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Hotspot of the Week: 2nd April 2019

It's All About The Local Economy

Economists who see Australia as a single market - which is most of them - are the greatest single source of misinformation about residential property. Economists are not real estate specialists. Most of their thinking is devoted to the national economy, the share market and money markets - areas where there’s a single entity to analyse. So, on the rare occasions when they turn their thoughts to real estate, they apply the same process - the talk about “the Australian property market”. Acco...

The Ryder Report - March Edition

The March 2019 edition is out now. In this issue:- * We send a message to Economists: It’s All About The (Local) Economy * We call on investors to Wake Up: Opportunities Are Being Wasted * We examine SQM data on prices and rents which show an * Alternative View Of City Markets * We report on featured markets with both affordability and growth * We provide tips on how to advance as property investors. * In our War in Misinformation I point out the latest media misrepresentations. ...

Hotspot of the Week: 26th March 19

Where are Australia's strongest markets - the ones with rising prices and/or rising rentals? Some are in capital cities but most are in regional Australia.

Lists of Growth Markets Are Dodgy Data

The headline that declared Sandgate as “Brisbane’s fastest-growing suburb” was a lie. So too was the first paragraph of the article, which declared that “prices jumped almost 35% in just one year” in Sandgate. But the syndrome in play here is all too common in mainstream media. Here’s what happens ... Computer generated lists which rank property markets according to the size of median price growth in the past 12 months provide essentially dodgy data. Places with only a few sales give a m...

Regional NSW provides a stark contrast to Sydney

While many sectors of the Sydney market are in decline, the cities and towns of Regional NSW are delivering growth markets right across the state – whether measured by sales activity or price trends. This is particularly evident in the price data. The vast majority of NSW Regional markets have price levels higher than 12 months ago – 85% of the locations in our survey have recorded growth in the past year. We have surveyed 303 significant markets across the state outside of Sydney (we ex...

March Q & A

Once a month, Terry Ryder is available for real estate consumers to ask their most burning questions about markets and issues. If you're like most property investors, you are mainly interested in individual locations - a particular town or suburb area, rather than the bigger picture of "Australia's Property Market".  This week's live Facebook Q&A session demonstrated this trend.

Hotspot of the Week: Moreton Bay Region

The Moreton Bay Region in Brisbane's north is one of Australia's fastest-growing LGAs and a market where demand - and prices - are rising. It will feature in the Hotspotting Seminar with Wheels, our bus tour of Brisbane, on Saturday 13 April. Buy here>> https://bit.ly/2Fp77xL

It's Time Investors Woke Up

A recent edition of my weekly column for the Property Observer website began with these words: Investors will be piling into the Adelaide market – just as soon as they read somewhere that there’s a boom in the South Australia capital. But not before. The only constant in the residential property market is that the herd mentality drives the actions of buyers and sellers. Rather sadly, most real estate decisions are not based on knowledge, research, planning and independent thought. They’re...

Everyone Likes Adelaide - Except Investors

Investors will be piling into the Adelaide market – just as soon as they read somewhere that there’s a boom in the South Australia capital. But not before. The only constant in the residential property market is that the herd mentality drives the actions of buyers and sellers.  Adelaide right now is a strong value-for-money proposition, with one of the steadiest and most consistent markets in capital city Australia, underpinned by an economy that the experts have recognized as one of the...

Adelaide's Rising Market

Australia continues to under-rate the Adelaide property market, however it is one of Australia’s most consistent markets, a status it has maintained over the past 12 months. It also remains the busiest market in capital city Australia and one that is forecast by several analysts to be a national leader on price growth. It’s noteworthy that many of the millionaire suburbs have recorded big growth in their median prices in past 12 months. Uplift in the premium market is often an early signal...

War on Media Misinformation: Wednesday 6th March

Interview from #GotMoney from Joy Radio - Banking Royal Commission, Regional Victoria hotspots

This podcast covers a recent interview on #GotMoney with Elizabeth Jackson from Joy radio. In this expert interview he shares his opinions on the  outcome of the Royal Commission into Banks on the property market especially the possible impact on Mortgage Brokers and details why Regional Australia could be considered by any savvy property investor. Plus he shares some locations that have experience 20% growth in the last year!

