<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/broadbeach-qld-4218">Broadbeach</a> offers plenty of reasons to live vertically, but moving from a substantial family home into an apartment can expose the compromises of high-density living. Privacy, room for guests and usable living space tend to matter more when an apartment is intended as a permanent home rather than an occasional coastal base.

A typical residential floor at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/the-eveleigh-broadbeach-7-9-surf-parade-broadbeach-qld-4218">The Eveleigh</a>, on Surf Parade,&nbsp;contains just four apartments. The 94-residence development by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/hirsch-faigen">Hirsch &amp; Faigen</a> is predominantly made up of expansive three-bedroom homes, with a limited collection of half-floor penthouses above.

Across the apartment floors, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/rothelowman">Rothelowman</a> has used the relatively limited number of residences to give each home greater access to natural light and outlook. Living spaces extend towards full-height glazing, while a series of bay windows frame selected views across the Pacific Ocean, city and hinterland rather than treating the building edge as a continuous wall of glass.

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“The apartment floors deliver a collection of homes that embrace controlled outlook via a series of bay windows deliberately framing moments of view,” Rothelowman Director Kim Lowman said.

From outside, those projecting forms contribute to the tower’s faceted profile. Strong horizontal and vertical elements establish its proportions, while the changing position of the sun alters the light, shadow and reflection across the façade throughout the day.

The same attention moves inside the apartments, where the material palette combines warm timber, natural stone, metallic detailing and softer curved forms. Kitchens sit within the main living zone, with stone island benches, integrated joinery and European appliances, before the living areas extend towards the glazing and the outlook.

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Three genuine bedrooms provide room to accommodate family and guests, while two secure car spaces and storage address some of the practical considerations that can become more noticeable when moving from a larger home. Feedback from the display suite has centred on the warmth and restraint of the interiors, with buyers commenting that the residences feel like homes rather than conventional coastal apartments.

A limited collection of half-floor penthouses occupies the upper levels, increasing the scale of the living spaces and adding private balconies and elevated finishes. From this position, the outlook extends between the ocean and hinterland.

Outside the private residences, The Eveleigh separates its shared spaces between the podium and rooftop. The podium is centred on wellness, with subtropical landscaping surrounding a swimming pool and pool terrace, yoga garden, private gymnasium, sauna and hot and cold plunge facilities. Landscaped retreats and pavilions provide additional places to sit away from the main recreation areas.

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Higher in the building, a rooftop pavilion and private dining suite sit alongside resident lounge, barbecue and outdoor dining areas, opening towards panoramic views across the ocean, city and hinterland.

“Buyers are no longer just looking for an apartment, but a lifestyle where they can relax, reset, and enjoy a balanced way of living,” Hirsch &amp; Faigen Director of Sales Matt George said.

Interest to date has come from established owner-occupiers and interstate lifestyle purchasers, including buyers planning a future move to the Gold Coast. Many are coming from larger homes and want to reduce ongoing maintenance without giving up space for family and guests, privacy, two car spaces or the ability to entertain at home.

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Much of that daily life can also take place beyond the building without requiring a drive. Kurrawa Beach and Pratten Park are an easy walk from Surf Parade, while Pacific Fair, Oracle Boulevard, The Oasis, restaurants, cafés, entertainment and public transport are also within walking distance.

The Eveleigh is Hirsch &amp; Faigen's fourth Gold Coast development since entering the market in 2021, following The Hemingway at Palm Beach, The Emerson at Kirra and Yves at Mermaid Beach. Each of the preceding projects sold out before completion.

“Broadbeach had been on our radar throughout our time operating on the Gold Coast,” the developer said. “Following our projects in Palm Beach, Kirra and Mermaid Beach, Broadbeach represented the natural next step for the business.”

The Surf Parade site brought together proximity to the beach, protected coastal outlooks and walkability to dining, shopping and recreation. Hirsch &amp; Faigen also identified the street as an emerging premium residential address, with enough separation from Broadbeach's busier destinations to retain a quieter environment at home.

