Property Management

Real Estate Business’ Property Management category is home to Residential Property Manager, REB’s sister publication.
Residential Property Manager specifically aims to address the challenges faced by the real estate industry by focusing on relevant issues concerning real estate property managers as well as highlighting various opportunities for property managers.
This category contains news, analyses, features, reports and business strategy articles on various topics such as rent roll management, development strategies, tech trends and landlord management.

Report: Housing affordability up while rental affordability falls

Housing affordability has improved marginally across the country in the March quarter 2019, with the exception of the Northern Territory, but the coun...

Property cooling has wider implications, says HIA

Analysis of new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics has found that a slowdown in housing approvals is being felt in the economy at large. ...

Aussie property market was never in doubt, says expert

One high-profile buyer’s agent says the Australian property market is not in any danger of collapse, nor was it ever, despite significant uncertain...

RBA rate cut next week? Maybe not

CoreLogic research analyst Cameron Kusher has said there is a widespread belief that the RBA is set to cut official interest rates in June, and while...

5 steps to a successful pay rise

Property managers are well versed in having tough conversations, but when it comes to asking for a pay rise, having the discussion and getting it ar...

5 Sydney suburbs to watch as confidence begins to return

Analysis by a Sydney buyer’s agent has revealed five leading-indicator suburbs set to be at the forefront of price gains during the city’s next gr...

Home values recover in most capital cities, days on market shorten

Home values recovered this week, rising in three capital cities and falling in just two, according to the latest CoreLogic data. Write comment...

Most affordable close-proximity capital cities revealed

Buyers looking to buy a house inside the yardstick 10-kilometre CBD radius under $600,000 will do best in Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart and Perth, accord...

Vacancies down in Sydney but firm and up in the rest of NSW

The April REINSW Residential Vacancy Rate Report reveals a 0.4 of a percentage point decrease in vacancies across Sydney, but found the Illawarra reg...

REIQ gives APRA serviceability initiative the thumbs up

The REIQ has welcomed APRA’s proposal to remove the quantitative guidance on the level of lenders serviceability floor rate, allowing them to set th...