All of a sudden, everyone wants to own a piece of Brisbane. The recent survey conducted by PIPA shows that Brisbane dominates the locations that investors across Australia want to target. There are four key reasons why Brisbane is blipping so loudly on the radar screens of investors:- The market is now rising strongly after a decade of only moderate growth Brisbane real estate is half the price of Sydney Queensland is seen as a safe haven The 2032 Olympics is a game changer The feeling, strongly, is that Brisbane’s time to shine has arrived. Population data hugely favours Brisbane and South East Queensland, it is a major recipient of the Exodus to Affordable Lifestyle trend, it offers affordability as well as lifestyle, a major infrastructure spend is rejuvenating the economy and the city scores big points for its control of the coronavirus. Its success in keeping Covid-19 at bay has meant that Brisbane and Queensland has been hosting the four-nation Rugby Championship matches and the major finals of the NRL. That, and the favourable climate, only adds to the attention Brisbane is receiving. So what does all this mean for real estate?  And which locations should real estate consumers be targeting? To answer these and other questions, Hotspotting founder Terry Ryder presented a special webinar event on Wednesday 13 October. He discussed why Brisbane is fast becoming THE place where Australians want to own real estate.

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Why Invest In Brisbane?

Adelaide is the big improver among the city markets in 2021 and continues to be the nation’s most under-rated capital city. I conduct quarterly surveys of sales activity across Australia and in the winter survey I found a record number of rising markets. But the Spring survey completed recently showed that Adelaide had topped that record by a big margin. Two-thirds of suburbs across the Adelaide metropolitan area now have rising sales activity. The number of rising markets identified in our five most recent quarterly surveys have been 52 62 93 104 125. That pattern shows the rise and rise of the Adelaide market and that is also reflected in the price data. Adelaide’s median house price has increased 21% in the past 12 months – that’s higher than Melbourne, Perth and Darwin, and on a par with Brisbane. The appeal of Adelaide includes its relative affordability. Its median house price of $575,000 compares with $960,000 in Melbourne, $1,310,000 in Sydney, $955,000 in Canberra and $710,000 in Brisbane. It also has higher rental yields than all the other capital cities except Darwin, helped by ultra low vacancy rates well under 1% All this is underpinned by an improving local economy, with South Australia rising up the rankings in the quarterly State of the States report published by CommSec. Against this background, we have just published our new edition of Top 5 Adelaide Hotspots. It reveals the markets within the Adelaide metropolitan area that I expect to excel for the rest of 2021 and well into 2022. Prospects for ongoing growth in the SA capital are strong, driven by its affordability, value for money, low vacancies and good rental yields. So make sure you get a copy of the Top 5 Adelaide Hotspots report and find about some of the best value real estate anywhere in Australia.

Affordability, rising sales, price growth - Adelaide has it all!

Australians in lockdown or operating under travel restrictions are saving lots of money. Research data shows we’ve collectively saved $60 billion from not being able to travel overseas in the past 12 months. Other research suggests Australians are putting that money into investments or renovations. But there are many possibilities. In our special webinar event on Wednesday 29 September, Hotspotting founder Terry Ryder was joined by award-winning mortgage broker Louise Lucas to discuss how people can make their savings work best for them in real estate. Lucas, of The Property Education Company, explored a number of key options, including:- • Is it better to use redraw or an offset account to reduce the interest paid on investment loans? • Is it worth refinancing existing loans? • Should you use cash or release equity to buy a new investment property? • How can you assess if you can afford new property investments Ryder also discussed where best to buy an investment property in the current climate of rising prices, identifying markets with growth prospects which are not yet frenetic. A recommended reference from Louise is the ATO Rental Mortgage Interest Expenses Guide

What to do with the money saved in lockdown – Now!

The best way to chart what’s happening with individual property markets around Australia is to look at the sales activity. Sales volumes data is a forward indicator of what might happen with prices. If sales activity is rising, then prices will usually follow this trend, but with a time lag. Media focuses its attention on giving historical data on prices – what’s happened with price movements in the past three months or the past year. That can be of interest, but it doesn’t necessarily inform the future. Sales volumes data does inform the future. It tells us where prices are likely to rise, and where prices may stop rising, or possibly fall. So, every three months, we get the figures on sales volumes for every significant town and suburb across Australia and analyse the trends. We marry that with information about vacancy rates and prices to produce one of our most popular reports, The Price Predictor Index. We have just published our new Spring 2021 edition and this shows that markets are pumping in many parts of Australia. But activity is not rising everywhere. Some locations are showing evidence of having passed their peaks, after several years of good growth. So this report provides a fantastic national overview of all the markets across the country and tells you which ones are rising, which ones are plateau-ing, which ones are falling and sometimes the ones we think are danger markets to be avoided. So get yourself a copy of the Spring edition of The Price Predictor Index. It’s a great way to be informed about individual markets right across Australia.