The Eveleigh is now under construction by Maxcon, with completion forecast for mid-2028. Three-bedroom residences are currently available from $2.87 million.

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A long-stalled Campbelltown development site is back in play, with new plans for 139 apartments set to supersede a mixed-use scheme approved almost a decade ago but never built.

The new proposal for 28 Cordeaux Street would deliver 116 market and 23 affordable apartments in a part 14-storey building, bringing a substantial new project into a Campbelltown market where new apartment supply remains limited.

Plans have been filed over the 3,092 sqm corner site at Moore-Oxley Street, around 600 metres from Campbelltown Railway Station and the city-centre retail core.

The site already carries a mixed-use residential approval dating to 2016. Doroch Architects has now been engaged on a larger replacement scheme, which is progressing as a State Significant Development Application following a Housing Delivery Authority determination in August 2025.

The apartment mix comprises 39 one-bedroom, 72 two-bedroom and 28 three-bedroom residences. Two-bedroom apartments make up just over half of the project, while three-bedroom homes account for 20 per cent.

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Of the 139 apartments, 23 will be delivered as affordable housing under the in-fill affordable housing provisions of the Housing SEPP. The affordable component represents 15 per cent of the residential gross floor area and will be managed by a registered Community Housing Provider.

Doroch has sought to break the scale of the building into two distinct elements, with a masonry podium of around four storeys establishing the street edge before the residential tower steps back above.

The corner position has shaped that approach. Cordeaux Street faces toward the commercial and civic centre, while Moore-Oxley Street leads into the lower-scale residential neighbourhood to the south, and the design verification report describes the site as "bridging the commercial core to the north and established residential areas to the south."

The podium will be expressed predominantly in face brick, while the upper levels shift to brushed and grooved concrete cladding with darker metal detailing. Recessed sections, deep balcony edges and landscaping break down the upper form, with an approximately 11.8-metre setback to the northern boundary addressing the adjoining St Peters Anglican School.

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Campbelltown has been starved of new residential developments in the last decade.

The only other notable development set to come to market this year is ALAND's Queen Square, a mixed-use precinct on over two hectares that will comprise apartments above a vibrant ground-level retail and hospitality dining precinct.

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First Look: Sherlock Construction pitches apartments for low-rise Deception Bay

Queensland builder-developer MAYD has revealed the first look at its major North Kirra beachfront development, lodging amended plans that reduce the number of apartments and increase the proportion of larger residences.

The project is planned across a substantial 4,742 sqm amalgamated site spanning seven lots at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/2-6-pacific-parade-bilinga-qld-4225">2-6 Pacific Parade</a> and 27-33 Golden Four Drive in Bilin​ga, directly opposite Nor​th Kirra Beach.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/mayd-group">MAYD</a> secured the site for $32.5 million in 2025, in what was one of the Gold Coast's largest property transactions of the year.

The development will be delivered across two stages, with the first stage carrying an estimated gross realisation value of around $360 million.

The latest amendments seek to reduce the overall apartment count and shift the project further toward the owner-occupier market, with larger residences designed for buyers wanting considerably more space than traditionally offered in a beachfront apartment.

The residential mix will include townhomes, oversized two-bedroom apartments, substantial three-bedroom residences and four-bedroom homes.

MAYD has appointed Cera Stribley to lead the architecture and interiors, with the Melbourne-based design practice drawing on the beachfront setting through a series of ocean-facing terraces and heavily landscaped balconies.

Strong horizontal forms and curved balconies will define the exterior, with subtropical landscaping integrated throughout the building to soften the built form and increase the connection between the residences and the beachfront.

The project will also include an extensive collection of resident wellness and lifestyle facilities, continuing the broader shift across the Gold Coast's luxury apartment market toward larger homes supported by resort-style amenity.

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MAYD Founder Todd Mould said North Kirra was increasingly appealing to buyers attracted to the more established, lower-density character of the southern Gold Coast.

"North Kirra presents one of the most compelling luxury residential opportunities currently emerging in Australia, combining absolute beachfront with the character and authenticity that buyers are increasingly seeking, and the same sense of tight-knit community that defined Burleigh and Currumbin perhaps 10 or 15 years ago," Mould said.

