Entries by JKents

Brisbane riverfront property enters ‘ultra-prime’ club

Brisbane riverfront property prices are surging Riverfront homes now sell for six times the city median after recording a staggering 29 per cent price jump in one year, highlighting the premium high-end buyers will pay to secure a stake in Brisbane’s dwindling waterfront property. Place Advisory’s Brisbane Riverfront Property Market Report revealed riverfront home sales […]

SA’s most expensive home sales revealed for 2025

Adelaide has had another bumper year for prestige property sales, with SA’s top 20 list reaching as high as $11.2m and bottoming out at a whopping $6.5m. Data from Property Edge revealing the state’s most expensive residential settlements for 2025 reveal the year’s most expensive transaction was for a character mansion at 3 Victoria Ave, […]

Why the DSCR loan became the investor darling of 2025

For real estate investors sidelined by traditional income documentation requirements, debt-service-coverage ratio (DSCR) loans are becoming easier to access and are more widely available as lenders refine underwriting and gain confidence in the product’s performance. Like other seemingly “nontraditional” loans, lenders took some time to dip their toes into in the DSCR market. Marc Halpern, […]

NAR legislative priorities for 2026 focus on housing supply, affordability

There’s no shortage of differing opinions within housing, but one thing most industry professionals can agree on is that affordability is a key ongoing struggle for many prospective homebuyers.  Real estate agents and members of the National Association of Realtors (NAR) are on the front lines of this battle, as they work with buyers to […]

DOJ wants antitrust review of real estate commissions in Davis suit

The Department of Justice (DOJ) wants a federal court in Philadelphia to take a close look at real estate agent commissions. Last Friday, the DOJ filed a statement of interest in the Davis homebuyer commission lawsuit filed in May 2024 against Howard Hanna Real Estate Services.  The statement of interest was signed by Assistant Attorney […]

Revealed: The suburbs Australia’s stars now own

Celebrity suburbs revealed as prestige prices surge across Byron Bay, Sunshine Beach and Toorak. Australia’s celebrity suburbs are exploding in value as some of the nation’s biggest names buy compounds, consolidate coastal land and pour millions into secluded lifestyle pockets. New PropTrack market trends data revealed Byron Bay jumped 14.2 per cent, Sunshine Beach climbed […]

Victoria’s luxury homes: Who spent mega millions on prestige pads

Toorak’s Coonac mansion has been crowned Victoria’s most expensive home sold in 2025. Retail royalty, medicine moguls and even a philanthropic poker player are among the big names to have splashed mega millions on Victoria’s priciest homes of 2025. The state’s top 24 home sales of the year added up to a whopping $713m in […]

Inside Australia’s 5 most shocking rental properties

Rising rents across Australia have meant even the most shocking properties are going for a hefty sum. Thousands of Aussies have spent the last year sharing some of the worst rentals they’ve seen across the internet: be it the ‘Don’t Rent Me’ Facebook group with nearly 100,000 users, or the wildly popular ‘Sh*t Rentals’ website, […]