Australia Real Estate Guides and Resources

We have Australia real estate resources listed in numerous categories below. Simply click on the link.

• Buying Guides
• Economics & Statistics
• Forums & Blogs
• Landlord & Tenant
• Laws
• Mortgages
• Taxes
• Yellow Pages & Directories

General Country Links

• Country Description
• Investment Climate
• Newspapers, Magazines & Blogs
• Travel & Tourism

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Buying Guides

• Home Loan Interest – ING Direct shows the rates for their range of mortgages on one screen.
• Australia Property (Just Landed Guide) – An introduction to buying property in Australia.
• Buying a Home: Tips and Advice – Some simple information regarding the steps involved in purchasing a property, supplied by the REIV (Real Estate Institute of Victoria).
• Buying in Australia (Channel4.com Homes) – Guide to buying in Australia property market.
• Buying land or a house in Australia – Advice for newly arrived first home buyers.
• First Home Buyers Guide
• Property Guides (Domain.com.au) – Offers a selection of easy-to-read guides with helpful advice.
• realestate.com.au podcasts – Podcasts by property experts providing advice about buying property.
• Smart Guide: Investment Property (moneymanager.com.au) – Navigate through the steps of buying a property, discover the hidden fees, and compare the most competitive lending rates.

Economics & Statistics

• Stamp Duty Calculator (VIC)
• Stamp Duty Calculator (NSW)
• Land Tax (QLD)
• Reserve Bank of Australia
• ANZ Economic Reports – Information that will help you to understand the latest economic news and trends that may have an impact on your business.
• ANZ Property Research – Property Outlook is a half yearly publication examining trends and fundamentals in both residential and commercial property markets.
• Australian Bureau of Statistics – Provides key national indicators, economic indicators, consumer price index, census data, etc.
• Australian Property Monitors – Offers property news and market trends.
• Australian PropertyWeb: Research – Provides property market and economic statistics.
• BIS Shrapnel – A provider of industry research, analysis and forecasting services. Covers the residential and commercial property sectors.
• CBRE – Residential Research
• Country Briefings: Australia (Economist.com) – Provides economic news, statistics, forecasts, reports, and a country profile on Australia.
• Economic Indicators (Australian Financial Review)
• Harcourts Newsroom – Home and property news.
• Home Price Guide – Offers the latest updates on residential property prices.
• Housing Industry Association Economics Group – It offers a suite of publications and reports offering a comprehensive overview of housing industry conditions, emerging trends and future scenarios.
• iProperty News – News about real estate, property and property finance.
• Knight Frank | Worldwide Research Reports: Australasia – Has residential property market reports.
• Land Services Group – The Land Services Group website offers information and services to support the administration of land in South Australia.
• LatestSales.com.au – Provides the Melbourne Property Prices Overview.
• List of Economic Surveys of Australia (OECD) – Surveys of the Australian economy focusing on economic outlook, monetary and financial issues, public finances, and support for innovation.
• Property News (Australian Financial Review)
• Property News (Domain.com.au) – Find the latest property news, market analysis and expert knowledge.
• Property News (The Australian) – Latest commercial property and real estate news from The Australian, Australias national daily newspaper.
• Property News (The Daily Telegraph)
• Property Reports (domain.com.au) – Find the latest sales and auction results in your area.
• PropertyMash – Australian Real Estate News Intelligence
• Quartile Property Network – Provides residential property market reports and news.
• Real Estate Institute of Australia – REIA has published property market data and analysis for several decades. It has an excellent reputation as a highly credible source of information and considered opinion on the residential and commercial property markets in Australia.
• Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) – Offers median price surveys of residential properties in Melbourne, as well as market information, analysis and trends.
• Real Estate Review (realestate.com.au) – Each month the Review aims to deliver up-to-date news and information to help you make decisions about Australian property.
• Research & Tools: Australian Property Monitors – Research reports, statistics and property news.
• Reserve Bank of Australia – Provides a statistical directory and a collection of graphs on the Australian economy and financial markets.
• The Department of Housing and Works – The Department covers public and community housing, Aboriginal and regional housing, Keystart home loans, property sales, major government projects, capital works projects, and property and facilities maintenance and services.
• The Property Council of Australia – Get the latest information on the Property Councils national summits, awards and conferences.
• Weekly Real Estate Report and Expert Interviews (realestate.com.au) – Provided by Finance News Network, the Weekly Real Estate Report and Expert Interviews provide reliable and insightful news content about the Australian property market.