"With Gold Coast Airport on its doorstep, it also offers a level of accessibility that broadens its appeal across almost every market demographic."

The project comes as the southern Gold Coast continues to attract an increasing share of high-end apartment development and buyer activity.

Kirra in particular has emerged as one of the region's more tightly held beachfront markets, with its relatively low-density character, established surf and hospitality scene and proximity to Gold Coast Airport differentiating it from the higher-density markets further north.

Mould said those characteristics had informed the approach MAYD and Cera Stribley had taken to the project.

"We've worked closely with Cera Stribley to create a vision that is deeply connected to its surroundings," he said.

"Inspired by the coastline itself, the architecture has been shaped around space, privacy and resort-style living, creating a collection of homes that reflects the next generation of luxury on the southern Gold Coast."

MOTIV Managing Director Carly Cottam, who has been appointed to market the project, said buyer attention had continued to move south along the Gold Coast.

"Purchasers who may once have defaulted to Broadbeach, Main Beach or Surfers Paradise are increasingly recognising the value of a genuine beachfront location that offers lower density, strong amenity and a more established sense of community," Cottam said.

"Kirra has a powerful combination of growing demand and genuine scarcity. Beachfront supply is inherently constrained, the area remains relatively low density, and buyers are increasingly placing a premium on locations that feel established, uncrowded and authentic rather than heavily developed."

Cottam said the proximity to Gold Coast Airport was also proving increasingly important for interstate and second-home buyers.

"Being minutes from Gold Coast Airport makes it particularly compelling for interstate buyers, frequent travellers and second-home purchasers who can access an authentic coastal lifestyle almost immediately after stepping off a flight."

The acquisition takes MAYD's active development portfolio to more than $500 million, with the North Kirra project representing one of its largest undertakings to date.

MAYD is targeting an early 2027 launch.

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Castle Hill, the longtime hub of the Hills District, has been one of the major beneficiaries of Sydney's Metro expansion, with improved connectivity helping drive continued population growth, development and buyer demand across the Hills District.

But despite that growth, the suburb has seen relatively few major new apartment projects brought to market over the past 18 months.

Hills District developer Reve Group is looking to fill that gap with <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/nova-r-ve-castle-hill-2-garthowen-crescent-castle-hill-nsw-2154">Nova Rêve</a>, a major new mixed-use precinct on the corner of Garthowen Crescent and Old Castle Hill Road, a short walk from Castle Hill Metro Station and Castle Towers.

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The project will comprise three residential towers alongside a hotel, restaurants, cafes and a skybar, more than 1,600 sqm of ground-floor retail and almost an acre of landscaped gardens.

It represents the largest project undertaken by Reve Group, the development arm of the Kassis family, which has been building across the Hills District for more than 30 years through Kassis Homes.

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Nova Rêve also represents a significant step up from the family's first apartment development, Grand Rêve, which was delivered nearby on Garthowen Crescent.

Grand Rêve introduced larger, house-like apartment layouts and premium inclusions including Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances to the Castle Hill market.

Nova Rêve takes that approach to a precinct scale, combining the residential component with hospitality, retail and substantial public and resident landscaping.

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Reve Group Managing Director Sam Kassis said the project reflected the family's three decades of building in the Hills, which has evolved from trophy homes on quarter-acre blocks to larger-scale apartment development.

"Grand Rêve was our first apartment project here and it showed us what this pocket of Castle Hill could be. Nova Rêve is the refinement of that idea: not just apartments, but a place the whole suburb can use," Kassis said.

A key part of that approach is the hotel, which has been designed to operate as an amenity for the wider Castle Hill community rather than solely hotel guests.

It will include restaurants, cafes, skybars and all-day dining, alongside conference and event facilities catering to business functions, community groups and private events.

At ground level, more than 1,600 sqm of shops and cafes will open onto the surrounding streets and landscaped areas.

Almost an acre of gardens designed by Land and Form Studios will run through the precinct, incorporating pathways, seating, barbecue areas and children's play spaces.

