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First home buyer activity jumps 15.8% month-on-month

29/5/2023

First home buyer activity jumps 15.8% month-on-month

It’s too early to say first home buyers are back, but they’ve certainly made a welcome return to the market, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The number of new owner-occupier first home buyer loan commitments rose 15.8% in March, after reaching a five-year low in February.

That said, first home buyer activity was 21.8% lower than the year before and 50.5% lower than the January 2021 high.

Owner occupier first home buyers

Now that property prices appear to be rising again (see first story in newsletter), it might be wise for first home buyers to enter the market sooner rather than later, before prices rise further. Saving a deposit can be hard, but there are two ways to speed up the process:

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