Top free online property resources. What’s going on guys It's Jordan de Jong here and today I want to talk about the free online resources that I use frequently to research property statistics, these are mainly in two different formats, one is the raw statics represented by graphs and the second is in a report format that tells a story. Scrolling through realestate.com.au, domain.com.au or the new kid on the block allhomes.com.au while watching Netflix is NOT considered property research, its more market awareness and understanding the current stock on market. We have some really good publicly available data here in Australia and the majority of the top resources present this data in different formats that help us do property research and provide us with analysis to make better-informed decisions. For absolute transparency, I haven’t been paid by any of these companies or websites, this is just my personal list of resources, in addition, this specific blog is dedicated to FREE resources only, there are plenty of incredible paid resources available which I will cover in another blog. Many of the resources talked about in this blog will overlap in the data presented, however, they are generally presented differently and I have included them all so you can take the pick of your favorite. Firstly, let’s go over the property statistic websites, these are in no particular order, but I will be biased with the first one as it’s my personal favorite. https://sqmresearch.com.au/index_property.php SQMResearch.com.au is an investment research house that specializes in providing accurate research and data to financial institutions, investment professionals and investors. It is founded and run by one of the country's most recognized and respected property analysts, Louis Christopher, whose objective is to have an honest approach to the real estate market, which is ingrained into the foundations of the platform. The freely available data is broken down into postcodes or suburbs and includes Sold records, Stock on Market, Vacancy Rates, Asking sale price, Asking rent & Implied gross rental yield. SQM also provides some demographics data including postcode Median Age, Occupant Type, Religion, Weekly Family Income, Annualised population change, median rents, % of Mortgage repayments to Total Household income before tax & the count of established properties. https://home.id.com.au/ Home.id.com.au, in my opinion, is the best-presented source of demographic data and they currently provide in-depth information for over 300 local government areas and suburbs in Australia and New Zealand. They break this demographic data down into five main areas, Community Profiles which helps understand local communities, Population Forecasts to plan for future demand, Economic Profiles that identify local economies, Social atlases that map community trends. And finally the fifth and my favorite is the Housing Monitor, which helps us understand housing supply and demand, diversity, affordability, and availability, this section is very new and only works in some council regions but will grow out in time. The housing monitor is broken up into four sections covering population & households, Housing & Approvals, Prices & incomes, and Affordability & availability. These five overall home.id areas are all unique and have their own strengths and weaknesses, however, I have found the second most useful of these to be the social atlas, which breaks down the census data on a map layout. If your loving this content make sure you smash that like button as it seriously helps out with my YouTube algorithm. https://www.walkscore.com/ Walkscore.com is used all over the world and is frequently talked about in the property sector, essentially it provides you with a score rating based on what can be accomplished on foot and provides a rank for the area within that region. https://suburbtrends.com/ Suburbtrends.com provides reports and interactive browser graphs on property statistics for a specific suburb, their data is updated weekly and includes recent sales and suburb level trends. Suburb pages and videos can then be generated using AI and for those who want personalized branding videos to put on their own suburb blog page, they have a subscription service available that makes this achievable. https://dsrdata.com.au/ The free section of dsrdata.com.au provides a Demand to Supply Ratio score which is a number out of 100 that gauges the demand relative to supply for a specific residential property market. The higher the number the more demand outweighs supply and therefore the more likely capital growth will occur. There is also a paid subscription fee service where DSRdata provides the actual data and in-depth analysis of how the DSR score is calculated. https://www.microburbs.com.au/ Microburbs.com.au is a fantastic resource that provides an overview of the majority of the information necessary for deciding whether to buy a particular property and provides a broken-down score for an area broken up into 9 main categories including: > Property Details > Convenience > Lifestyle > Tranquility > Family > Investor > Community > Ethnicity > And Affluence Microburbs then breaks this score down further into specifics such as > Commute times > neighborhood demographics > Schools with NAPLAN ranks > Locality Maps > Convenience stores > local ethnicity > Nearby cafes and restaurants > Nearby zoning > Affluence and Education Maps > Internet Availability speed > And the list goes on https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/ The department at infastrucutre.gov.au is responsible for the design and implementation of the Australian Government's infrastructure, transport and regional development policies and programs, they report on any projects currently