Increasing numbers of voices are bringing attention to the spiralling Sydney housing market. Everyone likes a good profit, but how much is too much? Are first home buyers getting locked out altogether?

Prices continue to go skyward, but this can now be seen in a more global context. Apparently we’re not so different after all. Also, Sydney swallows more of NSW including Katoomba, Bargo and Glenorie.

This month the record breaking property value increases from the last few months seems to be leveling out – a bit like how a rocket ship begins to coast once it breaks free of the atmosphere.

March marks the flooding of NSW, the Warragamba dam overflowing and flooding the Nepean and Hawksberry catchment and flood plain. Also, a fair bit of discussion around the merits (or otherwise) of stamp duty.

The results are now in: February marked the greatest across-the-board property value increases since 2003. Also, new powers that allow the Building Commissioner to stop construction on defective buildings in action.

With predictions aplenty for 2021, all things seem to be heading skyward this month except for rental vacancies in coastal towns, which are heading towards zero.

We finished the year in a big way with 2 of our auctions reported prominently on large news feeds – it has been a crazy last month to an even crazier year!

Big news this month is the visionary tax reform changing the loathed stamp duty to a land tax model, and we look around for what people say the ramifications could be

This month records tumble with Sydney housing prices starting to show signs of a sometime rapid increase, and 2 auctioneers win a Nobel Prize!

This month media outlets seem to be focussing on the ramifications of the COVID-19 work from home paradigm shift, and how this could affect property values.