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December 19, 2019

Getting on top of Cladding

COMBUSTIBLE cladding has become one of the most dominant issues in real estate for many years and audits have identified thousands of buildings with...

December 12, 2019

Regional rents stay high

SOARING rents are not easing in regional Victoria following another month of low vacancy rates. The latest monthly rental data from the Real Estate Institute...

December 5, 2019

Strong Spring for auctions

SPRINGTIME can motivate a person to do a lot in life; the warmer weather after a long bleak winter can be powerful. It’s a time...

November 28, 2019

Investment opportunities

VICTORIA is a fantastic place to invest in with land values climbing over the past five years. The Real Estate Institute of Victoria recently conducted...

November 21, 2019

Homes selling like hotcakes

NEW figures from the Real Estate Institute of Victoria have revealed the average Victorian house spends just 42 days on the market before being...

November 7, 2019

First home buyers boost

THE Federal government’s decision to expand the First Home Buyers Scheme will have amazing benefits to regional Victorian real estate. The REIV openly welcomes the...

October 17, 2019

Regions’ strong September

GEELONG was regional Victoria’s auction capital in September, in a month that saw greatly increased interest from property buyers around the state. The latest REIV...

October 10, 2019

Recovery gathers strength

There are strong signs of a property market recovery in regional Victoria, the latest REIV data suggests. A comparison of REIV auction sales figures from...

October 3, 2019

Regions ripe

IT’S a great time for property investors to consider buying in regional Victoria. ABS data shows regional Victoria’s population is growing by 1.3 per cent...

September 26, 2019

Growing rental optimism

THE rental market remains tight across regional Victoria, but the REIV believes improving conditions will help investors back into the property market to ease...

September 19, 2019

Market looking up

MUCH has been said about Victoria’s strengthening residential property market, but what is underpinning this resurgence? First, there’s renewed political stability following the State and...

September 11, 2019

Get the most out of spring

Spring has sprung and that means the property market is also heating up. Although stock levels remain low as we come off a correction period,...

September 5, 2019

For what it’s worth

THERE is no doubt that Victoria’s property market is showing signs of a recovery following a modest downturn over the past 18 months. As Victorian...

August 29, 2019

Auction successes

AUCTIONS are traditionally the fiefdom of inner-city Melbourne but the latest analysis from the Real Estate Institute of Victoria shows that there have been...

August 22, 2019

Usual suspects make list

THE Real Estate Institute of Victoria’s latest median house price release for the March to June has Barwon Heads once again sitting on the...

August 15, 2019

More rental law changes

THE Real Estate Institute of Victoria is often asked if rental bidding is illegal in Victoria and the answer is that it is about...

August 8, 2019

Units up

REGIONAL Victoria’s hottest unit market is in the burgeoning Geelong region according the Real Estate Institute of Victoria’s latest data release. Unit and apartment living...

July 31, 2019

REIV market snapshot – August 1, 2019

A clearance rate of 73 per cent was recorded over the weekend compared to 72 per cent last week and 62 per cent this...

July 31, 2019

Averages boom

THE latest data release from the Real Estate Institute of Victoria reveals that the median house price in regional Victoria has soared 3.8 per...

July 24, 2019

REIV market snapshot – July 25, 2019

A clearance rate of 70 per cent was recorded over the weekend compared to 75 per cent last week and 63 per cent this...

July 24, 2019

Cladding in focus

THE Victorian Government has announced a new body – Cladding Safety Victoria – tasked with issuing grants to fund rectification works on hundreds of...

July 17, 2019

REIV market snapshot – July 18, 2019

A clearance rate of 76 per cent was recorded over the weekend compared to 62 per cent last week and 62 per cent this...

July 17, 2019

The market is moving

The Real Estate Institute of Victoria’s latest Days on Market analysis shows that the Ballarat region is hot property, with listings lasting just over...

July 10, 2019

Industry awards open

SUBMISSIONS for the Real Estate Institute of Victoria Awards for Excellence are open until 9 August. The real estate is challenging, fast paced and dynamic....