Most Aussies Ahead with Their Home Values

Most Aussie Households Are Well Ahead With Their Property Values. Most property owners in Sydney have made big capital gains, despite recent declines in some (but not all) areas. Because most people live in the same place for lengthy periods they have benefited from the five years of capital gains that preceded the recent (and relatively small) decreases in values. In particular those who have bought and held over the past two decades remain very big winners. In the 20 years to January ...

Terry Ryder's War on Misinformation: 21 Feb 2019

Some newspaper articles encapsulate all the major problems causing misinformation: they take a negative stance even when the data is positive, the headline misrepresents the content, and the content generalises about "the Australian Property Market".

War on Misinformation Part 14 Feb 20

There are many reasons why mainstream media creates misinformation, including the tendency to seek expert analysis from non-experts.

Hotspot of the Week 20 Feb 19 - Canberra

The Canberra market has strengthened and now has more growth markets than at any time since we began our quarterly surveys four years ago. The norm now in Canberra is suburbs where median prices have grown by more than 5% in the past 12 months, while only a handful have falling prices.

February edition of The Ryder Report

THE RYDER REPORT IS THE ONLY DOCUMENT OF ITS KIND IN AUSTRALIAN REAL ESTATE. IT PROVIDES PROPERTY NEWS AND ANALYSIS YOU WON'T FIND IN THE NATIONAL MEDIA - OR ANYWHERE ELSE.   The February 2019 edition is out now. In this issue:- We examine a survey that shows most real estate consumers are unfazed by negative media We report on why most Australian households are well ahead with their property values We look at Sydney prices - where units top houses in many suburbs We report on fea...

Canberra - Strongest Real Estate Market

The Canberra market has strengthened and now has more growth markets than at any time since we began our quarterly surveys four years ago. The norm now in Canberra is suburbs where median prices have grown by more than 5% in the past 12 months, while only a handful have falling prices. In our latest survey for the Autumn Price Predictor Index, we have identified 26 suburbs where demand is rising, as well as 37 others where demand is steady and consistent. Unlike Sydney, the Canberra market...

Regional NSW Growth Markets

Markets in Regional NSW continue to head in the opposite direction to Sydney. While the Sydney market is showing increasing signs of decline, the cities and towns of Regional NSW are delivering growth markets right across the state. This is particularly evident in the price data. Our recent analysis for the Price Predictor Index Summer 2019 edition, has revealed 150 locations where median prices have grown 5% or more in the past year, of which 65 locations have increased more than 10%. In...

Terry Ryder’s War on Misinformation: 7 Feb 2019

In terms of misinformation foisted on the Australian public, there can be few greater examples than the banking royal commission report, which attacks small business and helps the major banks become more profitable.

Hotspot of the Week: 5 Feb 2019

Visit our website http://www. hotspotting.com.au Regional NSW is heading in the opposite direction to Sydney. Many regional cities and towns have rising markets, with good price growth.

Regional Victoria is No.1

Regional Victoria is the stand-out market in Australia. Against a backdrop of Regional Australia providing the top growth markets in the nation, Victoria has large numbers of towns/suburbs with rising demand and the strongest price growth in Australia. Our Summer survey has identified 51 markets in Regional Victoria with rising demand, the highest since we started our quarterly sales surveys four years ago. Only Adelaide among the nation’s jurisdictions has more growth markets than Regiona...

Terry Ryder’s War on Misinformation: 31 Jan 2019

Media keeps telling us that Melbourne house prices are down 8% or 9%, but some research sources say it’s only 2%. Our suburb-by-suburb analysis finds more growth markets than ones with major price decline.

Hotspot of the Week: 29 Jan 2019

Regional Victoria is the strongest market in Australia right now, with multiple locations recording strong price growth and a major uplift in sales activity.

Regional QLD Rising

There are growing signs of recovery in resources-related markets in Queensland, both in sales activity and prices. This, plus steady performance in the larger regional cities, has lifted the sector’s overall performance to its strongest position since mid-2017. A standout feature is the recovery in mining-related markets which have spent several years in downturn. This trend is headed by Mackay, which now has rising demand coupled with much lower vacancies, and some suburbs are now showing...