Free Property Market Information

Here are some sites where you can find lots of free property market information... median price and growth, past sales, demographics, vacancy rates, rental yields etc. As always, this data should be used as a general guide to market direction only.

OnTheHouse (very useful site, shows multiple past sales results for properties in any suburb)
http://www.onthehouse.com.au/

InvestSmart (median price, rental yield and 12/24/36 month growth stats for any suburb)
http://www.investsmart.com.au/property/

Residex FindMeAHome (shows all houses for sale in a suburb, with an estimated fair price)
http://www.findmeahome.com.au/

Residex Indices (historical growth statistics for all capitals)
http://www.residex.com.au/index.php?content=get_indices&from=why_indices

RP Data Indices (historical growth statistics for all capitals)
http://www.rpdata.net.au/indices/

RP Data Auction Results
http://www.homepriceguide.com.au/auction_results/

RP Data Free Suburb Profile
http://www.myrp.com.au/showProductDetail.do?reportTypeId=1&propertyId=

OldListings (tracks changes in advertised price of properties for sale)
http://www.oldlistings.com.au/

SQM Research (suburb demographics and vacancy rates*)
http://www.sqmresearch.com.au/

*SQM use an alternative method for calculating vacancy rates compared to the REIs 'official' figures.

Global Property Guide (for a worldwide perspective)
http://www.globalpropertyguide.com/

Herron Todd White (read the 'Month in Review' report)
http://www.htw.com.au/

Westpac Property Outlook
http://www.westpac.com.au/internet/publish.nsf/Content/BBPR+Property+Market+Information

ANZ Property Outlook
http://www.anz.com/aus/corporate/EcoComm/Property.asp


Feel free to add to the list...

Cheers,

Shadow.
 
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Hey Shadow..thanks for listing my site here mate..cheers.

:)

No worries BD, and congratulations on your latest media success! I'm all for more transparency.

Has your site's hit count jumped much since the media release?

I'm still looking out for the release of your next Adviser Edge National Property Sector Review... any timeframe planned for the next release?

Shadow.
 
Me too,Shadow which site is BD media success..willair..

Hi willair,

BD is Louis Christopher of SQM Research, and his website is http://www.sqmresearch.com.au/media.php.

There were quite a few articles in the media last week regarding his alternative vacancy rate statistics that appear to show much higher vacancy rates across Australia than those reported by the RE industry.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24079562-2702,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/business/money/story/0,25479,24076249-14327,00.html

The vacancy rates published by BD and the REIs are useful for identifying trends, but there is no 'correct' figure... it all depends on how the calculations are performed and on what data.

I believe there is currently a slight easing of vacancy rates in some areas, as owners who are having trouble selling in the current environment place their properties on the rental market instead, but there are also seasonal factors at play... some areas, such as near the beaches, have a very seasonal rental market. I have lived on the Northern Beaches for 9 years, and the rental market here is always much tighter in the summer months.

I still think it is useful to have an alternative set of figures... the REIV especially has been applying much spin of late... referring to a 0.2% vacancy rate in inner Melbourne as if this applied to the whole city etc.

Cheers,

Shadow.
 
Anyone still using Real Estate Analyzer as posted by cmpalmer
Real Estate Analyzer-thread?

Last time I tried my product code had expired?

On other sites, as well as

OldListings (tracks changes in advertised price of properties for sale)
http://www.oldlistings.com.au/

There is their other site

Suburbview Suburb View searches the Suburbs you want, from Australia’s Largest Real Estate sites
http://www.suburbview.com/

Suburbview thread by Fezz

Both threads by cmpalmer and fezz were great and signs of things to come (check the dates)
 
HTW reports make no sense (to me atleast)

I saw the HTW reports when they just came out and noticed the following. Can someone please explain this too me because for me this makes NO SENSE. in the space of 3 months the QLD Brisbane market went from Peak to Declining back to Peak. How?? is this even possible? how can you have peaked then declined then peaked?

Unless the "decline" was a mistake and should have stayed as peaked for all 3 months?

Regardless to me this shows how useless monthly reports are. It also worth to note that this data was for QLD as a whole and not capital city which would mean that the data would have been more reliable and still they got it wrong.

Month to month? whats next day to day? at-least stick to quarters.

**** (below i have copied and pasted the section i am referring to) ****

Queensland Property Market Indicators as at May 2008 – Houses

Brisbane STAGE OF PROPERTY CYCLE = "Peak of Market"

Queensland Property Market Indicators as at June 2008 – Houses

Brisbane STAGE OF PROPERTY CYCLE = "Declining Market"


Queensland Property Market Indicators as at July 2008 – Houses

Brisbane STAGE OF PROPERTY CYCLE = "Peak of market"
 
I'm still waiting for the website where I can click on a button and buy a property with no money down that will triple in value 5 years after I buy it and will initially yield over 10% and go through the roof from there.

Can anyone provide me a link ??
 
Hi
I bookmarked this thread a while ago - its a handy thread.

Another one which I'm watching a bit more lately is www.lendingcentral.com

They dont censor your feedback (significantly) on some of the articles they post - which can be informative to some degree. God help them if some of the forumites posted on it.

AND you may note that IF their stats are correct, 72% of MBs arent going to the MFAA convention being held on the gold coast this week...
 
Superb thread. Thanks for giving us more ammunition for our arsenal. Through knowledge we advance. It is sad that many investors will not even look at some of this info, they have more trust in their local real estate agent than in economic statistics.
 
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