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Property Types

The table below defines the list of accepted values within the Security.PropertyType parameter of the API request payload. This is a hierarchical list, allowing property types to be specified to up to three levels of granularity. This parameter is used to determine

PropertyType.Name
PropertyType.Code
Residential Property ResidentialProperty
  FreeHold Residential FreeHoldResidential
  Terraced Housing TerracedHousing


Fee Simple / Cross Lease FeeSimpleCrossLease


Unit Title UnitTitle
  Townhouse Townhouse
  Lifestyle Block LifestyleBlock
    0 to 10 ha 0to10ha
    >10 ha over10ha
  Leasehold Residential LeaseholdResidential
Apartments Apartments
  Freehold Apartment FreeholdApartment
    >50sqm over50sqm
    40-50sqm 40to50sqm
    38-40sqm 38to40sqm
    <38sqm under38sqm
  Leasehold Apartment LeaseholdApartment
  Serviced Apartment ServicedApartment
  Student Accommodation StudentAccommodation
  Bedsitter / Studio / Warehouse Apartments BedsitterStudioWarehouseApartments
New Build / Construction NewBuildConstruction
  Fixed Price Contracts FixedPriceContracts
  Labour Only / Self (Owner) Build LabourOnlySelfOwnerBuild
  Relocations Relocations
Vacant Land VacantLand
  Serviced Vacant Land ServicedVacantLand
  Unserviced Vacant Land UnservicedVacantLand
  Lifestyle without Dwelling LifestyleWithoutDwelling
Other Other
  Multiple dwellings on one title MultipleDwellingsOnOneTitle
    3 dwellings 3Dwellings
    4 dwellings 4Dwellings
    5 dwellings 5Dwellings
    6 dwellings 6Dwellings
    7 or more dwellings 7OrMoreDwellings

The Code value should always be used to reference Property Types.


 

LVR

The property type is key in determining the applicable LVR rules for each lender – particularly their 'Maximum LVR'. The Security.PropertyType can be provided at any level of the above hierarchy, however more granular choices will yield more accurate results.

 


 

Proposed Changes

Some of the options in the above list are being used to capture property size more so than type. In a future release, those options will be removed from the Property Type list and will be re-introduced as dedicated parameters accepting more specific numerical values:

  • Lifestyle Block – 'Land Size' (ha)
  • Apartments – 'Floor Area' (sqm)
  • Multiple Dwellings on One Title – 'Dwellings' (#)