Hotspotting

Hotspot of the Week - Orange

To generalise about Australia as a single market is nonsensical, given the size and complexity of the nation and its many different real estate markets. The past 5 years have demonstrated the point well. The eight capital cities have had 4 distinct scenarios and regional Australia has also exhibited various scenarios, dictated by local conditions. Now we are moving into a period of change.

Hotspot of the Week - Port Adelaide Enfield

Noel Whittaker is one of Australia’s most experienced and respected experts on finance and investment. In a recent newspaper column he urged property investors to stop reading newspaper headlines and tuning in to media generally, as it is presenting investors with misleading information about real estate markets. Whittaker says, and I agree, that there is no such thing as a single property market in Australia – there are myriad markets, all doing their own thing.

Hotspot of the Week - The City of Marion

Top 5 Adelaide Hotspots

Media loves negative property predictions, and it seems trendy to make doomsday predictions of (quite often) a 40% drop in values, offered by "experts" on book or seminar tours, whose goal seems to be quick and easy publicity. 2 years ago Terry Ryder started researching media predictions about residential property and compared these predictions with the actual outcomes. he has complied the 20 worst of these predictions and in this podcast will outline some of the most glaringly incorrect.

Hotspot of the Week - Salisbury LGA Adelaide

Hotspot of the Week - Gympie

Hotspot of the Week - Redcliffe Peninsula

Australia continues to under-rate the Adelaide property market. This is largely through a failure to understand the improvements in the South Australian economy and the pipeline of major events which will drive demand for residential real estate. The Adelaide market is highly active and producing stronger price growth than the generalised growth data suggests. Overall we see Adelaide as being worthy of consideration by investors, especially from the viewpoint of affordability and value for money.

In the September edition of the Ryder Report we look at the type of events that put particular locations on the Hotspotting radar screen. We outline the four key markers of future price growth in our capital cities. We discuss how you can try and make sense of price growth data from three different sources. We report on featured markets poised for price growth. We provide tips on how to advance as property investors. We provide a state-by-state analysis of key events in real estate.

Top 10 Queensland Hotspots

There are strong linkages between events in the local economy and outcomes in real estate markets. If a city’s economy is growing and creating jobs, real estate markets will be busy. Proximity to employment nodes is an important marker to look for, remembering that most of the jobs are in the suburbs, not in the CBDs. At Hotspotting we’re scouring information sources every day looking for events that indicate buoyancy (or otherwise) in local economies.

There is potential for buyers to find locations where prices are rising or are on the cusp of a growth phase. Here are four markers that provides clues to future price growth. 1- The underlying local economy is rising. 2-Demand has risen but prices haven't moved much - yet. 3- Rents have risen strongly, but prices haven't moved much - yet. 4- Prices haven't moved much overall, but the top end has had strong growth.