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Reve Group's Romio Georges said creating an active ground plane had been central to the planning of Nova Rêve.

"There are gardens with pathways, barbecues, seating and play areas, shops and cafes opening onto the street, and a hotel with restaurants and a skybar that anyone in Castle Hill can walk into," Georges said.

The project's elevated position on one of Sydney's highest ridgelines will also provide apartments with outlooks toward the Sydney skyline, surrounding parkland and the Blue Mountains.

More than 80 per cent of the apartments will occupy corner positions, with Turner responsible for both the architecture and interiors.

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North Sydney, the Inner South and the Eastern Suburbs all recorded a preliminary clearance rate of above 70% for the week ending 15 November, according to CoreLogic RP Data.
According to CoreLogic RP Data  the preliminary clearance rate for the city and inner south is 73.3%, the eastern suburbs at 76.6% and North Sydney and Hornsby at 71.1%.
The Central Coast had preliminary clearance rate of 34.8%) and the South West 34.2%.
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Australian Property Monitors (APM) has released a list of auction results in Sydney for Saturday 14 November. 
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Veteran actor John Gaden (pictured above) appears in an edgy comedy video highlighting the recent overheated Sydney auction market.
The parody clip, directed by former Julliard student Stephen King features an auction of a studio apartment with no toilet in "south west, west Sydney," five and a half hours from the Sydney CBD.
King, who plays the auctioneer (pictured below) says "as I'm sure you're aware the housing market in Sydney is almost impossible to break into, you almost need a large inheritance to buy the most modest of properties."
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The so-called apartment at 1 Backwater Road, Shithole Park is bought by the pressured son-in-law (below) desperate for a property, played by the actor Jay James-Moody.
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We won't spoil the plot so are leaving the sale price undisclosed for your viewing of the hilarious recent YouTube upload <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqXjP4PG_k8" target="_blank">which you can watch here</a>. However be warned, there is some adult language.
James-Moody was a student at the Newtown School of Performing Arts and recently won best actor in a leading role in an independent musical, in the Squabbalogic production of The Drowsy Chaperone at the Sydney theatre awards.
Gaden, who is currently performing in the Sydney Theatre Companies rendition of Orlando, plays an old man in a wheelchair onlooking at the auction who wets himself.
Gaden is possibly the only actor in the auction room with a Sydney property in actuality - having moved from Balmain in the 1970s to Bondi then Rushcutters Bay for the past eight years.
The video has had over 800 views in its first four days on YouTube.
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Actor Fiona Spence, one of the most admired Australian television stars throughout the past three decades, has sold her Lewisham home.
She's looking to downsize, but staying in the inner west.
Her grand three bedroom, two storey <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-lewisham-120725877" target="_blank">Hunter St terrace</a> was restored and renovated while maintaining its classic Victorian period feel.
Exisitite pressed metal ceilings in several rooms along with original fireplaces.
Sally Hampshire at Laing + Simmons Double Bay had the offering with near $1.9 million hopes.
Leaving Melbourne for Sydney in 1996, Fiona Spence bought the home for $364,000. 
Born in Kent, England to an Irish mother and an Australian surgeon father, she first moved to Hong Kong and then aged six to Australia. 
