RP Data News and Announcements

Strategically located affordable properties likely to be the best performers during 2009 - 31/12/2008
The RP Data-Rismark Property Values Indices for houses and units reveals that the Australian property market continued to show real resilience to the global credit crisis and slowing economic growth. Looking into 2009, the report suggests the greatest growth will come from the affordable segments...

Property Hotspots for 2009 - 26/12/2008
In the final RP Data Property Pulse report for 2008, RP Data’s leading property analysts - Tim Lawless and Cameron  Kusher, combined  to deliver their 2009 Property Hotspots Report Predictions, covering towns and cities around the country where they believe will present opportunities in 2009 for new buyers and investors...

Nationally, property value growth is back in the black - 28/11/2008
Claims that the Australian property market would in 2008 experience a major downturn have been proven incorrect based on the most recent findings of the RP Data-Rismark Hedonic Property Value Index...

Market conditions improve during the September quarter - 31/10/2008
The Australian property market is showing signs of a recovery according to the RP Data-Rismark National Property Values Indices, the most sophisticated measure of value movements in the Australian residential property market...

Government gives green light to property data providers - 30/10/2008
RP Data Ltd (“ASX:RPX RP Data”) yesterday received confirmation from the Director General of the Department of Natural Resources and Mines (QLD) (“DNR”) that RP Data will continue to receive property-based ownership information from the Queensland Government, under a new jointly developed industry regulation framework...

Macquarie Digital interview with Graham Mirabito - 02/09/2008
RP Data Ltd has just announced its full year results, delivering a net profit after tax of $10.1 million. Graham Mirabito, CEO, RP Data Ltd discusses the results and the outlook for the business...

National Property Indices Reveals Good Time to Start Buying - 29/08/2008
The latest release of the RP Data/Rismark International National Property Values Indices shows...

Most markets fall slightly in value through winter but US experience won't happen here - 31/07/2008
Indices report released today confirms what most people know to be true already; we are seeing modest declines in most...

Residential values remain stable despite low consumer confidence - 30/06/2008
The national residential property value indices report released today by RP Data & Rismark International revealed that Australia’s residential property market has defied speculation of a downturn with national dwelling values...

National Residential Market Overview - 31/01/2008
National house values are now approaching $500,000 for the average family home. A further increase 1.1 per cent in growth will potentially confirm this....

Could increase in new listings signal trouble ahead for property markets? - 25/02/2008
Speculation that recent interest rate rises might start to impact on Australia’s property market was today confirmed in the latest RP Data Property Pulse....

Adelaide property owners $80,000 richer during 2007 - 31/01/2008
Australia's powerful property market is set for more solid growth based on the results of the combined RP Data/Rismark Hedonic Indices report released today....

RP Data launches consumer 'must-have' report! - 16/01/2008
National property data company, RP Data, this week emerged with good news for consumers where through its research and development division...

Mortgage stress dampens outer suburban markets - 12/12/2007
While inner city and metro coastal markets surge ahead in prices, the outer areas remain comparatively...

Capital City Movements - 05/12/2007
House prices in Australia grew by an overall 12.6 per cent during the year ending October 2007 with the unit market pushing...

Adelaide Leads Property Boom - 29/11/2007
A search for an official definition of what constitutes a "booming market" comes to no avail...

Beating the Australian Property Affordability Dilemma - 29/11/2007
According to Mr Lawless, buyers need to become more realistic about their expectation...

Plenty of Action at Top End - 21/11/2007
While a majority of property market segments around Australia have a tendency to be cyclical...

RP Data-Rismark Property Index - 31/10/2007
Drawing on Australia's largest property database, the latest RP Data-Rismark Index results show that Australian residential property prices grew by a stunning 12.34% during the...

RP Data Acquires Commercial Property Monitor - 22/10/2007
RP Data Ltd ("RP Data" ASX: RPX) has acquired privately owned commercial property data and information specialist Commercial Property Monitor Pty Ltd

Online Property Portfolio Manager - 11/10/2007
Australians will be amongst the first in the world to manage their residential property assets in real time just like a share portfolio following today's launch of the myrp.com.au property reporting and information web site.

