Dear Client RBA DELIVERS MARCH CASH RATE DECISION It’s the first-rate decision to be handed down outside of the previous ‘first-Tuesday-of-the-month’ announcement pattern. In its second meeting for 2024, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has opted to hold the cash rate at 4.35 per cent. The decision to keep the cash rate…
Dear client MARKET UPDATE- OCTOBER 2023 As we look back at the month of October, Adelaide’s housing market continues its steady climb, reaching unprecedented heights. August witnessed an increase of 1.1% in Adelaide’s housing values, pushing them to a new record high. Currently, the median house value in Adelaide is $682,642. Over the…
January 2023 Dear Client 50% OF AUSSIE MARKETS DECLINED IN 2022: CORELOGIC The number of Australian markets that reported a decline during the December quarter grew from less than 10 per cent in 2021 to 80.7 per cent last year, according to CoreLogic’s latest Mapping the Market report. This trend was part of a larger market downturn, which…
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE From all of the team at DB Philpott Real Estate we’d like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! This year, instead of traditional Christmas cards and gifts, we have made donations to the Variety Children’s Charity and Hanson Institute. We feel that the greatest gifts are those that…
Dear Client PROPOSED TENANCY REFORMS The SA Government has officially launched an extensive review of the Residential Tenancies Act with the release of a discussion paper on 15 November entitled “Modernising SA’s Renting Laws”. The issues dealt with in the discussion paper include renting with pets, shared housing, and the practice of rent bidding. Standardised…
Dear Client After a series of bullish interest rate hikes in recent months, the Reserve Bank of Australia has tempered its approach, increasing the cash rate by 25 basis points at its October meeting. A large proportion of economic experts had tipped another 50 basis point jump, but the sixth successive rise lifted the…
Inflation and the Housing Market ABS figures showed the highest annual rate of inflation in June 2022 in almost 32 years. As we head into the new financial year, annual inflation is expected to peak at over 7%, according to the Treasury and the RBA. This means household budgets will be tighter, savings will be…
FAREWELL & CONGRATULATIONS Rakhi Bandara officially finished up at DB Philpott on Friday 8 July 2022. Rakhi was an invaluable member of the team but has decided to move into a commercial letting and management role. The management team wishes Rakhi well in his future pursuits. As one door closes another opens and we have…
It comes as no surprise that the Reserve Bank of Australia has raised the cash rate by 50 bps to 0.85% during its June 2022 meeting. What was surprising was the level of the increase and the back-to-back nature of the rate hike. This was the first back-to-back rate hike in 12 years, as the…
According to CoreLogic, auction figures are down 40.2 per cent this week, with 1,722 homes set to go under the hammer across the major capital cities this week, well below the 2,879 auctions held the previous week. This week’s volumes represent the fourth-quietest week of the year, only bettering the Easter long weekend and the…