Predicting Price Rise

Every Australian with a pulse knows real estate markets are rising across the nation. And, increasingly, as prices rise and rise, that creates issues of affordability for more and more buyers of all sorts. The key question for many investors and home buyers is: Where can you buy that still offers good value for money and has good prospects for future growth? At Hotspotting we seek to answer those questions with the reports we call the Cheapies with Prospects. Every four months we compile our Cheapies Bundle which comprises our … National Top 5 Cheapies with Prospects: City Edition, and National Top 5 Cheapies with Prospects: Regional Edition. It might surprise people to discover that you can still buy houses in locations with good prospects for growth in capital cities in the $300,000s – and, in some cases, in the $200,000s. Clearly, I’m not speaking about Melbourne or Sydney, but this is certainly attainable in growth cities like Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. And, similarly, Australia outside the capital cities abounds with regional centres with great future prospects, where you can buy solid properties in the $200,000s and $300,000s. So this week we have published our new Cheapies Bundle. This comprises the two reports which together offer 10 locations across Australia that offer both affordability and the basic credentials for capital growth. So get yourself this Bundle of two reports which provide valuable clues on how to buy affordably and sensibly in a crazy market. https://www.hotspotting.com.au/product/cheapies-bundle/

Affordability & Growth

Learn Six Crazy Facts About Depreciation - Plus the Top 5 areas of Australia attracting investor buyers If you have trouble getting your head around the concept of depreciation of houses and apartments, you are not alone. It’s puzzling for many investors that the value of their building is depreciating in value, at a time when property values are rising so strongly right across Australia. Property values are up more than 20% this year, as an average across the nation, according to the latest data from CoreLogic. But, in simple terms, it’s the land content that appreciates in value – while the structure and the fixtures and fittings depreciate in value over time. This reality is important for property investors, because they can reduce the amount of tax they pay by many thousands of dollars per year by claiming depreciation. A deprecation report by experts Washington Brown can dramatically improve the bottom line for property owners. In this  free webinar on Thursday 16 September, Washington Brown’s Tyron Hyde and Peter Foldes joined Hotspotting founder Terry Ryder to discuss the issues. Foldes presented state-by-state statistics on where investors are buying, including the Top 5 LGAs for attracting investors, while Hyde discussed his new report “Six Crazy Facts About Depreciation”.

How Can I Claim Depreciation When My House Has Grown 20% in Value?

The regional areas of NSW abound with growth markets, as big city residents continue to target affordable lifestyle areas. Most locations are delivering big price rises. There are 181 suburbs and towns throughout Regional NSW with rising sales momentum, which equates to 61% of locations. The major population centres – Newcastle/Lake Macquarie, the Central Coast, and Wollongong/Shoalhaven – are all pumping strongly, as are other key regional centres like Tamworth, Wagga Wagga, Orange and Dubbo. Coastal municipalities in the south, like Eurobodalla and Bega Valley, are being targeted by lifestyle buyers. And there are smaller regional centres with upwardly-mobile markets, including Armidale, Bathurst, Broken Hill, Cowra, Glen Innes, Goulburn, Griffith, Gunnedah, Inverell, Kempsey, Leeton, Moree and Parkes. Markets throughout Regional NSW are delivering exceptional price growth, from major regional centres like Newcastle and Wollongong to small rural towns like Glen Innes and Cootamundra. Virtually every town or suburb through Regional NSW (97%) has recorded growth in their median house prices in the past 12 months and in the most recent quarter. Two-thirds have had annual growth above 10%. Only seven of the locations analysed in this report have failed to record growth in the past year. There is spectacular growth right across NSW, but locations close to Sydney stand out. The Central Coast, the Blue Mountains, the Southern Highlands, Wollongong and the Shoalhaven all have stand-out examples. So, against this background, we have just published our new edition of the Top 5 Regional NSW Hotspots report. It outlines five key regional centres in the state which offer affordability and lifestyle – and have great prospects for capital growth in the short-term but more importantly in the long-term as well. So get yourself a copy of the report and find out our picks for the best places to target as investors in Regional NSW. https://www.hotspotting.com.au/product/top-5-nsw-regional/

