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Welcome to the Aussie Price Mapping tool
This tool enables you to get a suburb level overview for buying and selling, discover where the property ‘hot spots’ are and get an understanding of the rental yield in particular areas. Select the tabs at the top to use the different features of this tool.

SNAPSHOT TOOL
This tool is designed to give house hunters a quick, snapshot like summary of suburb(s) they are interested in.

1. Enter the details for the search you wish to conduct.

You can simply search via state or territory

or add in

• Region (enter a specific region or all regions)
• Suburb or Postcode

2. When the search has loaded, hover over the red pin on the map for a quick snapshot of your chosen suburb (shows median house and unit prices). If you require a more detailed suburb analysis, click on “more information”.

The more information page will bring up a detailed report on your chosen suburb including information on:

• Median House and Unit Prices (shown via a 10 year graph)
• Property market sales statistics (for houses and units)
• Rental market statistics (for houses and units)
• Demographic data (includes information on population, distance to CBD, average household size and % of rentals vs owners etc)

(See definitions below for more help.)

HOT SPOT TOOL
Use this tool to discover predicted property hot spots across the country.

1. You can conduct a simple search by selecting the state/territory you are interested in or

2. A more detailed search by drilling down and searching via other characteristics including:

• Region (enter a specific region or all regions)
• Type of dwelling (house, unit or both)
• Median price range (enter price between $25,000 and $5,000,000)
• % growth (-599% to 600%)
• Average days on market (0 days - 365 days)
• Discount (0% - 50%)

(See definitions below for more help.)

The results
Once you have entered your search, the page will return with the results. The map will contain hot spots areas highlighted via red pins with arrows in the centre. Zoom in for more details using the zoom in and out tools.

RENTAL YIELD TOOL
Before investing in a property, use our rental yield tool.

1. You can conduct a simple search by selecting the state/territory you are interested in or

2. A more detailed search by drilling down and searching via other characteristics including:

• Region (enter a specific region or all regions)
• Type of dwelling (house, unit or both)
• Rental yields (between 0% and 300%)
• Median price range (enter price between $25,000 and $5,000,000)

(See definitions below for more help.)

The results
Once you have entered your search, the page will return with the results. The map will contain areas highlighted via red pins with arrows in the centre. Zoom in for more details using the zoom in and out tools.

PROBLEM SHOOTING

An n/a result
This indicates there is not enough statistical data provided to reliably publish the statistic(s) concerned.

A broken graph
This occurs when there is insufficient statistical data provided to reliably publish a graph.

DEFINITIONS
Here are some explanations for terms used throughout the price mapping tool.

n/a
This indicates there is not enough statistical data provided to reliably publish the statistic concerned.

% growth
The middle price of all properties sold as ranked from the most expensive price to the most affordable price.

Median Value
The average year on year percentage price change expressed as a per annum percentage change. Based on the last ten years of median house prices.

Av days on market
The average length of time a property takes to sell from the initial published advertisement to the exchange date of sale. A high days on market is considered 'cold' while a low days on market is considered 'hot'.

Discounting
A measurement on how much (expressed as a percentage) vendors are having to take off their initial asking price to make a sale. A high discounting percentage is considered 'cold' while a low discounting percentage is considered 'hot'.

Rental yields
Yield is a measure of the percentage of income return you get from a property. That is, the rental income divided by the cost of the property.

Median value
The average year on year percentage price change expressed as a per annum percentage change. Based on the last ten years of median house prices.

USING MAPS

2D: view map in 2D mode

3D: view map in 3D mode

Road: switch to road view

Aerial: switch to road view

Bird’s eye: switch to bird’s eye view

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