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Confidence seems to be coming back to the investor market after the COVID-19 pandemic pushed loan borrowing to among its lowest levels in recorded times.

Real Estate Investors borrowed $5.28 billion in September to buy residential and commercial property, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Data (ABS), a month-to-month surge of 5.2 per cent that stood for a recovery from pre-pandemic levels.

The relief measures designed to jump-start the economy are motivating investors to acquire residential property, Daniel Walsh claimed, a buyer’s representative from Your Property Your Wide range.

” Enquiry is from both novice and also seasoned investors, that are keen to take advantage of the low interest environment and also acquire a property before prices rise any further,” Mr Walsh stated.

Investor financing declined promptly after capital cities around the nation went into lockdowns in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. About $4.1 billion in finance was released to investors in May, a low not seen in 18 years as well as amongst the lowest since the ABS started maintaining records.

Yet a strong rebound thereafter indicated that investors are feeling positive enough to invest their money in property. Investor loans leapt  14 per cent in between August and September, helping to exceed February’s $5.27 billion outcome.

Many investors have actually been watching as well as waiting to see what happened to residential property prices throughout the pandemic, and also now really feel much more positive to move on with their financial investment plans.

” Certainly, now we can all see that rates have stood up incredibly well, and also have actually even climbed in some places.”

Away from Sydney and Melbourne, towards Brisbane

The recover for Investor lending comes as capitals Sydney as well as Melbourne wrestle with a high deficiency of renters because of border lockdowns instituted as part of COVID-19 wellness actions.

Overseas students and travelers have a tendency to rent out around the city centres of Sydney and also Melbourne. The drop in migrants– forecast to fall to 31,000 in the financial year ending in 2021, according to CoreLogic projections, a decrease from 232,000 a year previously– has actually brought about apartment values of Sydney and Melbourne dropping.

” From a demand side, the dissipation of migrants, including international students, has actually caused an unexpected and also massive decrease in the number of tenants needing accommodation,” Tim Lawless stated, head of research study at CoreLogic

And also the divide between supply and demand could expand more, Mr Lawless claimed, as construction of hundreds of apartments finishes up and also they are offered to the market.

” Both cities have a multiyear history of substantial supply additions to the high-rise unit market,” he said, “where the large bulk of residential properties are owned by investors.”

Home values for apartment in Sydney and also Melbourne went down for five straight months. The decreased values are motivating investors to look in other places for growth opportunities.

Investors are looking to the Queensland market, research from the property investment professionals of Australia (PIPA) indicates.

About 36 per cent of investors said they plan on investing in a Brisbane property, according to the advocacy group’s annual sentiment survey of 1100 investors, marking the fifth year running it was their number one preference.

Brisbane supply being grabbed quickly

The number of properties listed on the Brisbane market in April fell to the lowest level it’s been in five years, according to SQM Research.

The low number of properties available on the market is an indicator of demand outperforming supply.


Stock is really becoming a major issue in many parts of Brisbane.

In our part of the world, Everton Park, McDowall, Stafford, Bridgeman Downs, we are finding it extremely difficult to keep up with the demand from home buyers.  We are finding that there are many more people interested in buying right now.

So if you are wanting to make a move now would be the ideal time.

Simply give our office a call, with so much demand prices are rising and you may be surprised at just how much your property is worth today.


We thanks ratecity.com.au for the research they did for this article. You can read more here.

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