The stage and television actor is best known as the unlucky in love spinster Celia Stewart in Home and Away - Alf's sister. Then there was her role as prison officer Vera Bennett in Prisoner series and she was also on Packed to the Rafters as Ted Taylor's ex-love interest, Eleanor McCormack. 
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Sydney has recorded its lowest auction clearance rate since March 2013 at 58%, according to CoreLogic RP Data.
CoreLogic RP Data head of research Tim Lawless said the broad trend in clearance rates is downwards, with the weighted average trending consistently lower since peaking over the last week of March this year at 82% to reach 61% over the past two weeks.
"Melbourne’s clearance rate has also been trending lower, but has showed more resilience than Sydney’s," he said.
"The clearance rate across Melbourne was below 70% over the past three weeks, but has held around the mid to high 60% mark.
"Over the first ten weeks of Spring we have recorded 25,727 auctions which is 3,138 more auctions that at the same last year and 22% higher than the ten weeks leading up to Spring. With auction volumes higher, even though the clearance rate is moderating, the raw number of successful auctions has held reasonably firm."
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“The only capital cities where auctions comprise more than one third of all sales is Melbourne and Sydney, where, over the first seven months of the year, auctions accounted for approximately 35% of all home sales. In Perth, auction sales comprised only 1.9% of all sales, 2.9% across Tasmania, 6.4% in Brisbane and just over 11% in Adelaide,” he said. 
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Sydney's industrial sector has had a strong 2015 in which the emergence and recovery of the sector throughout 2013 and 2014 has been consolidated, according to the valuation firm Herron Todd White.
Some of the Sydney’s highest performing areas continue to include the South Sydney region which remains the beneficiary of the increasing shift of older style industrial facilities into more high-tech accommodation, the latest HTW report suggests.
"The demand for this type of stock has seen capital rates increase throughout the calendar year, with smaller stock achieving rates up to and above $3,500 per square metre.
"Larger industrial holdings within this precinct benefit from their proximity to the Port Botany precinct, which appears to be one of the main drivers of demand in this sector."
The report goes on to state that the gentrification of industrial precincts in close proximity to the Sydney CBD such as South Sydney, as well as Sydney’s ever steady push to the west is resulting in the emergence of industrial precincts such as Marsden Park, Eastern Creek, Erskine Park and the like developing into strong contenders in the Sydney industrial market.
"Demand levels have increased in these areas progressively over the past few years, though with the ongoing completion of infrastructure in these locations, demand has continued to strengthen in 2015 with a number of national distribution facilities setting up in this region (Woolworths, Linfox, BlueScope Steel)."
The HTW review adds that the Sutherland Shire/St George industrial sector has witnessed capital rate increases over 2015 with torrens and strata title properties commonly achieving rates over and above $2,000 per square metre.
"The strength of this market is driven by a dominant owner occupier sector, with a strong presence of local tradesmen occupying this precinct.
"Generally speaking, industrial yields have fallen, in keeping with all sectors across the Sydney property market."
The report concludes by explaining the fall in yields in consistent with the historically low interest rates and an increase in capital values while rental rates have largely remained stable.
"Larger prime assets are typically achieving yields ranging between 7.5% and 9%, dependent on size, while smaller assets have fallen to the 5% to 7% range."
 