Top 5 Regional NSW Hotspots

Sydney is defying not only the pandemic but conventional wisdom. It has suffered major lockdowns, it is losing population to internal migration and overseas migration has been shut down, yet its market is booming. In the circumstances, according to economic theory, Sydney prices should not be rising and sales activity should be stalling. Yet, according to CoreLogic data, Sydney’s median house price rose 1.9% in August, 7.1% in the latest quarter and 23% in the first eight months of the calendar year. This is occurring on the back of extraordinarily high sales volumes. Our latest quarterly survey analyses 339 suburbs across the Greater Sydney area and has found that 242 of them have rising sales activity. This means 71% of suburbs have upwardly-mobile trajectories, one of the highest percentages in the nation. In our Spring survey two years ago, we classified 66 Sydney suburbs as declining markets and 11 as danger markets. In our latest survey, there are none ranked as declining and only three are danger markets (all apartment-dominated locations with high vacancies and declining prices). Most of the municipalities across the Sydney metropolitan area have delivered notable results in our Spring survey. In most Sydney LGAs, the vast majority of suburbs have rising sales activity. Against this backdrop, we have published our new edition of the Top 5 Sydney Hotspots report. It outlines five precincts which we think have good prospects for future capital growth. So get yourself a copy of this report and find our the best places to buy in the capital city market which, despite everything, is leading the nation on price growth. https://www.hotspotting.com.au/product/top-5-sydney/  

Markets Across Sydney Are Defying The Pandemic Negatives

When Covid-19 hit early in 2020, many predicted real estate values would be devastated. But the opposite has happened. Media reports suggest real estate is rising despite the pandemic. But, in reality, prices are increasing strongly because of the pandemic. Recent studies have confirmed that the economic and community forces unleashed by the coronavirus have been fundamental in driving strong demand for real estate and consequent price growth. Multiple strong factors, many of them direct responses to the pandemic, are driving the national property boom. This was the topic on Thursday 2 September when Hotspotting founder Terry Ryder hosted a webinar with AllianceCorp managing director Jason Paetow. This not-to-be-missed live event examined … • The prime drivers of this up-cycle • How long the boom will last • What’s happening with prices in key markets • Why economists who originally forecast a collapse have revised their forecasts • Why investors who hesitated wish they had acted • The importance of having a long-term strategy • The importance of ignoring media headlines and accessing quality advice

How The Pandemic Is Driving The Property Boom

With markets rising – fast – right across Australia, it feels like you could buy anywhere and achieve capital growth. And that may be true – in the short term. But sensible investors will be thinking beyond the current frenzy in markets nationwide. They will be taking a long-term view. And that means buying in locations that have identifiable drivers of price growth beyond the current nationwide property boom. Ultimately, I believe some investors will be disappointed in the long-term performance of their investments, because they haven’t considered their choice of location with sufficient care. We have just published our new edition of our most popular report, the National Top 10 Best Buys. In making my choices for the 10 special locations included in this report, I have thought about the factors that will drive capital growth in the long term. And I have sought to target places that are early in the growth cycle. That is why some of the nation’s most high-profile markets are NOT included. Because they have already had, perhaps, three years of strong price growth. I want the highlight the places that have the potential to do that, but are just getting started on a longer-term growth path. So grab a copy of our new National Top 10 Best Buys report and find out where to buy for growth is sustainable, beyond the current frenzy. https://www.hotspotting.com.au/product/national-top-10-best-buys/        

Hotspotting's National Top 10 Best Buys

Being constantly in and out of lockdown in some capital cities has created significant disruption to the property market and the economy. Yet we are in the middle of a real estate boom. COVID-19 has been the catalyst, driver and accelerator of many trends in the real estate market. In this live webinar multi-award-winning Buyers’ Agent Rich Harvey, CEO of Propertybuyer and respected researcher and commentator Terry Ryder Founder of Hotspotting discussed how the lockdowns have impacted the property market in the major capital cities, and these key questions: How to buy and sell during a lockdown Quick capital city round up Why are we currently in a boom market? How long can this boom last? The impact of lockdowns on prices?The impact of lockdowns on listing volumes What we’ve learnt from past lockdowns Why buyers should have a sense of urgency How to get yourself organised to take advantage Case studies on where to buy in a rebounding Melbourne This is a highly insightful webinar is ideal for home buyers and property investors to get the latest updates. Get real insights into real issues so you are confident with your property decisions.

