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Australia’s mortgage broking industry has criticised the Banking Royal Commission report, saying a move to overhaul how brokers are paid will make loans more expensive by entrenching the power of major lenders.

Realestate.com.au revealed their most searched real estate words on their website in 2018.

68 days’ worth of evidence and upwards of 10,000 public submissions, the final report of the Royal Commission into the financial sector was released on Monday.

Brisbane is in a position to claim the title of the most family-friendly capital in Australia, with family households growing quicker in Brisbane than the rest of the country.

Terry Ryder – Australia’s Leading Independent Property Researcher – gives his view

An agent that lies for you in order to achieve a sale, is certain to be an agent that also lies to you. These types of agents are not selectively unethical.

Investment properties are generally sold in one of two ways: as a voluntary sale or as a forced sale.

Non-bank lenders are serving as a “buffer” in the housing market by servicing borrowers that have been turned off by banks’ tighter credit policies, according to ANZ Research.

New housing loans have hit their lowest level in four years.

For the agent, public auctions are all about the advertising revenue and the profile it buys. Public auctions are promoted widely throughout the real estate industry and major media organisations.

Establishing a realistic market price can be fraught with danger.

Before the Internet, properties were primarily marketed via newspaper advertisements, signs and in agents' windows. These mediums had a remarkable and often overlooked advantage over modern forms of advertising - they left no easily traceable marketing or sales history (a digital footprint).

A dangerous trend has emerged in real estate advertising, with both privacy and price implications.

The location is ideal, it has the right number of bedrooms and living spaces, the yard is great - it feels like the perfect home. Occasionally, a buyer matches a property to perfection.

When asked to price a property, a real estate agent has the opportunity to impress the owner and obtain a listing. Listings are the lifeblood of any real estate career.