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Small cardboard sign leads to revival of historic stone cottage
A historic stone cottage in Spring Hill, made from rare Brisbane Tuff, has hit the market for only the second time in the home’s extended history.
Young professional finally finds ‘the one’ after two-year apartment hunt
Patience and persistence paid off for a determined young professional who has finally hung up their rental keys after a marathon two-year property search in Queensland.
Ray White auctions show strength in 2025
It was a year of momentum, strength, and strong competition for Ray White auctions, with the group scheduling a total of 38,976 properties to go under the hammer in 2025 across Australia and New Zealand.
Coastal lifestyle drives executive rental boom
Adelaide’s western suburbs are rapidly becoming one of the state’s most competitive pockets for executive leasing, with demand intensifying as the summer peak approaches and relocation activity ramps up.
Robin McIlwain retires after five decades shaping Brisbane’s real estate
After an extraordinary 47-year career that has left an indelible mark on Queensland's real estate landscape, industry icon Robin McIlwain has announced her retirement from active sales at Ray White Toowong.
Elesa Wood is a trailblazer in Australian auctioneering
In an industry where female auctioneers remain a rarity, Elesa Wood stands out as one of Australia's most experienced and respected voices under the hammer.
$37M+ sold under the hammer: Pre-Christmas auction events deliver
More than $37 million in property sales across two major auction events has reinforced southeast Queensland's market momentum heading into 2025.
Momentum remains strong in push to year’s end
November proved to be another robust month for our auction market, with Ray White scheduling 1,487 auctions across the group, a 2 per cent increase year-on-year.
Basketball legend Lauren Jackson sells Albury investment property
Ray White Albury North principal Andrea Lever has successfully sold Australian basketball icon Lauren Jackson's investment property at 49 Evesham Place, Thurgoona at online auction this afternoon for $701,000.
Built or Established?
In this rapidly rising local market, buying vacant land and building might be a smarter bet than buying an established home. Vacant residential land values across Perth increased about 34% last year, pushing the median lot price to $329,000. The old real estate saying of “land appreciates, houses depreciate” is … Read more
Avoid the Middle Man
When the time comes to sell or lease your property, property owners often look to the internet to help shortlist agents that might meet their needs. Well established methods of choosing your agent such as re-employing an agent previously used, recommendations from friends and relatives or visiting Home Opens to … Read more
New AML Laws On Way
Australia is entering a new era of regulatory oversight as recent Anit-Money Laundering (AML) reforms bring substantial changes to the real estate sector. Legislation passed last year will extend AML obligations to “tranche two” professions which will capture real estate agents, buyer’s agents, property developers, lawyers, accountants and conveyancers adding … Read more
When Will Market Peak?
Looking at Cotality’s graphical representation of changes to Perth’s dwelling values since 1990, we are a market prone to steep ebbs and flows. Rolling five-year increases to dwelling value as at June 1991 was 94%, September 2006 137.8% and our most recent spike September 2025 82.7%. Our current price cycle … Read more
Rents Staying High
Anglicare’s most recent annual report into rental affordability this week revealed out of the 3500 properties listed for rent across Perth, only 14 of them were considered affordable for essential workers – nurses, aged care professionals and teachers for example. According to data gurus Cotality, rents across Perth are up … Read more
Buying Off the Plan
Since our State Government’s thumping electoral wins and enormous majority in the parliament, they can afford to be bullish on all sorts of policy directives, including planning progression and reform. Coming under fire for failing to meet infill density targets, some local governments have been dismissed by the Minister for … Read more
Perth Leads Growth
According to Ray White’s chief economist, Nerida Conisbee, Perth’s geometric mean (whereby an average is found by multiplying sales prices together then taking the nth root of the set) house price is $970,000, up by a nation-leading 12.4% across the year. Fremantle’s local government area has grown in line with … Read more
Landlords…Insure!
When choosing landlord insurance, many property investors first look to the well-known mainstream insurers, often because they took out a building protection policy at the point of purchase. Providers like QBE, AAMI, NRMA, RAC, Allianz and similar household names, offer so-called landlord insurance as an extension of their standard home … Read more
Cost of Selling
REIWA tells us Perth’s median house price has hit $800,000, a $100,000 (about 15%) rise since this time last year. Recent “catch up” price rises have been rapid. In 2020, the median house price was $478,000. Sales volumes continue to increase too, with about 60,000 sales across Perth in 2024 … Read more
It’s Supply, Stupid
Bumping into a local developer this week at a local café led to an interesting chat about the current state of the local property market and the difficulties he faces in getting projects out of the ground. In summary, unless a developer can sell an average two-bedroom apartment at completion … Read more
