Editorial
The Movement
Market read
Investor money is back · Morwell units are running hot at +20% YoY · while Colac units are softening (-9% YoY).
Top movers
- Morwell· unit
- Bonshaw· house
- Sebastopol· house
- Epping· unit
- Caulfield South· unit
Cooling spots
- Colac· unit
- Traralgon· unit
- Southbank· unit
Yield leaders
- Southbank· unit6.7%
- Flemington· unit6.5%
- Morwell· house5.9%
Investor lending
$41.5b
Investor money is back: $41.5b this quarter, up 25% YoY.
Investor — new builds
$1.5b
Investors are leaning into off-the-plan apartments: $1.5b, 7.8% YoY.
Investor — construction
$5.6b
Investor construction lending is up: $5.6b, 20.3% YoY — H&L cohort is back.
Source: REIV market insights · ABS Lending Indicators (5601.0) · seasonally adjusted
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