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As interest rates have risen, the popularity of fixing interest rates has not surprisingly waned.

In February, over 140,000 foreign students returned to Australia and the number of students arriving on temporary student visas is slowly returning to pre-pandemic levels.

Recovery in prices for established homes has taken a lot of people by surprise but highlights that market dynamics aren’t purely driven by interest rates.

It isn’t often you would get a bargain (relatively) in the Sydney suburb of Mosman but the end of 2022 would have been your moment.

Population growth and a housing shortage are both now outweighing increases in the cost of finance with Australian house prices having increased by another 0.5 per cent in March.

There are four ways to predict interest rate changes.

Mortgage stress has risen dramatically since last year but so far we are yet to see an increase in people selling as a result.

In the US, large companies currently own five per cent of rental properties. This asset class is referred to as “multi-family” in the US and is the largest property investment type in that country.

In February, house prices in Australian capital cities remained stable, according to data analytics company, Neoval.

This month in Ray White Now, Prices are now firmly on the move everywhere in Australia, having increased by 3.5 per cent since the start of the year.

April is always a quieter month in real estate and this year was no different. Juggling school holidays, Easter and Anzac Day long weekends meant we only saw 20 working days in Australia.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) this month announced the cash rate moved up 0.25 basis points to 3.85 per cent.