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May 22, 2019

Brisbane Property Market Update

Brisbane housing values have been trending lower over the past five months, driving values 1.9% lower over the past twelve months. The down trend in housing values comes despite rising demand from hig

May 22, 2019

National Property Market Sees Some Improvement

Australian dwelling values fell half a percent last month as the pace of home value decline continued to ease after moving through a recent low point in December last year when national dwelling value

May 13, 2019

First National Agents Stand Against Bullying

First National Real Estate Metro is proud to announce that it is partnering with Kids Helpline, Australia’s only free, private and confidential 24/7 online and phone counselling service for children a

May 13, 2019

Take a Walk Through West End

This walk explores the changing face of West End from the time of first contact between Europeans and Aborigines, through the waves of migration, to the more recent impact of Expo88 and the new planni

May 13, 2019

Liberal Party's New Policy for First Home Owners

Housing affordability has regained its forefront of the political debate as voters gear-up to vote on April 18th. Labor’s proposed to reform negative gearing and capital gains tax. While Prime M

May 7, 2019

How LNP's Bugdet Would Impact Australia's Housing Market

The 2019 Federal Budget proudly delivered news of a surplus of more than $7 billion. Whilst ambitious in nature, with some undertones of stability and sustainability, the property market could get

May 7, 2019

How Have Australian Properties Changed In Value Since Their Peak?

Australia's national dwelling values have fallen by -7.4% from their October 2017 peak through to the end of March 2019. While this figure is often quoted, it is also important to understand the conte

May 7, 2019

Falling Property Values Impact Household Wealth

Household assets and liabilities such as household and housing debt, assets values and disposable income are use by the Reserve Bank (RBA) to calculate a number of household finance ratios. These cons