Forums & Blogs

• Australia Forums (Just Landed Guide) – Forums on Travel & Leisure, Visas & Permits, Jobs, Housing & Rentals, Property, Health, Money, Business, etc.
• Domain.com.au blog –
• News.com.au Smart Investing Blog – Robin Bowerman discusses personal finance strategies and issues.
• Somersoft: Property Investors Forum

Landlord & Tenant

• Australia Housing & Rentals (Just Landed Guide) – A guide to room and flat rental in Australia. Plus forums and classifieds for available property and people looking to share flats.
• HSBC Australia – Offers competitive landlord insurance quotes that can be customised with optional extras
• Landlord Liability
• NSW Federation of Housing Associations – Supporting community-based housing associations to deliver high quality, professional housing services to tenants, for the community, tenants and applicants.
• NSW Office of Fair Trading: Tenants and home owners
• Rental Contracts: All you need to know before signing a rental contract
• Rental Information (realestate.com.au) – Offers a guide on renting a home, dealing with problems/disputes, signing a lease, ending a lease, and more.
• Renting a Home – Information for Tenants in Queensland
• Renting a Home: A guide for Tenants and Landlords (CAV Resource Centre) – The renting guides contain information about tenancy agreements, bonds, condition reports, paying rent, installation/connection charges, repairs, entry by landlord, rent increases, ending a tenancy and useful contacts.
• Rentpay – Secure rent payment services.
• Residential Tenancies Act 1997
• Residential Tenancies Authority
• Residential Tenancies Legislation
• Tenants Union of Queensland – A statewide community organisation that provides services to tenants and aims to improve and protect the rights of all Queensland tenants.
• Tenants Union of Victoria – The Tenants Union of Victoria provides advice, assistance and advocacy for tenants of private and public residential properties and residents of rooming houses and caravan parks in Victoria, Australia.
• Tenants Union of Victoria: Advice – Offers resources such as fact sheets and tenant handbooks that will allow you to better understand the rights and responsibilities of tenants and residents.
• TICA Group – The largest tenant database operating throughout Australia and New Zealand.

Laws

• ACT Legislation Register – Acts, ordinances, bills, and legislative instruments.
• AussieLegal – A comprehensive Australian on-line legal information, lawyer and law firm referral service.
• Guide to Law Online: Australia (Library of Congress) – Links to online resources about laws, including the Constitution, law texts, legal guides and commentary, etc.

Mortgages

• Compare Home Loans (moneymanager.com.au) – Find and compare over 100 home loan products in Australia – fixed, variable, split mortgages.
• Finance Calculators (Domain.com.au)
• Heritage Bank Home Loans – A wide range of home loans and mortgages by Heritage Bank from a low 4.49% p.a. and 5.63% Comparison
• HSBC – offers a wide range of home loans with the option to start your application from overseas
• Home Loan Calculators
• HomeStart Finance – HomeStart Finance provides affordable home loans to South Australians.
• Investors Choice – For your finance needs, specialising in assisting investors in setting up their finances and loan structuring to achieve the maximum results from their investments
• Mortgage Choice – Compare mortgages from Australia’s number 1 broker.
• Smart Guide: Buying a Home (moneymanager.com.au) – A financial guide to home buying with specially designed mortgage calculators.
• Suncorp Bank Home Loans

Taxes

• Australian Capital Territory Revenue Office (ACTRO) – Has info on land tax, duties, and other taxes.
• Australian Taxation Index – Links to Australian taxation info and resources online.
• Australian Taxation Office – Tax rates, calculators & tools, policies & laws, booklets, forms & services, tax returns, tax topics explained, etc.
• Income Tax: An introduction to Australias income tax
• NSW Office of State Revenue – Provides info on land tax, mortgage duty, etc.
• Stamp Duty Calculator (McGrath Real Estate) – Use our stamp duty calculator to work out exactly how much stamp duty you will need to pay on a property in NSW.
• Stamp Duty Calculator (moneymanager.com.au)
• State Revenue Office, Victoria – The Victorian Governments major tax collection agency. Provides info on tax rates, land tax, stamp duty, and more.
• Taxpack.com.au – Taxpack helps in completing income tax returns and provides Australian tax payers with valuable tax advice.

Yellow Pages & Directories

• australia.gov.au – Links to information and services on over 700 Australian government websites as well as selected state and territory resources, and over 5 million government web pages.
• Australia Government Directory
• Active Search Results (ASR) is an independent
• Internet Search Engine using a proprietary page ranking technology with Millions of popular Web sites indexed.
• Austrade – Australian Suppliers Directory
• Directory – Australian business directory
• Loconut – Perth WA news, friends, groups, local community, business directory.
• Nationwide Business Directory – Australian business listings
• property.com.au – Search Australias largest list of properties for rent and for sale.
• True Local  – business directory
• Yellow pages – business directory
• Yalwa – Business directory
• White Pages – home telephone numbers

Country Description

• Australia Country Information (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) – Includes “Australia in Brief – A snapshot” and information about Australian people, culture and lifestyle.
• Australia Country Insight (globalEDGE) – An introduction to Australia, including background information, an interactive map, quick links to resources dealing with Australias economy, and key facts including GDP, population, life expectancy, capital city, currency, and major languages.
• Australia Facts (National Geographic) – Australia information and history, videos, photos, music, and flags.
• Background Note: Australia (US Department of State) – Facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, foreign relations of Australia.
• BBC NEWS | Country profile: Australia – An overview of Australia including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media.
• Expat Interviews: Australia – Interviews with expats on their experiences living in Australia.

