As lockdown restrictions ease across Sydney, Melbourne and the ACT, the spring selling season has started in earnest, and vendors are piling properties onto the market.  New listings have surged 28.2% nationally in the four weeks to mid-October, amounting to more than 45,000 new properties added to the market. The news could be a relief for buyers, because it means they have more stock to choose from after an extended period of relatively short advertised supply.  ..read more

A new system that rates areas within Greater Melbourne for ‘liveability’, convenience and connectivity is designed to provide insight to consumers when house hunting on real estate listing and research site, onthehouse.com.au.  The system, which applies a score out of 10 using geospatial data from proptech firm propella.ai, measures the connectivity of a local area (or ‘mesh block’) in relation to a range of amenities all located within a 20-minute walk ..read more

Freshly listed housing stock is starting to lift as the spring selling season begins to heat up.  Every Australian capital city has seen a lift in the number of new real estate listings over recent weeks, with some of the largest listing increases recorded in those capitals navigating lockdown. Despite this, the new listings trends remain below the five-year average in every capital apart from Adelaide, Perth and Darwin.  ..read more

To all our OnTheHouse users who have used the mobile app over the years, we wanted to say thank you ..read more

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Six steps to get ready for your first home loan Are you thinking about jumping aboard the home owner bandwagon? We’ve compiled a list of six essential steps to help improve your chances of securing your first home loan ..read more

How can I use the equity in my home? One of the best things about owning property is the equity that is built up over time, creating a valuable resource for future investment, household expenses or your retirement. Here we explain what equity is, and the most common ways people use the equity in their home. What is equity? Equity is the difference between the market value of your property and the balance of your home loan.  ..read more

onthehouse.com.au Pty Ltd, CoreLogic’s own listing portal and property research platform, has partnered with Australian-listed property technology company Openn Negotiation Limited [ASX: OPN] to launch a technical integration connecting onthehouse.com.au visitors with live property auctions on Openn. The partnership will allow consumers browsing properties listed with onthehouse.com.au to see in real time the status of any online auction running on that property with Openn, as well as the current bid throughout the campaign phase ..read more

Dwelling sales continue to surge across Australia against low listings levels. In the three months to July, CoreLogic estimates there were around 171,100 sales. This is 53.4% higher than what has typically been seen this time of year for the previous five years. In the same period, there were just 121,200 newly advertised properties for sale in the three months to July.  ..read more

CoreLogic analysis suggests servicing a mortgage is now cheaper than p ..read more