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Expats Keeping Sydney’s Real Estate Market Humming
While the Covid-19 pandemic has kept foreign investors from buying in Australia, former residents are returning to purchase homes in droves By Kirsten Craze |
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Sydney has seen an increase in expats seeking new homes in the city amid the coronavirus pandemic. Pixabay
Sydney has seen an increase in expats seeking new homes in the city amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Closed borders have done little to dampen the demand
for luxury property in Sydney as expats have stepped in where foreign buyers
left off prior to the pandemic.
A steady stream of off-shore purchasers had been snapping up Sydney’s mega mansions in the 2010s, but after the federal government tightened buying restrictions for non-Australian residents in 2018-19, their numbers had been declining.
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Cheap house price growth outstrips millionaire neighbours
Cheap house price growth outstrips millionaire neighbours
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Sydneyâs most affordable houses increased in value twice as fast as the top end of town during 2020, and first-time buyers are tipped to rush into the market at record levels in the new year to take advantage of government grants and historically low interest rates.
The northern beaches, Fairfield, Waverley and Central Coast had the highest price rises for cheap houses in Sydney over the last three months, analysis of the cheapest 25 per cent of property sales by CoreLogic shows.
Thousands of Pandemic-Weary People Leaving Melbourne, Data Shows
Coronavirus has shattered usual growth trends and international and domestic migration, Australia’s first Population Statement confirms.
In 2020-21 the national will grow at its slowest rate since World War One, the report issued by the federal government’s Centre for Population says.
With overseas migration effectively on hold, internal migration will be the main driver of changes to population distribution.
The number of people moving interstate is expected to fall 12 per cent in 2020-21 to the lowest rate on record.
Victoria is forecast to be exempt from that trend, with an estimated 12,000 expected to leave Melbourne in both 2020-21 and 2021-22.
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