Over the past 12 months, serious home buyers have been favouring suburbs which have “very strong lifestyle factors,” according to John Healy from realestate.com.au. “Suburbs with lots of space, and on the beachside have been very popular,” Mr Healy told Sky News. “We’re also seeing demand in outer capital city areas and near capital city areas, really take off amid COVID”. Mr Healy said this is happening as more people begin working from home and “continue working more flexibly into the future” post pandemic.