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The suburb of Wolli Creek, 10 kilometres south of the Sydney CBD has become an investor hotspot in recent times, says Herron Todd White's latest report.
"This is a suburb that has seen a large scale transformation with many high density unit developments constructed," HTW said.
The HTW report suggests investor demand has been fuelled by the addition of retail space in the area, including a newly constructed Woolworths, and Wolli Creek train station offering access to two major rail lines. 
"The demographic of these investors has been both local and overseas."
The report highlighted that on the most recent CoreLogic RP Data suburb statistic report the median unit sale price in October 2014 was $640,000 and in September 2015 was $742,500. 
The report also noted the indicated gross rental yield at 4.3% with a median asking rental price of $560 per week. 
"This is the same story for investors seeing a dramatic gain in capital growth but resulting in a reduced yield. 
"With this said, we have not yet seen any dramatic slowing of investor demand. 
"It may be slightly too early to make a fair assessment on this, so we watch with anticipation how things will develop over the coming months."
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John McGrath has pinpointed the infrastructure projects set to trigger price growth in benefitting suburbs.
Major projects in Sydney are shortening the city commute and unlocking affordable outer suburban areas previously dismissed by city families for being too far to travel for work, he noted on his Switzer blog.
"This is providing growth stimulus for local property prices."
He pointed out that history shows that major infrastructure can have a direct and meaningful impact on property prices.
He identified the best new projects currently underway that he feels will have a big impact on local property prices. 
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WestConnex - 2015-2023     
WestConnex is the biggest transport project in Australia today. It involves a 33km link between Sydney’s far west through to the city, airport and Port Botany precinct, bypassing 52 sets of traffic lights.
The project will result in significant travel time savings by car and bus. Commuters travelling by car from Parramatta will save 25 minutes to the CBD and 40 minutes to the airport. About 10km of new bus lanes will halve the CBD commute from Burwood. WestConnex will also divert 3,000 trucks off Parramatta Road per day.
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James Magnussen, the first Australian to win the men’s 100m freestyle world title in 2011, foresees his real estate investment hobby might become more serious at the end of his time in the pool.
Training now for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics, Magnussen Enterprises Pty Ltd paid $623,000 earlier this year for a Ryde unit in a 1960s red-brick walk up block.
The 4/29 Gladstone Ave unit - an 88 sqm three-bedder - has been scheduled for November 14 auction with $750,000 hopes.
Bought in original condition in the block of six, the Drummoyne based Magnussen, and a builder mate, renovated the property over the last four months while he was in recovery from major shoulder reconstruction surgery.
The ­refurbishment, including new kitchen and bathroom, cost about $50,000. 
The property, with district views, could yield a $650 plus weekly rent, <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-apartment-nsw-ryde-121005886" target="_blank">its LJ Hooker Ryde City listing agent Neil Moorjani suggests</a>. 
Magnussen spent $935,000 in 2012 on his Drummoyne flat which was well bought as it had traded at $910,000 in 2007.
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We have valuation firm Herron Todd White to thank for this quite startling revelation earlier in the week: “Signs of slowing have emerged in Sydney property markets.”
Were it not for the ground-breaking analysis and cutting-edge research of HTW, no one would have noticed that the Sydney market has been fading. 
The marked decrease in sales volumes since the start of the year would have passed us by.
The stark decline in auction clearance rates over several months would have gone unnoticed.
The significance of the steady increase in stock on the market would have been lost of all but the most brilliant among us. 
And the wind-down in the pace of price growth would have been quite meaningless.
Fortunately, HTW to the rescue, publishing a report that contains zingers like: “There are signs that the market may be cooling.”
Good grief. What were they thinking? Were they competing for first prize in a competition for under-statement of the year? Or was it the time-honoured tradition among the valuation profession of being unwilling to say anything meaningful for fear of being relevant? 
There are signs that the market may be cooling? Is there seriously some doubt that the Sydney market is in wind-down? 
This is sadly symptomatic of the absence of expert analysis in the residential property industry.
We had another example in a speech last week by Reserve Bank assistant governor Malcolm Edey, in which he made the most common mistake in real estate “analysis”. This is the theory that says that if Event A coincided with Event B, therefore Event A must have caused Event B.
It’s irrelevant that there are five or six other events that also were aligned with Event B - Event A has had the most publicity, so Event A gets the prize.
So APRA made some announcements and then signs emerged, a la HTW’s rip-snorting expose, of a cooling in the market, therefore APRA must have caused the de-heating. 
Obviously.
This overlooks the reality that the Sydney market peaked and started its gradual wind-down long before APRA had its self-indulgent brain-explosion.
The Sydney market peaked in the December Quarter last year. Sales activity dropped in the March Quarter, dropped again in the June Quarter and continued its steady dissipation in the September Quarter.
Little by little, that has been reflected in other data. 
Clearance rates are now below 60% for the first time in three years, following a pattern of decline stretching back months.
The latest quarterly price data, always a long way behind the real game, indicates Sydney growth has fallen back to levels on a par with Adelaide and Brisbane.
 But Edey, as a boffin who gets no closer to the coal face than his computer screen, sees only “tentative evidence that sentiment may now be turning”.
 I fully agree with the growing list of pundits calling the end to Sydney’s boom. I’ve been writing about it for the past 5-6 months.
Terry Ryder is the founder of <a href="https://www.hotspotting.com.au/" target="_blank">hotspotting.com.au</a>. You can <a href="https://mailto:ryder@hotspotting.com.au" target="_blank">email him</a> or follow him on <a href="https://twitter.com/hotspotting" target="_blank">Twitter.</a>
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