc) both saw values increase. Overall, regional markets continue to outperform capital cities.
CoreLogic’s research director Tim Lawless said housing values were already slowing before interest rates started rising but markets have weakened sharply since the first increase was announced on May 5.
“Although the housing market is only three months into a decline, the national Home Value Index shows that the rate of decline is comparable with the onset of the global financial crisis (GFC) in 2008, and the sharp downswing of the early 1980s,” he said. “In Sydney, where the downturn has been particularly accelerated, we are seeing the sharpest value falls in almost 40 years.”
Lenders such as Westpac and ANZ are predicting the Reserve Bank of Australia will announce another half a per cent rate increase this month, putting further pressure on cost of living.
Chris Dixon, a partner who led the charge, says he has a ‘very long-term horizon’
Americans now think they need at least $1.25 million for retirement, a 20% increase from a year ago, according to a survey by Northwestern Mutual
A new digital real estate site promises a full view of the housing sector, even those places not on the market
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Hot on the heels of the launch of View Media Group last year, Australia’s newest proptech digital media company has gone live with its consumer-facing real estate site, view.com.au.
The new site offers a ‘freemium’ model allowing vendors to list their properties for free while having the option of further upgrades for agents looking to enhance their listings.
VGM executive chairman Anthony Catalano said the model was a ‘game changer’ in the digital real estate space.
“While VMG is much more than a portal play, it’s critical that we have a consumer-facing brand that will act as the front door to attract consumers and in turn allow us to offer products and services in a range of verticals across the property ecosystem,” Mr Catalano said. “Our plan is to create a digital real estate superstore under the new View brand that will play in the $300 billion adjacency categories rather than solely focus on the $1
billion of digital property advertising.”
“We’ve listened to the industry and the time is right for an offer to come to market with an alternative model that addresses the real estate industry’s concern at the continually
escalating price of advertising.”
The View portal is available through app stores and will include properties across the country, not just those on the market right now.
“That means view.com.au will showcase more than 11 million properties in Australia compared to some of the portals which feature around 140,000 properties for sale,” Mr Catalano said. “From Day 1 we will provide consumers with a complete view of the market.’’
View has worked with mapping partner Nearmap to create the ability to have a comprehensive overview of all properties.
“We’ve had a look globally at best practice search for property and we’ve consumer tested a range of options and without doubt the preferred experience is map-based search,” View CEO Toby Blazs said. “So unlike others in the market who default consumers to a list view, we’ll default our search results via a map.”
Mr Catalano said the innovative site was designed to be a true disruptor in the proptech sector.
“VMG continues to grow and tick off the key parts of its strategic plan,” he said. “We are well on the way to forming a global-first conglomerate of proptech assets including portals, ad tech, lead generation, lead management solutions, media planning and buying, AI services, data and connections all under the one roof.”
Chris Dixon, a partner who led the charge, says he has a ‘very long-term horizon’
Americans now think they need at least $1.25 million for retirement, a 20% increase from a year ago, according to a survey by Northwestern Mutual