Lockdown Impacts & Opportunities

Eighteen months of hard experience has shown us that lockdowns and other restrictions are no barrier to real estate growth in this country. Melbourne has entered Lockdown 6.0 with its property industry not only resilient but defiant, with busy markets and rising prices right across the metropolitan area. Meanwhile, Regional Victoria continues to be one of the nation’s strongest markets. Our latest quarterly survey of sales activity and prices shows that most regional markets remain very strong. Not only have prices risen in almost every location across the state, but 75% of them have recorded double-digit growth in their median house prices. In my view, Regional Victoria was the birthplace of the dominant trend in Australian real estate, the Exodus to Affordable Lifestyle. It started several years ago with Melbourne residents buying in the regions close to the state capital and has since been turbocharged by the pandemic and the multiple lockdowns which have afflicted the city. So this week we have published our new Victoria Bundle: the Top 5 Melbourne Hotspots report and the Top 5 Regional Victoria Hotspots report. Both provide compelling reading. So get yourself a copy of the Victoria Bundle today and find out the best places to buy in Melbourne and Victoria, as markets continue to rise. https://www.hotspotting.com.au/product/vic-bundle/

Melbourne made a stunning comeback & Regional Victoria remains a price growth leader

Interview on ABC Wide Bay about the property trend sweeping the nation.

Exodus to Affordable Lifestyle

One simple formula for success in property investment is to follow the infrastructure trail. Or, put another way, buy real estate that lies in the path of progress. Few things impact on real estate markets as dramatically as major new infrastructure spending. Construction of a new motorway, or rail line, or hospital, or university, generates economic activity and creates jobs, from which emerges demand for real estate. These kinds of amenities also greatly improve the appeal of the locations that benefit, in the eyes of buyers. So real estate is boosted in multiple ways when major infrastructure projects happen. This factor is more relevant to property consumers than ever before, because Australia is entering a period of intense concentration on the creation of major new infrastructure. Federal and state political leaders intend to generate an infrastructure-led economic recovery in Australia. This will turbocharge the residential property boom which is already under way across the nation. Government plans to fast-track shovel-ready projects will enhance the established trend of rising markets in many parts of Australia. This makes our National Top 10 report based on the locations poised to benefit the most from big spending on new infrastructure particularly timely. Buying real estate in these locations provides an additional level of confidence that the property you buy will grow in value over time. So get yourself a copy of our “Infrastructure-led Economic Recovery: National Top 10” report today. https://www.hotspotting.com.au/product/infrastructure-national-top-10/  

Why Investors Should Follow The Infrastructure Trail

With markets rising almost everywhere in Australia, it feels like you can buy anywhere and get rapid capital growth.In the short-term, that may be true. But what about next year and the next five years? What if you buy in haste and pay too much to beat the competition? And your chosen location lacks the growth drivers for long-term sustainable growth? In this not-to-be missed webinar from 21 July, award-winning buyers’ agent Miriam Sandkuhler of Property Mavens joined Hotspotting founder Terry Ryder to discuss why investors and home-buyers need to be precise about location and price, even in a runaway property boom. Sandkuhler, the best-selling author of “Property Prosperity”, will … Provide case studies of bad location choices Explain why some locations lack the drivers for sustainable growth List the factors investors should target to find a good location Advise ways to research local values to avoid paying too much Explain why try-before-you-buy is a good strategy for city people relocating to the regions 

Buy In Haste, Repent At Leisure

Uncovering hot property markets, today. Hotspotting has always been about helping investors find the best location to buy based on quality research. The Hotspotting Podcast is a Real Estate Property Investment show and delivers this information and more! In each episode Terry Ryder from Hotspotting will bring you knowledge and interesting conversation on everything a property buyer wants and needs to know to make informed decisions. From unravelling the latest data, trends and market statistics, discussing areas of growth and the bigger issues influencing Australia’s property landscape. Whether you're a seasoned property investor or you're buying your first home, we’re here to build your knowledge. Knowledge gives you the power to make smarter investment choices. About Terry Ryder Terry Ryder is the founder of hotspotting.com.au. For 32 years, Terry Ryder has been a specialist researcher/writer on residential property in Australia. In 2006 he created Hotspotting.com.au to help investors find the best places to buy. Terry’s reports and commentary are based quality data and information. His views are totally independent and free of vested interests or outside influences.

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