RP Data-Rismark Property Index - 02/10/2007
Utilising Australia's most comprehensive property database, the latest RP Data-Rismark Hedonic Index results show that Australian property prices continue to rise at a rapid rate despite the US sub-prime crisis and recent increases in the cost of mortgage finance.

RP Data-Rismark Property Index - 03/09/2007
In spite of the gloomy forecasts of some commentators, the latest RP Data-Rismark Hedonic Index results show that the Australian residential property market has continued to experience a strong rebound during the first 6 months of 2007

Product release Announcement 2007 - 08/08/2007
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RP Data-Rismark Property Index - 06/08/2007
The latest RP Data-Rismark Hedonic Index results for July, 2007, show that the housing market is continuing to recover across Australia, with the exception of Canberra......

RP Data Launches world class automated valuation models (AVM) - 30/05/2007
RP Data is pleased to announce today the launch of Australia's first hedonic based Automatic Valuation Models (AVMs).....

RP Data acquires Cityscope - 07/05/2007
RP Data Ltd (ASX: RPX) has acquired privately owned commercial property data and information specialist Cityscope for $5.1 million, increasing the company’s position as the leading provider of information in the commercial and residential property sectors...

New Property Index - 07/05/2007
The newly launched RP Data-Rismark “Hedonic?Property Price Index, which shows that house prices across Australia rose by 1 per cent over the March 2007 quarter (or 4% on an annualized basis), has been formally picked up by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) in its Statement on Monetary Policy today....

AREC Conference - 24/04/2007
The AREC Trade Expo is the largest, most comprehensive trade exhibition for real estate industry professionals in Australia. Come and see the RP Data stand at the conference. This year's expo will be held at the Bayside Grand Hall in the Sydney Convention Centre on Sunday, 27 May and Monday, 28 May, 2007. Click on the link below to find out how you can experience largest real estate convention in Australasia!

RP Data-Rismark Property Indices Launched - 26/02/2007
RP Data Ltd (RP Data), an ASX listed company that is the largest supplier of property information services in Australia and NZ, and Rismark International (Rismark), a leading quantitative real estate investment organisation, have combined to formally launch what has been described by Moody’s research arm, Moody’s Economy.com, as Australia’s most advanced suite of commercially available house price indices...

Property derivatives market to be developed for Australia - 26/02/2007
Rismark International and RP Data Ltd (ASX: RPX “RP Data”) today announced they have entered into an exclusive agreement with leading global derivatives broker, GFI Group Inc (Nasdaq: GFIG) whereby the RP Data-Rismark Indices will serve as the basis for an actively traded Australian Over-The-Counter (“OTC”) property derivatives market...

RP Data announces the acquisition of Home Open and Localwise - 03/01/2007
RP Data successfully completes acquisition of Western Australian based “Home Open” and Victorian based “Localwise”...

RP Data is pleased to announce to release of the Victorian Titles System - 09/09/2006
The recent launch of the Victorian Titles Search System now enables clients to access property related searches throughout Queensland, New South Wales and now Victoria. This new addition ensures Victorian customers continue to have access to the states most comprehensive property information service, providing cost efficient solutions to their property needs from a single, integrated service. To start using the Victorian Title Search facilities now please complete and fax back the following document to our Victoria Office on (03) 8803 3100.

RP Data announces the acquisition of UPMarket - 29/08/2006
Graham Mirabito - RP Data's CEO stated "UPMarket provides a desktop based subscription service that delivers detailed property transactions to the real estate, banking, government and related sectors"...

RP Data Forms Strategic Partnership with TAFE NSW and Australian CPD Conference - 21/08/2006
This exciting new partnership will bring you a new online training RP CPD product in which you can log on to the system anywhere, anytime in order to comply with the NSW Office of Fair Trading's CPD requirements...