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Is Australia’s real estate market going to crash?
Hi everyone it’s Heath and Simon from You&Me Personalised Property Services.
Simon, have you read the news? Have you listened to the radio? Australian real estate in turmoil! Even our untouchable, beautiful city of Perth.
We have lost 1% on average since the peak in August 2022. But let me stop you there.
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Simon, you drove past, and we both did. We drove past and we’re in home opens on the weekend where I was 30 people trying to get into a house open and you drove past 20 cars on your way to the home open. Tell us a bit about where you’re seeing the market in that investor range.
The $300,000 all the way up to sort of the million dollar mark?
Buyer’s agents are on the ground level
The $300,000 to $1,000,000 mark
It’s a big investor range. And I think, that there’s a lot of home owners that fit that range as well.
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Look, there’s a lot to unpack. The first thing I will say is: “stop listening to the news”.
We’re on the front line every week, every day of the week. We’re out there inspecting properties, negotiating properties for our clients, looking for great opportunities. And, you know, if you use the weekend as a reference, you can certainly see that $300,000 to a million price point.
Conclusion
It’s moving north.
There are still a plethora of buyers out there that are experiencing and seeing exceptional value, and real estate’s all about sustainability and viability.
Perth has room for growth
Tight rental market
And if buyers are seeing value in a market, it’s telling you that there is room for growth. The rental market is as tight as it’s ever been. There’s a lot of pressure on that rental demand, which is putting more pressure on rents, which is making rents go higher.
Absolutely. You know, right now, our vacancy rate in Perth right now is 0.5%, lowest in the whole country!
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Perth has had the lowest vacancy rate in the whole country for the past 2 years. Our rent returns are exceptional.
- The average rent returned here in Perth is 4.4%
- You&Me Personalised Property Services’ average rent return (for our clients) is north of 5.6%
Which essentially means that your principal and interest mortgages are more or less paid off. So, all of our clients are going into other positive geared or positive cash flow properties.
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Real estate market in Eastern States
The property market is not viable at the moment
But getting back to the turmoil. If you’re on the East Coast like, 12% losses, you’re being hit in the head with a blunt instrument at the moment. I mean, it’s just a fact and it’s not going to slow down because those markets aren’t sustainable. They’re not viable at the moment. People talk about the rental increase over there. The rental increase hasn’t so much has gone up so high as property values have gone down so much.
Should you wait before investing in property?
In my opinion, if you’re looking to invest in property, you don’t want to wait six months because there’s going to be more interest rate rises, whether it’s two or four or have many, there’s going to be more. Don’t try and save that money. Get into the market now.
Use equity to invest in Perth’s market
If you’re in New South Wales, in Victoria, a wonderful time to be recycling equity before you lose more and putting into a market that’s growing.
Avoid pressure
You know, if you’re looking at real estate here in Perth from an investment point of view and you’ve got $2 million to spend, don’t go and buy a $2 million house That’s where we’re experiencing the pressure and the downturn in the market. And if you think about it logically, it’s just because there’s less buyers in that $2 million price point.
So if you’ve got $2 million to spend and you want to invest, you’re probably better off looking at that $800,000 to $1,000,000 bracket and getting two properties.
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We talked about the East Coast and we’ll give you a real time example. Just last night myself and Simon got an email from a client that we that we came in contact with. I’m sure he won’t mind. Mike
He can be known it is Mike V. He sold his property and settled in Canberra six weeks ago?
Going to be longer than that now, like maybe 12? It’s been a while. So it’ still relatively new in this market.
But he’s just sent us an email last night to thank us.
That Canberra property that he sold to relocate to Perth, he sold it now. So he’s made his good point. It’s now lost $160,000 and coming to Perth, obviously saving a ton of money in a bigger house and closer to the beach.
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All the lifestyle he would love. Yes, everything they wanted, and they’ve gained $25,000.
So and then the other thing that was really rewarding and you know, might sound a little bit corny, guys, but the other thing that was really rewarding about that email was how he’d said the whole family was so much better. They were so much happier. The little grandson was happy.
The cat was happy, because he stopped scratching, because he’s not stressed out anymore.
That was sort of emails that we just love to receive. They were so happy that the family loves the relocation and can call their new home, you know, their family home. Absolutely. It’s wonderful.
So, is real estate in Australia in turmoil?
In closing, real estate is not in turmoil. If you’re looking at real estate in New South in Victoria, it will probably be the case, the real estate might be in turmoil.
But if you’re looking in Perth and you between that $300,000 to $1,000,000 price point houses and moving up, you’re protected by exceptionally strong rental yields. And if you want to deal with a property team that have a track record in getting it right, and your best interests at heart.
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Buyer's Agent, Co-Founder at You&Me Personalised Property Services