Investment Climate

• Australia Country Information (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) – Includes “Australia in Brief – A snapshot” and information about Australian people, culture and lifestyle.
• Australia Country Insight (globalEDGE) – An introduction to Australia, including background information, an interactive map, quick links to resources dealing with Australias economy, and key facts including GDP, population, life expectancy, capital city, currency, and major languages.
• Australia Facts (National Geographic) – Australia information and history, videos, photos, music, and flags.
• Background Note: Australia (US Department of State) – Facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, foreign relations of Australia.
• BBC NEWS | Country profile: Australia – An overview of Australia including key facts, political leaders and notes on the media.
• Expat Interviews: Australia – Interviews with expats on their experiences living in Australia.

Newspapers, Magazines & Blogs

• ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
• Australia News (Topix) – News on Australia continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
• Australian Financial Review – Reports the latest news from business, finance, investment and politics, updated in real time.
• AustralianPolitics.com
• Brisbane Times – Provides latest local stories and news on Brisbane, Queensland (QLD), Australia.
• Business Day – The latest Australia business news, finance news, ASX Stock Market and company news.
• National Nine News – Brings you the latest headlines from Australia and around the world.
• News.com.au – Australia national, business, sport, entertainment and technology news.
• News.com.au News Blog – Get the story behind the stories on the site along with some unusual takes on the issues of the day from the staff at NEWS.com.au
• SBS World News Australia
• Sky News Australia – 24 hour news.
• Sydney Morning Herald – The latest local news on Sydney, NSW. Extensive coverage of business, sports and travel.
• The Age – The latest local news on Melbourne, VIC. Also national news from Australia, business news, sports articles and travel news.
• The Australian – National and international news, with in-depth business sections. Also lifestyle, arts and sports.
• The Canberra Times – Canberra news, classifieds and community.
• The Daily Telegraph – News from Sydney, NSW, Australia.
• The West Australian – Covers news, weather, astrology, employment, tenders, real estate, cars, boats, shopping, and sport.
• Time Out Sydney – Things to do in Sydney including film, food, art, music and clubs.

Travel & Tourism

• Australia Blog: Australia Travel Guide – Part of the BootsnAll Travel Network.
• Australia Travel (guardian.co.uk) – Australia travel articles, tips, and reviews from The Guardian.
• Australia Travel (theage.com.au)
• Australia Travel Advice (Foreign & Commonwealth Office)
• Australia Travel Guide (Lonely Planet) – Lonely Planet Australia Travel Guide. Australia travel information, advice, hotels, reviews, maps and itineraries.
• Australia Travel Guide (New York Times Travel) – The New York Times Travel Guide features the best hotels, restaurants, museums, shopping, bars and more in Australia.
• Australia Travel Guide (News.com.au) – Australia travel news, tips and advice.
• Australia Travel Guide (Wikitravel) – Open source travel guide to Australia, featuring up-to-date information on attractions, hotels, restaurants, nightlife, travel tips and more. Free and reliable advice written by Wikitravellers from around the globe.
• Australia Travel Wiki – A community wiki on tourism in Australia. Learn about Australian culture, attractions, hotels, food, and get maps of Australia.
• Discover Tasmania, Australia – The official Tasmania travel website including holiday deals and packages, travel ideas and itineraries, and best travel destinations and accommodation.
• Just Landed Guide: Australia – Australia Guide covers topics like visas, housing, jobs and finance. Join the Just Landed Community, get in touch with people like you and share your experiences.
• Northern Territory Official Travel Site – Info and advice about travel in the Northern Territory and the real Outback.
• Sydney City Guide (Economist.com) – Insider tips and an executive dossier on travel to Sydney, Australia.
• Sydney City Guide (Time Out Travel) – Sydney, Australia travel guide with information on hotels, restaurants, bars, shopping and sightseeing.
• Sydney Travel Guide (Fodors Online) – Get information on Sydney hotels, restaurants, entertainment, shopping, sightseeing, and activities. Read the Fodors reviews, or post your own.
• The Scott Free Blog (ninemsn.com.au) – A blog by award-winning travel writer Daniel Scott about holidays in Australia.
• Time Out Australia – Plan your time, what to do and where to stay in Australia
• Tourism Western Australia – The official travel and tourism website for Western Australia where youll find everything you need to know about planning your holiday in WA.
• Travel and Tourism Australia – The Official Site of Tourism Australia. Learn about Australian cities, weather, geography and find hotels, transport and travel agents.
• Travel Australia (ninemsn.com.au) – Articles and photos on holidays, tours, hotels, accommodation, restaurants, beaches, resorts, etc.
• Virtual Australia – Tour Australia by clicking on a state map where you will instantly link to photographs and general information from that area.
• Visit Melbourne – The official travel website for Melbourne, Australia. Find out about destinations, accommodation, festivals and events, attractions and touring routes in Melbourne.
• Walkabout – The Australian Travel Guide – The definitive travellers guide to 1,500 Australian cities and towns.