being worked on and for those looking out for government spending it’s well worth reading some of their articles. https://www.planningalerts.org.au/ There are plenty of planning authority websites available to search for properties being knocked down or built in your area, but planningalerts.org.au brings them all together by searching as many planning authority websites as it can find and emailing you details of applications near you. https://www.abs.gov.au/ The ABS is Australia’s national statistical agency, providing trusted official statistics on a wide range of economic, social, population and environmental matters of importance to Australia. https://www.apra.gov.au/statistics-and-reporting The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is an independent authority that supervises institutions across banking, insurance, and superannuation, and is accountable to the Australian Parliament. Most importantly APRA oversees authorized deposit-taking institutions (such as banks, building societies, and credit unions), this means that those ADI banks report their data to APRA and then APRA slices it all together and presents it to the public both in a raw format and within graphs. https://www.population.gov.au/ population.gov.au brings together population data from the ABS, the Treasury, Department of Home Affairs, Department of Education, the Department of Health and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, the Department of Social Services and Department of Infrastructure. They then forecast population growth and annually track actual data against the forecasts. Population projections and forecasts have often been inaccurate and not aligned. This has made it more difficult for local and state governments to plan accordingly, with the implementation of the centre for population hopefully these population projections become more accurate. https://tradingeconomics.com/ tradingeconomics.com provides its users with accurate information for 196 countries including historical data and forecasts for more than 20 million economic indicators, exchange rates, stock market indexes, government bond yields and commodity prices and all their data is based on official sources. On top of all these raw data sources, there is plenty of open data platforms and resources that report on local council activities, public transport, schools and basically anything else government agencies are willing to share publicly. This helps agencies to share their data with other agencies and ultimately helps the government to build better products and services for the community. Open data means that data will be technically available and reusable, appropriate open licensing will be in place to facilitate its use. https://www.data.vic.gov.au https://data.melbourne.vic.gov.au/ https://data.nsw.gov.au https://opendata.transport.nsw.gov.au There are four main free reports that I like to review when they come out, they present these raw statistics in a story format and help explain what these statistics actually mean and how they are impacting the current market. https://www.corelogic.com.au/reports/chart-pack CoreLogics monthly chart pack provides detailed housing and mortgage market statistics and analytics with key insights for understanding housing market conditions at a granular level, they are fantastic at explaining the story behind the data and there is always a fresh and new insight to sink your teeth into. https://www.htw.com.au/month-in-review/ HTW Month in Review identifies the latest movements and trends for property markets across Australia, they provide a residential property clock for both houses and units which is a real eye-opener for anyone buying or selling a property. https://www.rba.gov.au/chart-pack/ The RBA monthly Chart Pack summarises macroeconomic and financial market trends in Australia and provides some information about developments for our main trading partners, even if you are not into economics the household sector section is a great overview of the current state of the overall housing market. https://www.oliverhume.com.au/services/property-market-research/ Oliver Hume’s in-house research division is dedicated to providing resources to their clients with unique market insights, forecasts and in-depth analysis of the Australian residential property market. Their quarterly report examines current and emerging trends in the new property market focusing on Victoria and Queensland predominately. I want to know what your favorite of these resources is, or any other free online resources you guys use when researching for property statistics, leave them down in the comment section below. https://realas.com/ Realas.com is a fun little tool that provides you with an algorithm-driven price prediction on approximately 90% of properties currently listed for sale in Australia, on average, they predict within 5.4% of the sale price. Although, if you have followed me quite regularly, you’ll know my opinion of fixating on algorithm-driven property indicators. government policies, human emotions, economic activities, council planning, and financial regulations all impact the 1000’s of submarkets in Australia. Any minor change in these impacts could throw out the algorithms altogether, so stick to what we know as Investment Grade Property and no matter what impacts the market, you’ll always be holding a scarce asset. As always, seek your own professional financial, legal & property buying advice for your current situation, these blogs are just my opinion and should never be considered personal financial advice. If your keen for more content, subscribe and hit the notification button so you don’t miss a video. Until next time, happy house hunting.

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