article_snippet: The capital city saw a staggering price increase of 12.2% over the past twelve months, which Ms Ross said has been  the greatest barrier to buying their own home. '
article_snippet: The prices are really pushing us out of the market.
article_snippet: the market keeps going higher and even two bedroom apartments are a minimum of $700,000,'
article_snippet: According to a nationwide survey, conducted by real estate agent ranking and reviews platform OpenAgent, 75% of real estate agents believe that property prices are going to continue to increase over the next twelve months.
article_snippet: The strongest growth in property price for 2015 is expected on the East coast with New South Wales only slightly ahead of Queensland, then followed by Victoria.
article_snippet: With the predicted increase in prices, people can’t afford to be making blind choices about finding an agent to navigate the market for people.
highlights_snippet: Residential property prices jumped an average of 6.8% in the last year .
  